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Litigation

Dec. 17, 2002

Deaf Woman Sues Over Treatment by L.A. Deputies

If the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department had better procedures for communicating with hearing impaired suspects, then 22-year-old Thelma Valenzuela wouldn't have "freaked out" when they arrested her, according to her attorney.


By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        If the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department had better procedures for communicating with hearing impaired suspects, then 22-year-old Thelma Valenzuela wouldn't have "freaked out" when they arrested her, according to her attorney.
        The ...

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