Police Tasered an 86-year-old disabled grandma in her bed and stepped on her oxygen hose until she couldn't breathe, after her grandson called 911 seeking medical assistance, the woman and her grandson claim in Oklahoma City Federal Court. Though the grandson said, "Don't Taze my granny!" an El Reno police officer told another cop to "Taser her!" and wrote in his police report that he did so because the old woman "took a more aggressive posture in her bed," according to the complaint.*
What the fuck were they thinking? You can read the details HERE.
8 comments:
Boy, she must have been one mean granny! They must have been afraid she would get out of bed, throw off her oxygen, and kick their asses.
the only thing that I can say is ...
"WTF???"
Beth in Seville
I agree,
WTF!!!
I hope they win millions in the law suit. Unfortunately Granny probably won't live long enough to enjoy any of it.
Extremely frightening and disturbing.Hard to imagine a group of big strong men with guns being so terrified of a bedridden 86 year old woman that they had to taze and abuse her. Yeah...WTF?
I usually defend the police in these "tasered" episodes. BUT if one iota of this story is true these cops need to go AND should be tried for manslaughter or reckless endangerment at the very least. That must be 1 tough old broad to withstand that torture! The fear alone should have done her in.
This was left out of the article DD posted, but was on the Daily Oklahoman newspaper website:
"Police have admitted using a Taser to incapacitate the suicidal woman Dec. 22. Officer Duran wrote in a police report she pulled a kitchen knife from under her pillow and threatened to kill him. "I tried talking to Varner and calm her down but nothing would work," he reported.
The officer reported she took "a more aggressive posture on the bed" when other officers arrived. He reported she raised the knife above her head and said, "If you come any closer, you're getting the knife." He reported he feared she would injure someone.
Police went to the apartment Dec. 22 after her grandson called 911 for a paramedic to check on her. "She says ... her life is over. She wants to end it. ... She's taken some medicine. I don't know what she's taken," Tinsley said in the 911 call. "I can't get her to tell me what she took. ... She's kind of upset and everything else."
Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-granny-gets-shocked-by-taser-sues-el-reno-police/article/3471297?custom_click=lead_story_title#ixzz0rvBOC89Z
Boomer Sooner
The police need to have their tasers taken away. It's so sad that people continue to allow them to get away with this.
OHHH ..... now it comes out Grandma was drugged up and wielding a knife. There is always a little more to the story.
I have a feeling this will never make to court.
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