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ex-con interpreter delivers gibberish sign language at police press conference In Tampa

Posted on 12/10/17 at 5:51 am
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
21662 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 5:51 am
An American Sign Language interpreter has baffled the hearing impaired by delivering gibberish gestures during a crucial police press conference in the Tampa serial killer case.As Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan announced the arrest of Howell Donaldson Wednesday night, interpreter Derlyn Roberts was there beside him, making signs that made no sense.

State records reviewed by DailyMail.com show that 53-year-old Roberts, who also goes by the name Derlyn Glover, served a five-year prison sentence on a felony fraud conviction and was released in April of 2016. She also has prior convictions for grand theft and burglary.

'She sat up there and waved her arms like she was singing Jingle Bells,' Rachell Settambrino, who is deaf and teaches American Sign Language at the University of South Florida, told the Tampa Bay Times through an interpreter.LINK
This post was edited on 12/10/17 at 5:54 am
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
21662 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 5:58 am to
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 6:00 am to
Here's the real fail:

quote:

Tampa Police Department spokeswoman Janelle McGregor told the Tampa Bay Times officials are conducting a review because they didn't even request an interpreter
Posted by Cajun367
S. Louisiana
Member since Oct 2017
1943 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 6:04 am to
Any time I see something about sign language, I always think about my buddy who dated a deaf chick. Said she was loud as frick in the sack because (obviously) she couldn't hear herself and just let loose!
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118252 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 6:09 am to
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 6:26 am to
quote:

Tampa Police Department spokeswoman Janelle McGregor told the Tampa Bay Times officials are conducting a review because they didn't even request an interpreter


Posted by PolyPusher86
St. George
Member since Jun 2010
3357 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 6:35 am to
Florida
Posted by Hoops
LA
Member since Jan 2013
8249 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 6:37 am to
Just a crackhead that got ahold of some bad, or really good, stuff and thought she really was using sign language.
Posted by stat19
Member since Feb 2011
29350 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 6:52 am to
quote:

served a five-year prison sentence on a felony fraud conviction


Uhh, sound familiar?
Posted by bakersman
Shreveport
Member since Apr 2011
6020 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 7:19 am to
She was signing in German, that's why it came off as jiberish
Posted by StupidBinder
Jawja
Member since Oct 2017
6392 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 8:33 am to
Old story, but did they ever find out what her motivation was?
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49661 posts
Posted on 12/10/17 at 8:37 am to
Nazi shite again. There has been quite the fuhrer over it.
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