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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: TSA sued for brutal beating Deaf, partially blind teen girl recovering from brain surgery at the Memphis Airport. <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/07/deafblind-teen-brutally-beaten-by-tsa.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf and Blind Teen Girl Brutally Beaten By TSA Agents at the Memphis Airport"><img height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKHUpJaIWUwg2Ib40MeZc4dBgBxdI7PkJHjhArLeN03mgWM15ZYaogFm3WSc5DqPqRqj8ldshs_oCBGN3ns_ElAAEdFhelV9X-RwXIzGYlHPvKyBpoYNazQqmj_w9bGrtTuq8H6FZ2CaO/s320/tsa-agents-brutally-beaten-deaf-girl.jpg" width="250" /></a>MEMPHIS, TN -- A teen just released from brain surgery was beaten by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration" target="_blank">Transportation Security Administration</a> (TSA) agents inside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_International_Airport" target="_blank">Memphis International Airport</a> last year, a recent lawsuit alleges. The TSA is listed as a defendant in a suit accusing them of injuring a mentally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disabled</a> teen after she was unable to understand or comply with orders at a security checkpoint. Newly surfaced photos show the aftermath of the June 30, 2015 incident, in which agents roughed up 19-year-old Hannah Cohen leaving her bloodied and bruised. <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xqfpVWhLz_g" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: right;">To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.</div> “They wanted to do further scanning; she was reluctant. She didn’t understand what they were about to do,” her mother Shirley Cohen told <a href="http://wreg.com/2016/06/30/disabled-st-jude-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-with-airport-police/" target="_blank">WREG</a>. The lawsuit claims before Hannah had brain tumor surgery at St. Jude’s hospital, she already had “a physical and mental impairment that substantially limit one or more of her life activities.” “More particularly,” the lawsuit continues, “Hannah has damage from radiation and removal of a brain tumor that substantially limits her ability to speak, walk, stand, see, hear, care for herself, learn and work, think, concentrate, and interact with others.” “This substantial limitation is obvious upon sight and was obvious” on the day of the incident, the lawsuit filed in US District Court states. “She’s trying to get away from them,” Hannah’s mother described, “but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor. And I looked and there’s blood everywhere.” All the while Shirley was kept from being able to help her daughter, causing her “extreme emotional injury as she watched the personnel assault her daughter,” according to court documents obtained by Infowars. The <a href="http://www.flymemphis.com/airport-police" target="_blank">Memphis International Airport Police Department</a> is also included as a defendant in the suit for “arresting her for no cause.” “Hannah was arrested, booked and on the night she should have been celebrating the end of her treatment, she was locked up in Jail East,” reports WREG. “Here we were with nowhere to go, not even a toothbrush, our bags had gone to Chattanooga,” Shirley said. TSA did not comment on the case, but referred travelers with special accommodations to call their TSA Cares hotline. The Cohens’ are asking for $100,000 in damages. <a href="http://wreg.com/2016/06/30/disabled-st-jude-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-with-airport-police/" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>

