Mob Beats Up Deaf Woman Over 'Kidnapping'

A four-month pregnant Deaf woman was beaten up by a mob over suspicion that she was a child lifter.

NEW DELHI, India -- A pregnant and Deaf woman was thrashed by a mob over suspicion of being a child-lifter in northeast Delhi, police said on Sunday, an incident which comes close on the heels of mob attacks over similar rumours in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

Several people have been injured in violence over the rumours in UP over the past week, forcing the state police to warn the public that it has decided to invoke the stringent National Security Act against rumour-mongers.

The four-month pregnant woman was beaten up by a mob in Harsh Vihar on August 27 over suspicion that she was a child lifter, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Atul Kumar Thakur said.

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A resident of southeast Delhi's Tughlakabad, the woman was admitted to a hospital by her family and her condition is stated to be stable, according to police.

One more case of Mob violence, Delhi. A pregnant and Deaf Indian woman was thrashed by a mob in Harsh Vihar area of North East Delhi over suspicion of child theft. Child kidnapping rumors are spreading like wildfire and poor underprivileged people are becoming victims. pic.twitter.com/Pky0TprSb9.

The DCP said a case has been registered at the Harsh Vihar police station under Indian Penal Code sections for voluntarily causing hurt and wrongful restraint.

"We have arrested two persons, Deepak (27) and B Shakuntala (52), residents of Mandoli," he said. He urged people not to pay heed to rumours of child abduction.

The woman's family alleged that her in-laws had banished her from their Faridabad home on August 18 and said she was missing since then.

"Somehow the woman reached Harsh Vihar and was staying on a footpath. Locals used to give her food but on August 27, they attacked her over allegations of child lifting," a police officer said.

The family approached the Delhi Police after seeing a video of the incident.

SOURCE - IndiaToday

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Passenger Punches Deaf Couple, Service Dog

Video shows airline passenger accused of punching Deaf pregnant woman, service dog being tackled at the Florida airport.

ORLANDO, Florida -- The details of an alleged punch thrown by a passenger at a Deaf pregnant woman's service dog remain up for debate, but new video shows some of the confrontation on the plane and an ensuing fight in the terminal.

Hazel Ramirez and her fiance Matt Silvay - who are both Deaf - along with their two young children and service dog were aboard a Frontier Airlines flight from Colorado Springs, Colorado to Orlando, Florida when they say a passenger punched their 8-month-old service dog, a Great Dane named Zariel.

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An Orlando Police Department report says passenger Tim Manley felt the dog was taking up too much space and irritating his wife's allergies, so he "punched it with a closed fist," causing the dog to yelp and take cover under a seat.

Silvay can be seen standing in the aisle of the plane arguing with Manley, cell phone video shows.

Manley says he considered what he did to the dog a "swat," not a punch, ABC News reports. Ramirez told Orlando CBS affiliate WKMG she and her husband were appalled by Manley's actions.

"So my husband gets mad and yelled at the man to tell him never touch any dogs or service animals," Ramirez told WKMG.

The argument then escalated from the plane and into the terminal of the Orlando International Airport where Manley is accused of punching Ramirez, who is five months pregnant, in her stomach.

New cell phone video recorded inside the terminal appears to shows Silvay shoving Manley to the ground. Silvay told police he tackled Manley in an attempt to prevent him from leaving before authorities arrived.

In the description of the video posted to YouTube, Manley provided his own account of the incident. Here's some of what he says happened:

"They had a very difficult time keeping the dog confined in front of the seat even though since no-one wanted to sit there they had two extra seats. The dog was hyper and got up into the isle while the plane was approaching the landing. Through kicking and pushing the man was able to get it back under the seats though. When the plane stopped moving naturally a lot of people stood up in the isle. I being quite groggy was reaching down in front of me into my backpack. Upon rising up I found I was staring the great dane in the face. I instinctively pushed it away immediately feeling fear and alarm. The man went berserk and accused me of punching the dog, started pushing his hand in my face and kicking me...

Read Manley's full account here.

Frontier Airlines confirmed an incident occurred on the flight.

Neither the couple nor Manley accepted medical treatment

Officers took statements and referred the case to the FBI. Ramirez says she plans to press charges.

SOURCE - WTSP

Deaf Couple Claims Passenger Punched Their Service Dog on Plane.

There was drama on a plane after a man was accused of allegedly punching a Deaf pregnant woman and a service dog on a flight to Orlando over the weekend.

Matthew Silvay and Hazel Ramirez, a Deaf couple, were traveling with their two kids and service dog on Frontier Airlines from Colorado Springs. The couple got into an argument with passenger Timothy Manley, which started on board the plane as they were getting ready to disembark.

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Deaf Pregnant Woman Sues Florida Hospital

WATCH: Deaf woman suing hospital for no interpeter in delivery room.

BOYNTON BEACH -- Margaret Weiss is due to have her second child in less than a month. The Boynton Beach mother is Deaf and wants a real life interpreter in the delivery room with her, but she says her hospital is refusing to provide that.

"They're discriminating against me," explained Weiss, with the help of a certified sign language interpreter. She explained the fear she has about going into the delivery room at Bethesda Hospital. "It's really serious. What if there was something life-threatening that happened during the delivery?" said Weiss.

Weiss has filed a lawsuit against Bethesda for denying her request for a live interpreter to be in the room with her. The hospital provides the hearing impaired with VRIs or Video Remote Interpreting.

Weiss says this is not effective communication for a woman giving birth and ultimately a violation of the Americans Disabilities Act.

"No one can sit there in labor and just watch a fixed screen," said Weiss. "You can't do that. It's much better to have a live interpreter that's mobile and can move around. It's a lot more comfortable. They can lean over. They can get in a different spot." Weiss says on top that, in her experience, the VRIs do not work all the time.

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