ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A Maryland lawmaker is calling for statewide standards relating to approaching the disabled, after a man with Down syndrome died when police tried to remove him from a movie theater.
Del. Heather Mizeur asked Gov. Martin O'Malley in a letter Tuesday to launch an investigation under the state's health department.
Mizeur, a Montgomery County Democrat who is running for governor, requested a commission be formed to design statewide standards for workforce training.
In January, 26-year-old Robert Ethan Saylor died of asphyxia after police tried to forcibly remove him for staying for a second movie showing without paying in Frederick County.
Critics have called for an independent investigation of the three deputies' actions. A grand jury decided in March not to indict them.
