A woman with hearing loss says police beat her for not responding to their verbal orders--orders she couldn't hear. The altercation took place last week in Federal Way, Washington and it left Megan Graham visibly bruised. Graham claims she was just driving to her apartment and didn't hear an officer who was sitting in the parking lot tell her to get back in the car. When he got out and grabbed her wrist, she felt attacked. She called 911 for help. During the call she said:
"You attacked me before you said anything! There is no point whatsoever for you to touch me like that, especially with my condition, so how dare you even touch me?"
The officer can be heard saying, "You are under arrest" while another who punches her in the face, yells at her to stop resisting. She can be heard saying "I'm not resisting!" Local police tell a different story. They say she took a fighting stance and tried to hit the officer with her fist before he took her down. Graham is due in court Monday morning (June 10).
A woman with hearing loss says police beat her for not responding to their verbal orders--orders she couldn't hear. The altercation took place last week in Federal Way, Washington and it left Megan Graham visibly bruised. Graham claims she was just driving to her apartment and didn't hear an officer who was sitting in the parking lot tell her to get back in the car. When he got out and grabbed her wrist, she felt attacked. She called 911 for help. During the call she said:
