Hearing Impaired Man Tasered In His Own Bathroom
Posted by Tyler Kinch on December 5th, 2007
Donnell Williams had just gotten out of the bath tub, wearing only a towel around his waist, when he turned the corner to see guns pointing right at him.
“I ain’t never been so scared,” says Williams.
Police forced entry into Williams home while responding to a shooting, but it turned out to be a false call. They had no idea at the time the call wasn’t real and that Williams is hearing impaired. Without his hearing aid he is basically deaf.
“I kept going to my ear yelling that I was scared. I can’t hear! I can’t hear!”
Officers were worried about their own safety because at the time it appeared Williams was refusing to obey their commands to show his hands. That’s when they shot him with a Taser.”
December 7th, 2007 at 2:30 am
That is so frightening. My husband is hearing impaired, and I can imagine something like this all too well
Thanks so much for posting this story. Excellent blog, btw!