A lot more has come out recently...
Interviews with witnesses, Ethan's sister, his aide.
They are still fighting for Justice for Ethan.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-For-Ethan/158571137638103
According to witnesses, when the first plainclothes officer told him he had to leave, Ethan stubbornly replied, "I'm not leaving." (
If they had only been wearing a uniform and a badge the young man who was so fascinated by police might have reacted differently.)
The aide urgently told them Ethan required time to process the situation and begged for their patience. She warned them about his phobia of being touched and specifically said Ethan would "freak out" if they forced the situation. Her warnings went unheeded. As patrons began to fill the theater for the next showing, the officers may have felt pressure to quickly resolve the issue.
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Eyewitness statements say as the officers tried to pull Ethan out of his chair he both verbally and physically resisted.
During the ensuing wrestling match, the officers struggled with three sets of handcuffs (made necessary due to Ethan's short arms and girth)
and told him he was going to jail.
One witness said Ethan was crying and calling out for his mom, clearly unable to process what was happening. As the scrum scuffled toward the exit, they fell in a heap with Ethan at the bottom — face down.
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Look, no one thinks the officers deliberately set out to do harm to Ethan that day. But the fact remains he died because of their actions. Ethan had the bad luck to be born with an extra chromosome, but that doesn't mean he forfeited his rights as an American to respectful due process.
The justice system already gives special treatment to those who are targeted by hate crimes or those with alternative lifestyles. Now it's time to give disabled Americans a break, too.
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/dia...ns_deserve_full_protection_under_law_20130831