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VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Exclusive interview with Deaf customer who is upset with McDonald's over treatment in Nebraska. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/deaf-customer-upset-with-mcdonalds.html" title="Deaf customer upset with McDonalds over discrimination"><img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwiF4no-OhMly8j5bwU7azVkI2lotxr-DNm-DlVKBUCtEN6bFpcCJvOi_02i_bZkn1N7o3Se-jF_le91paDsw6RbVM7fNj6R-dEic4NUzwEGiQ935s2nlNEIkkowuWCyU9lK5QIrNizrq/s400/columbus-mcdonalds-deaf.jpg" width="500" /></a></div> COLUMBUS, NEB -- WOWT-TV: A clash between a customer and the company: <a href="https://youtu.be/S8iC8ZJlUFA" target="_blank">the video captured</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Nebraska" target="_blank">Columbus, Nebraska</a> drive-through went viral recently. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/drive-thru-mcdonalds-discrimination.html" title="Related Post">Drive-Thru McDonalds Discrimination Deaf Driver</a></div> Just two hours into the New Year, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/praiselordgrace" target="_blank">Jonathan Ramos</a> arrived at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McDonald's</a> drive-through window. His frustration in trying to place an order is evident in the use of his car horn, something, he himself, doesn't hear. It struck a nerve with one of the employees. Video captured an employee’s response: "You can leave or I'm going to call police. Do you get that one?" Ramos has been in Columbus for less than a year and has ordered at the McDonald’s before. He’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a>. Chicken pox took his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing" target="_blank">hearing</a> when he was a little boy. He doesn't <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_reading" target="_blank">read lips</a>. After exchanging texts and emails, <a href="http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Deaf-customer-upset-with-McDonalds-over-treatment-368115431.html" target="_blank">WOWT 6 News</a> met with Ramos outside the restaurant. We used a legal pad to write down any follow-up questions and answers during the interview. <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiZ3JheSIsInAiOiJkZWZhdWx0IiwidiI6IjM0MjQ3MTYiLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImRmcCI6eyJjbGllbnRTaWRlIjp7ImFkVGFnVXJsIjoiaHR0cDovL3B1YmFkcy5nLmRvdWJsZWNsaWNrLm5ldC9nYW1wYWQvYWRzP3N6PTY0MHg0ODAmaXU9LzMwMTcyMTcxNS9XT1dUJmNpdV9zenMmaW1wbD1zJmdkZnBfcmVxPTEmYWRfcnVsZT0xJnZwb3M9cHJlcm9sbCZlbnY9dnAmb3V0cHV0PXhtbF92YXN0MiZ1bnZpZXdlZF9wb3NpdGlvbl9zdGFydD0xJmNvcnJlbGF0b3I9Jyt0cysnJmNtc2lkPTE4MzUmdmlkPUFOVl9HUlRWXzM0MjQ3MTYifX0sImFuYWx5dGljcyI6eyJwZGIiOjIzNTkwMzExfX19" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe></div> He said he wanted to order a <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/content/us/en/meal_builder_us.html" target="_blank">#9 - 3 or 5 piece Chicken Selects</a>. He explained he usually types the information on his phone and then shows the order to the employee. Because of his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disability</a>, he felt the workers were ignoring him by leaving the window. After this exchange, Ramos said the employees need a serious lesson in dealing with hearing- impaired customers. The owners of this McDonald's told WOWT it was a matter of misunderstanding and miscommunication. They said that earlier in the video when workers left the window on New Year's Day, they weren't <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination" target="_blank">discriminating</a> against Jonathan, but getting a pen and paper to get the order. From Jonathan Ramos' cellphone video, workers wrote this note: "You need to leave or we will call the police." Employees did call police, saying that he refused to move forward in the drive through. The owners tell WOWT 6 News that his minute-long video is only part of the story; that their own driver-though security cameras paint a different picture of <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/drive-thru-mcdonalds-discrimination.html">Ramos disrupting a busy drive-through by honking his horn for nine minutes</a> before turning his own video recorder on. Ramos disputes that account. When asked if he thought it was all a misunderstanding, Ramos shrugged his shoulders. Ramos went on to explain that there’s no excuse for how he was treated. He plans to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit" target="_blank">sue</a> for discrimination. <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hi3zt3z1JZ4" width="500"></iframe></div>I, Jonathan, am he declared sue to McDonald's Columbus, Nebraska. For the restaurant's part, owners admit tempers flared but that neither side communicated well. They said Deaf customers usually bypass the speaker and go straight to the window to hand them a piece of paper with the order. After the incident, the McDonald’s now keeps a pad and pen near the drive-through window in order to better communicate with the Deaf community. Ramos hopes he's opened some eyes for every worker when it comes to dealing with those with a disability. He wishes more drive-through restaurants would add cameras near the ordering speaker so the Deaf community could easier communicate with the employees. The McDonald's owners in Columbus say Jonathan Ramos is welcome at the restaurant any time. <a href="http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Deaf-customer-upset-with-McDonalds-over-treatment-368115431.html" target="_blank">Source</a> Related McDonald's: <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/01/drive-thru-mcdonalds-discrimination.html">Drive-Thru McDonalds Discrimination Deaf Driver</a> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/12/mcdonalds-charged-for-discrimination.html">McDonald's Charged In Discrimination Deaf Job</a> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2011/08/universally-spoken-sign-language-in.html">Sign Language On The McDonalds TV Ads</a> Related Drive-Thru: <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/11/deaf-womans-video-at-starbucks-goes.html">Deaf Woman's Video At Starbucks Goes Viral</a> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2015/05/taco-bell-complains-about-deaf-customers.html">Taco Bell Complains About Deaf Customers</a> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/03/drive-thru-invisible-driver-prank-magic.html">Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank - Magic of Rahat</a> <a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/04/drive-thru-headless-prank-magic-of-rahat.html">Drive Thru Headless Prank - Magic of Rahat</a>

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Deaf Customer Upset With McDonalds Drive-Thru

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