Las Vegas Police Handcuffed Deaf Woman and Forced Her Kids to Interpret for Cops

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A deaf North Las Vegas woman had a tense moment with police after she was pulled over, handcuffed and then her children were made to interpret for police.
Andrea “Dre” Hollingsworth spoke with Fox5 about what took place and why she began livestreaming the April 7 police stop.

“I don’t know, I’m being pulled over and he is interrogating me … I am Black, I am deaf, George Floyd just happened,” Hollingsworth told the news station over Zoom using a sign language interpreter. “The police officer pulled my arm … and I was like, ‘whoa, why?’ I have never experienced anything like that in my life,” Hollingsworth said.

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“I will have you come with me so you can talk,” the officer says to the child.

“I’m saying, ‘Look at this. We need to text, we need to write,’ and he just kept on talking,” Hollingsworth recalled.


The office tells the twins that he’s investigating their mom, who was in the area to collect rent money from her landlord after moving out early. Turns out that the landlord called the police on Hollingsworth, although why the landlord called the cops wasn’t fully explained.

“She is just here because she needs her money back from her friend,” one of the 11-year-olds tells the officer on the video, Fox 5.

Hollingsworth was taken out of her car and forced to sit down on the curb and handcuffed at that point she wouldn’t be able to use her phone to communicate with the officer.

At one point, the officer can be heard telling the twins: “One of you guys need to talk some sense into her.”

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What about deaf does this dense cop not understand?

[IcyPeas]

1. VIDEO:

[sheshe2]

4. Thank you!

[Ilsa]

2. Civil rights violations, scary shit.

I hope they sue on behalf of the woman and her children.

[Iggo]

3. Cops. That's who they are. That's what they do.

[bobnicewander]

5. Damn the whitewash

The news media there (LOCAL TV) should make a public request for Q and A about the incident. Was handcuffing necessary?

[chowder66]

6. Police say she initially refused a request - what utter bullshit.

[tblue37]

7. That she couldn't hear.

[sheshe2]

11. Yes, correct.

[tblue37]

12. I am severely hearing impaired, so these stories upset me. I am white, so I am not as

much at risk, but cops' abusing and killing deaf people for not following unheard commands has
become shockingly common.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. A Deaf Person Refusing A Request?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say SHE DIDN'T HEAR THE REQUEST!!!

[chowder66]

9. I know!

[DenaliDemocrat]

10. Well she couldn't hear them because she's deaf

So I would assume she didn’t comply.

Cops are stupid

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. "One of you guys need to talk some sense into her." To an 11-year-old, about their mother.

Definitely reformable. /s

[sheshe2]

17. Other than the two children...

Her only means of communication were her hands. They cuffed them behind her back.

SMDH

[oasis]

14. Tough guys?

[Bettie]

15. Seriously?

WTF?

[sheshe2]

16. They are out of control.

[Bettie]

18. Yeah, they are

I'm waiting...before long there will be someone who comes in to explain how the cop is completely in the right.