Deaf couple sue over treatment by Adams County sheriff's office

When Adams County sheriff's deputies knocked down the motel-room door of a deaf couple, slammed the man to the ground and locked him in jail for 25 days without providing a sign-language interpreter, they violated the Americans With Disabilities Act, a federal lawsuit says.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=SjyaXP3Zq1c:HrNBaX_lo54:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=SjyaXP3Zq1c:HrNBaX_lo54:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=SjyaXP3Zq1c:HrNBaX_lo54:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=SjyaXP3Zq1c:HrNBaX_lo54:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=SjyaXP3Zq1c:HrNBaX_lo54:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=SjyaXP3Zq1c:HrNBaX_lo54:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/SjyaXP3Zq1c" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

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