San Diego Deaf Hate Crime

I Apologize...
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime These were the powerful words by Chief Lansdowne at the San Diego Deaf Awareness Day.He came to the DAD event at 3:10pm and walked around. He was very impressed as he walked around all the booths. What caught his eye though was the Video Relay technology. He did not know it even existed and he was mesmerized by it and even took some brochures and wants to look into [...]
Sun, Oct 01 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Arrests made public
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime The arrest of the man who was the prime suspect was made public and the identity of the victim was made public as well.The Police Department was aware of this prime suspect for a while now and I could not list the information on the website due to the sensitivity of the investigation but now that the information is public... Read it! And note what the authorities are [...]
Thu, Sep 21 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Quick Update about the Chief
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime A quick update...Contact has been made with Deaf Community Services of San Diego. There will be a meeting next week to work together to bring Chief Lansdowne to the Deaf Awareness Day on September 30th. It made more sense to invite the Police Chief to an event that draws over a thousand attendees instead of the coffee night meeting which [...]
Fri, Sep 08 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Police Chief LISTENS
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime Today at 4:15pm there was a meeting with Police Chief Lansdowne regarding this incident and the response that was given to the Deaf Community by the San Diego Police Department.Chief Lansdowne was very attentive to this issue and definitely paid attention to what we had to say the past two weeks. He shared good news that they were very close [...]
Wed, Sep 06 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Meeting with Councilwoman Atkin's Staff Aide
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime This morning at 9:30am, I met with Pam from Councilwoman Toni Atkin's office in Downtown. The meeting was very good and was the first time I felt like the city was paying attention to what we had to say. Pam clarified many things. She explained that there was a meeting with one of the police captains and Ashley Walker (the [...]
Wed, Aug 30 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Update and MANY Thanks to Ridor & Jared Evans
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime I wanted to add another update from Jean. She posted information about this in my most recent post.Fox 6 news had a quick report on this crime, check it out at [link] report has new information and raises more questions. Since Officer Donelson was not very forthcoming about what happened, we were not aware that the Deaf boy did try [...]
Wed, Aug 30 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

UPDATES
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime The e-mails definitely made an impact! So far 43 e-mails were sent to the City Council and Mayor's Offices. I called four of the offices today and they all were very aware of the e-mails. In fact when I called one city councilman's office, I introduced myself and asked to speak to someone about the incident and the person right [...]
Tue, Aug 29 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Update
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime Here is an update:* We have been contacted by someone who serves on the Police Advisory Committee. The person is interested in this and is trying to find out how to help us.* NAD has sent an e-mail. The e-mail is displayed below. It is a great start and is a offer that the City should take in order to [...]
Mon, Aug 28 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Video of Speech at Deaf Night at the Coffee Bean
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime Thanks to Jared Evans for videotaping this and posting it at his blog!Go to www.DeafRead.com or follow the link belowhttp://evoratech.com/webstuff/asl-videos/deaf_hate_crime.html [...]
Sat, Aug 26 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

HELP WANTED!
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime We are seeking people who CARE about their Deaf Community and want to bring 10 thugs to justice for beating up one of our own!Interested?E-MAIL OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR!It is very simple. All you need to do is read the post below and just COPY and PASTE the provided email into your own e-mail and add your name [...]
Sat, Aug 26 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Sample Template Email #2
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime Here is a new E-mail you can copy and paste and send it to the San Diego City Council and Mayor as your way of complaining to them to take action! Just copy and paste it into your e-mail and then copy and paste the e-mail addresses I have provided of ALL City Councilmembers, their Chief of Staffs and the [...]
Sat, Aug 26 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Sample Template for E-mailing the City Officials
San Diego Deaf Hate Crime Here is the first sample template you can use to email San Diego's City Councilmembers and their Chief of Staff. Remember this is only a sample, you can use it by copying and pasting it and simply adding your name to the end or you can change it around or use it to get an idea of how to write [...]
Fri, Aug 25 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post