Police Shoot And Kill Unarmed Deaf Man As He Attempted To Communicate Using Sign Language.

Upon exiting his vehicle, this deaf man was shot and killed.
Credit: The Free Thought Project.
If police were taught to de-escalate situations rather than react out of fear, he might still be alive.

It’s been argued that the reason Norway police are so much more effective at their jobs than cops in the U.S. is because they undergo three years of training and learn to de-escalate situations, whereas cops in America receive only a fraction of the education and tend to react out of fear rather than respond rationally.
The statistics back up this argument. Every day, U.S. police kill more people than Norwegian cops have in the past ten years. Perhaps if law enforcement officials were educated differently, a deaf man named Daniel Kevin Harris might still be alive today.
According to WCNC, Harris was shot dead by a state trooper in North Carolina this week. Reportedly, the state trooper had attempted to pull over Harris’ vehicle but for an unknown reason, the deceased did not stop. He instead drove to his home.
When both vehicles pulled up to Harris’ home, they were both damaged. A neighbor, Mark Barringer, told the press:

“I was here in my driveway and I saw the highway patrol car come through and it was smoking really bad. About 10 seconds later, I heard one gunshot.”

That gunshot was fatal. Barringer says he went to take a closer look after hearing the noise and found Harris in the middle of the street, just feet away from his front door.
Barringer commented:

“It was surreal, you just don’t expect to see something like that. When the gunshot went off, it was scary.”

Since the tragic event, neighbors have put flowers near where Harris took his final breaths.
While the Detectives say the state trooper and Harris got into “an encounter” before he fired his weapon, neighbors relay that the deaf man was shot immediately upon exiting the vehicle. They believe he was trying to communicate via sign language before he was killed.

Barringer agrees that if police were taught to de-escalate situations rather than react on gut impulses, Harris – and likely Alton Sterling and Philando Castile – would still be alive. He says:

“They should’ve de-escalated and been trained to realize that this is an entirely different situation, you’re pulling someone over who is deaf, they are handicapped. To me, what happened is totally unacceptable.”

The incident is still under investigation, and the state trooper responsible for shooting and killing Harris has been placed on administrative leave.
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Female Genital Mutilation.

Gerrishon Sirere II August 26, 2016 0 Comments

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION KEY FACTS

Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. UNICEF estimated in 2016 that 200 million women had undergone the procedures in 27 countries in Africa.

The practice is also found elsewhere in Asia, the Middle East, and among communities from these areas around the world.

Key facts

Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
The procedure has no health benefits for girls and women.
Procedures can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths.
More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is concentrated¹.
FGM is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15.
FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The practice is mostly carried out by traditional circumcisers, who often play other central roles in communities, such as attending childbirths. In many settings, health care providers perform FGM due to the erroneous belief that the procedure is safer when medicalized. WHO strongly urges health professionals not to perform such procedures. FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. It is nearly always carried out on minors and is a violation of the rights of children. The practice also violates a person's rights to health, security and physical integrity, the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to life when the procedure results in death.