Dos and Don'ts for visiting parents

A 57-year-old Indian man has been partially paralysed in the US when a police officer forced him on ground after receiving report of a "suspicious person" looking into the garages of several homes.

Sureshbhai Patel had come to the US two weeks ago to stay with his son in a suburb of Huntsville, Alabama.

Last week, while walking down the sidewalk in the neighbourhood he was stopped by the police. Since he did not know English, he was unable to respond to the questions asked by police except for saying "no English" and in between he put his hand in one of his pockets.

The policeman on duty forced him on the ground, injuring Patel, who is now partly paralysed and undergoing treatment in a hospital.

The policeman responsible for injuring Patel has been sent on administrative leave until the investigation is complete.

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:terrible

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/madison_police_fire_and_arrest.html

confuzzled dude wrote:Here is a another video that captured the whole incident.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/11/alabama-cops-leave-a-grandfather-partially-paralyzed-after-frisk-goes-awry/?hpid=z2

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:Here is a another video that captured the whole incident.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/11/alabama-cops-leave-a-grandfather-partially-paralyzed-after-frisk-goes-awry/?hpid=z2

ya this video was hyperlinked in the link i posted; and the 911 call too.

i think since he didn't know English, he was trying to walk towards his son's house so that the police could follow him and do his identification.

the weirdest thing is, he said no english, the other cop is also telling the cop that he can't understand english, he was still trying to 'warn' him.

MaryamtheProud
6:22 PM EST
It might have been a good idea for the son to give his father something that explained who he was and what his contact information was, since dad didn't speak English. How could anyone expect someone in a small community to speak dad's language. What would have happened if dad had had a medical emergency?

mjk62
right, land of the free, home of the brave, and all that. Carry a sign that says "I walk on sidewalks, please don't beat me into a bloody pulp."