When Blackness & deafness intersect:
Pearl Pearson heavly beaten for "ignoring" police. He's deaf. #ICantBreathe pic.twitter.com/cbDPaNM8Bx
— αηιs (@H0XH4) December 12, 2014
As the story of Ferguson continues people are bringing up cases of police brutality against the blacks. On the 8th of January 2014 this 64 year-old man, Pearl Pearson, from Oklahoma was heavily beaten by 2 cops for allegedly ignoring them when the yelled at him to put up his hands.