Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Deaf Man beaten by State Troopers

Police claim Pearl Pearson left the scene of a minor car accident in Oklahoma City. The police report says he "refused to comply with officers and refused to comply with repeated orders to display his hands." But what it doesn't say his that Pearson is deaf. An advocacy group is planning a fund-raiser for Pearson, which you can read about here. Watch the story in a video from KFOR-TV below (no captions) or read it here.