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(Mario Belluomo)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A judge is allowing a deaf woman from Staten Island to move forward with a lawsuit alleging that her civil rights were violated when she was arrested in 2011, according to the Daily News.
Diana Williams, who is also unable to speak, filed suit in Manhattan federal court against the NYPD in 2012. She alleges that her civil rights were violated when she was arrested outside her home on Sept. 11, 2011, and then locked up for 24 hours without being given an interpreter or timely medical care, the report said. Charges later were dropped.
Williams had asked police for help to evict a tenant, who also was deaf, but officers from the Mid-Island's 122nd Precinct cuffed both Williams and the tenant, according to a previous report.
Judge Valerie Caproni rejected an attempt by the city to have the case dismissed, and criticized the NYPD for not doing a better job at accommodating people with disabilities, the Daily News reported.
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