ALWAYS proud of my brother Andy.  In this case (which never should have happened!), his law firm got some justice for the Saylor family.

Robert Ethan Saylor, 26, whose Down syndrome was “readily recognizable,” was suffocated in January 2013 after being handcuffed and put on the floor by three deputies at the Regal Cinemas at the Westview Promenade Mall in Frederick in January 2013. Saylor had attempted to return to the theater while his aide went to get her car, but an employee told Saylor he needed to purchase another ticket. The federal wrongful death lawsuit alleged excessive force and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

After Saylor’s death, Patricia Saylor became an advocate for disability rights and training for law enforcement. She supported the creation of a commission to establish a training program to teach police how to interact with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

“I think what stands out about,” the settlement, Espo [an attorney in my brother's law firm] said, “is the affirmation that individuals with disabilities have the right to live and be out in the world and to have law enforcement and others provide appropriate changes in policies and procedures and practices to allow that.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/settlement-reached-in-police-custody-death-of-man-with-down-syndrome/2018/04/24/7d53c0ca-47fe-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f9067e9dc504