Deaf Man attacked for being Silent.

My God. I can't believe this one!!

When Jamie Berke had picked up this one off the 'net and reported in her Deafness.about.com site: (see link)
http://deafness.about.com/b/a/258127.htm?nl=1

I could not believe my eyes. Yes, you have to go to the site where the story is actually being reported.

http://www.star-telegram.com/629/story/257747.html

Read that article thoroughly. Two things I that I find are very strange. For starters, the store clerk who hit Cody Goodnight never said one word of apology after learning that Cody Goodnight was deaf.

Second, get this: "The store's surveillance tape was erased or taped over prior to officers' arrival, Sullivan said."

Now you can bet that this clerk had covered up his criminal act very fast because he knows some one's coming. He knows the police are going to come in and ask questions for hitting someone. By erasing the surveillance tape of evidence, the son-of-a-bitch hopes that he can't get convicted. But, in my honest opinion, the Family Dollar Store ought to fire the clerk and then sue him for his criminal destruction of company property. More over, Surveillance tapes should not be taped over for any reason at any time. When you do that, you are going to prison, buddy boy!

I hope Cody Goodnight's family retains two lawyers. One for the criminal trial against the clerk where I hope the DA charges the clerk with attempted murder! Hitting someone with a hard crowbar is likely to cause death! Especially when you hit someone on the head.

The other lawyer, I hope they sue Family Dollar Store hard! A clerk, that had an access to weapons like a crowbar and is prone to do violence, is a person who should not be working in there. I hope this clerk goes to prison for a long time!

Cody Goodnight, we hope you heal, but get a 2nd doctor to look at you thoroughly!

May today's post put businesses on notice. Train your employees, you business owners! There are many handicapped people out there. Being deaf is one of them. You must respect the handicapped person. If you do not, you can lose more of your business in an instant if your clerks do not do good customer relations with all people of nature.

Semper Fi!