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Daily Archives: February 22, 2016

Progress in Maryland: Policy changes that support safety and inclusion

February 22, 2016Safety Mini-seriesBy Sarah Hansen

In early 2013, a 26-year-old man named Robert Ethan Saylor, who had Down Syndrome, died of postural asphyxiation shortly after an encounter with off-duty sheriff’s deputies moonlighting as mall security guards in Frederick County, Maryland. Saylor wound up in handcuffs and restrained on the ground, face-down, after refusing to leave a movie theater when his…

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