(Kannauj, India) A disabled man was picking up passengers by the side of the road in his rickshaw. A policeman then struck the disabled man behind the head and pushed him to the ground. During the assault, the disabled man’s wife was pleading for the policeman to stop. The other policemen present at the scene did nothing to stop this abusive behavior. The Disability Rights Advocacy Group (DRAG) has asked for the strongest possible action. More news and a video of this story here
Hours before he died, Pittsburgh Jail released an autistic man with intellectual disability from custody
Pittsburgh Institute for Non-Profit Journalism: “Anthony Talotta, 57, died Wednesday at UPMC Mercy Hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell at the Allegheny
