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In late September 2017, most U.S. news outlets ran a story with their own take on the following title:
Oklahoma City Police Fatally Shoot Deaf Man Despite Yells Of 'He Can't Hear'

It was the fifth fatal Oklahoma City police shooting that year, but this time it involved an individual who had no chance: Lt. Matthew Lindsey arrived at the address and encountered 35-year-old Magdiel Sanchez, who was on the porch holding a 2-foot metal pipe with a leather loop in his right hand. Lindsey called for backup.

Because a Latin-American man with tools is... abnormal? Rare?

"Both officers fired their weapons at the same time when Sanchez was about 15 feet away from them; more than one shot was fired, the police captain said."

"We were screaming that he can't hear," witness Julio Rayos told The Oklahoman. Rayos told the paper that Sanchez had developmental disabilities and didn't talk.

"The guy does movements," Rayos told The Oklahoman. "He don't speak, he don't hear, mainly it is hand movements. That's how he communicates. I believe he was frustrated trying to tell them what was going on."

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from A Reflection On Police Brutality (Vol. 1), released May 31, 2020
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Writer, guitarist, singer, organizer and curator of UnPop Montréal, Sébastian Hell looms large in the Montréal music scene.

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