[Cagdu] FW: [nagdu] Man's dog in a McDonald's results in Taser use

[Juliett Cody]

That was interesting.
Thanks,
Juliet  and Marly
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> Subject: [nagdu] Man's dog in a McDonald's results in Taser use
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> Man's dog in a McDonald's results in Taser use
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>
>
> By SANDY CULLEN
>
> 608-252-6137
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> May 27, 2009
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>
>
> Madison police used pepper spray and a Taser on a Madison man who refused 
> to
> leave a McDonald's restaurant Tuesday night after a manager questioned the
>
> man's identification of his dog as a service animal.
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>
>
> Police spokesman Joel DeSpain said Stephen M. Bottila, 37, wanted to file 
> a
> complaint with police against the manager of the McDonald's at
> 2402 S. Park
>
> St. because he felt his rights were being violated.
>
>
>
> DeSpain said the manager allowed Bottila to eat his food in the restaurant
> with the sleeping dog after Bottila told him it was a service animal, but
> then
>
> asked Bottila to leave.
>
>
>
> The manager called police around 8 p.m. and said he wanted to make sure 
> the
> dog was a service animal and that he wanted Bottila removed from the
> restaurant,
>
> DeSpain said.
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>
>
> DeSpain said officers attempted to get Bottila to leave and discuss his
> complaint with them outside the restaurant, but Bottila refused, then 
> fought
> with
>
> three officers who tried to physically remove him.
>
>
>
> Bottila was being held Wednesday in Dane County Jail on tentative charges 
> of
> trespassing, resisting police and disorderly conduct. His dog was taken to
>
> the Dane County Humane Society.
>
>
>
> Bottila has told the State Journal he has a seizure disorder for which his
> dog provides assistance, and he has previously had problems with employees
> of
>
> other businesses in the city and town of Madison recognizing his dog as a
> service animal, prompting training for officers in the town of Madison on
> the
>
> Americans with Disabilities Act.
>
>
>
> Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, representatives of a business 
> may
> ask if an animal is a service animal or what tasks the animal has been
> trained
>
> to perform, but they cannot require special identification cards for the
> animal, or ask about a person's disability.
>
>
>
> Cynthia Wick of the city's Department of Civil Rights said Bottila filed a
> public accommodation complaint against Einstein Brothers Bagels in 
> September
>
> 2007 for refusing access to a service animal. An investigator found 
> probable
> cause to believe that discrimination on the basis of disability occurred,
>
> but a hearing on the matter never took place, Wick said. Additional
> information on the case was not immediately available.
>
>
>
> Madison Police Capt. Carl Gloede on Thursday denied a State Journal 
> request
> for police reports of Tuesday's incident, saying it remained an active
> investigation
>
> requiring follow-up by district command staff, who review all arrests.
>
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