Deaf Black Woman Wins $1.2M Settlement After Violent Arrest by Las Vegas Police
Andrea “Dre” Hollingsworth, a deaf Black woman from North Las Vegas, Nevada, has been awarded a $1.2 million settlement after a violent 2021 encounter with police in which an officer pulled her from her car and slammed her to the ground in front of her two terrified daughters.
According to the Atlanta Black Star, the confrontation unfolded after Officer Michael Rose accused Hollingsworth of failing to follow commands during a police investigation, even though she repeatedly tried to signal that she could not hear him.
Hollingsworth, who was born deaf, primarily communicates through American Sign Language, lip reading, and written communication…