Police Heard Mocking Disabled Children In Secretly Recorded Audio

AL.com
Jan. 02, 2015

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PELHAM, Alabama -- The driving force behind Carly's Law temporarily halted planning of a special-needs playground in Pelham over concerns that involved an audio recording of city police officers mocking disabled children.

[...]According to a copy of the audio recording obtained by Alabama Media Group, various Pelham police officers including supervisors during a roll call meeting at the start of a shift in mid-August start talking about the Linda Nolen Learning Center, which is a special-needs school operated by the Shelby County Board of Education in Pelham.

An officer is heard asking about another: "Does that big ol' joker still go to school at Linda Nolen? Does anybody know?"

Other officers respond at once, saying, "No," before another is heard saying, "No, he graduated."

An officer adds, "His picture's on the wall."

One of the officers says, "And they realize that they're no longer, they're not part of the Pelham school system, and they are just ecstatic that we still walk in there. They really like us. Really like us."

The joking about the school begins to build at this point.

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"Every time I walk in there," an officer says, just before a brief groan can be heard that supposedly mocks a person with special needs.

"Yeah, they don't talk to me," an officer says. "I guess it's the old age. They say," his voice trails off as laughter erupts.

Although not evident on the recording, at least one officer mimics movements and hand gestures of a physically disabled child, according to the recording's source.

Laughter is again heard, and an officer says, "Are you talking about the teachers or are you talking about the students?"

"I'm talking about the students," one of the officers says.

"Which one are you looking at? Are you looking at the teachers or at the students?" another says, with loud laughter in the background. "Which one's happy to see you?"

"Did you just get what he said? You did?" an officer is heard saying.

The conversation with laughter continues for a couple of seconds, when an officer says, "They just start rocking in their chairs and throwing [expletive] everywhere."

"They were so happy to see Al they offered him Crayons," another officer says, as laughter continues.

"My God. The sensitivity in this room," an officer says.

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