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To: Solon who wrote (82431)	12/18/2011 11:06:47 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 82486

Authorities probe alleged sheriff attack on mute 85 By Katie Schneider,Calgary Sun First posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011 05:04 PM MST Paying a traffic ticket became a horrifying experience for a sick and mute Red Deer man who claims he was assaulted by an Alberta sheriff. Bill Berry, a 52-year-old cancer survivor who breathes through his neck with a tube, went to the court house to pay a traffic ticket Friday when he said a sheriff began shouting at him. “I was standing at (the) counter with ticket and keys on counter and some sheriff began shouting,” he said through email. Berry, who also has a feeding tube in his nose, suffers from total laryngectomy. He had recently been released from hospital and is unable to speak. Berry said he raised his hand to tell the sheriff to stop. “I (tried) to explain with hand gestures that I can’t speak — he grabbed me and threw me to ground,” he told the Sun via email. “Surely he noticed the feeding tube in my nose and a large stoma hole in my neck — is this the way to handle a dying deaf mute for walking in the wrong door? “His actions were uncalled for — the guy was out of line.” The assault caused his stoma tube to be pulled out, nearly suffocating him. “I was in serious trouble — I was shaking and turning purple,” he wrote. “I was laying on the floor facing death by suffocation because my stoma collapsed.” He still does not know what prompted the assault that stopped only when another officer noticed his condition and told the sheriff to give him air. His wife took Berry to the hospital Friday night for stomach pain. Berry has filed a complaint with RCMP, Alberta justice and Solicitor General’s office. Staff of the Director of Law Enforcement, a department within the Alberta Solicitor General’s office, is investigating the incident, spokesman Dan Laville confirmed. “We have received a complaint and we are investigating it and following up with the individual,” he said. “We take complaints seriously and have a process in place to address them, including taking any appropriate action as warranted through the investigations.” If needed, the ex deputy commissioner for RCMP K Division could be asked to investigate, or if a criminal act was believed to have taken place, the matter could be turned over to local police. Laville said the sheriff could be removed from duty anytime during the investigation, if warranted. katie.schneider@sunmedia.ca On Twitter: @SUNkschneider