All posts tagged "Disabled"

The internet responded with outrage after a woman who was reportedly trying to drive to a doctor's appointment was pulled out of her vehicle by ICE agents and dragged into custody during a disturbing incident captured on video Tuesday in Minneapolis.

The woman, whose name was not immediately known, was driving near the area of 34th and Park streets while protesters and ICE agents were clashing in the street during an immigration raid following the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last week.

She was attempting to drive out of the area when officers grabbed her and pulled her out of the window of her sedan. She yelled out "Get the f--- out of my car. I've been picked up by police before. I'm disabled, I'm trying to go to the doctor up there, that's why I didn't move."...

The conservative-majority Supreme Court could decide if IQ tests can rule out an intellectual disability — a move that could echo Project 2025 — and potentially change how states execute disabled people.

The high court will hear Alabama death penalty case Hamm v. Smith starting Wednesday and has prompted the question: "Will Trump’s justices care?" Mother Jones reported on Friday.

The case has focused on Joseph Clifton Smith, who was convicted of murder in 1997, and was previously educated for an intellectual disability. ...

San Francisco (AFP) - Uber will offer several million dollars in compensation to tens of thousands of passengers with disabilities who were charged extra fees, US prosecutors said Monday. The case brought by the US Department of Justice centered on disabled passengers allegedly being made to pay wait charges because they needed extra time to board vehicles. Under the settlement, Uber will issue credits to more than 65,000 eligible riders that are worth double the amount of wait time fees they were ever charged, which could potentially amount to millions of dollars. The ride-share company also ......