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Emergency? Here's Why The WORST Thing You Can Do Is Call the Cops
ECR ^ | 25 Jun 10 | EC1

Posted on 06/25/2010 11:32:39 AM PDT by nysuperdoodle

Lonnie Tinsley of El Reno, Oklahoma made a nearly fatal mistake last December 22 when he went to check on his grandma, Lona Vernon.

Concerned that Lona hadn’t taken her medications, Lonnie called 911 in the expectation that an emergency medical technician would be dispatched to the apartment to evaluate the bedridden 86-year-old woman.

Instead, that call for help was answered by nearly a dozen armed tax-feeders employed by the El Reno Police Department.

Understandably alarmed — and probably more than a little disgusted — by the presence of uninvited armed strangers in her home, Lona ordered them to leave. This directive, issued by a fragile female octogenarian confined to a hospital-style bed and tethered to an oxygen tank, was interpreted as “aggressive” behavior by Officer Thomas Duran, who ordered one of his associates : “Taser her!”

(Excerpt) Read more at evilconservativeonline.com ...


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KEYWORDS: gullible; lawenforcement; police
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1 posted on 06/25/2010 11:32:42 AM PDT by nysuperdoodle
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To: nysuperdoodle
They should change the name of that show to "El Reno 911"
2 posted on 06/25/2010 11:37:45 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: nysuperdoodle
Next time...


3 posted on 06/25/2010 11:40:48 AM PDT by DeFault User
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To: nysuperdoodle

Fabulous, the cops could very well have started an out of control fire with those tasers.

Good God, the woman is attached to pure oxygen and the cops conveniently supply an ignition source?

Nevermind tasing a little old bed ridden lady, they could have incinerated the entire complex.

This is beyond stupid.


4 posted on 06/25/2010 11:41:29 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Greed and envy is used by our political class to exploit the rich and poor.)
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To: nysuperdoodle

A 1911 is much more efrfective than a 911 any day of the week! :)


5 posted on 06/25/2010 11:41:29 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: nysuperdoodle

Real men. /sarc


6 posted on 06/25/2010 11:43:09 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: nysuperdoodle

Well... I just don’t buy the story and I didn’t when it was originally posted either. Twelve cops all respond to a simple welfare check call? What? I don’t think so. Obviously there’s something huge that’s missing from the story.


7 posted on 06/25/2010 11:48:18 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: nysuperdoodle

The court papers for this are here:

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/06/24/TaserGranny.pdf


8 posted on 06/25/2010 11:52:02 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
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To: Ramius

Then read the actual court papers:

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/06/24/TaserGranny.pdf


9 posted on 06/25/2010 11:52:37 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
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To: Ramius
Well... I just don’t buy the story ...
Me neither and I also note how the author refers to the police:No bias there.
10 posted on 06/25/2010 11:53:33 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

Read the dang court papers in the prior link if you doubt this version of it.


11 posted on 06/25/2010 11:55:29 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
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To: stylin_geek
“There is no situation so bad that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman....”
12 posted on 06/25/2010 11:55:47 AM PDT by glasseye
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To: nysuperdoodle

"Just TRY and tase me, you lousy coppers !!!"

13 posted on 06/25/2010 11:57:47 AM PDT by Lmo56
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To: ConservativeMind

Not an easy complaint to read. I wouldnt want to be the cop’s lawyer and have granny take the stand.


14 posted on 06/25/2010 11:59:13 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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To: ConservativeMind
What a surprise, the granny and grandson are suing!
I'm shocked I tell you, just shoooooooooooooooocked!
15 posted on 06/25/2010 12:01:47 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

So, you visit your grandmother and determine an emergency medical person should show up, so you call 911 and ten armed cops show up without a ambulance and storm into the home, take you outside and cuff you while firing multiple tasers at your invalid grandma while cutting off her oxygen, and you would say, “Bless those men!” like the idiot jailee in “Life of Brian”? Oh, and the grandma had to spend a week in a mental institution for this intrusion?

You are freaking out of your mind if you don’t sue.


16 posted on 06/25/2010 12:06:24 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
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To: oh8eleven
He stated in his report that the 86 year-old plaintiff“took a more aggressive posture in her bed,” and that he was fearful for his safety and the safety of others.

 

Somehow this does not surprise me

17 posted on 06/25/2010 12:07:20 PM PDT by grjr21
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To: nysuperdoodle

Some cops just get their kicks hurting people!


18 posted on 06/25/2010 12:07:46 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second AmenHe doesn't want us to win.dment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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To: nysuperdoodle

Stories like this one sure provide a s**tton of ammo for far left activists like Moveon.org, ACORN, Black Panthers and even the rap industry, ever since the days of NWA’s F**k Tha Police, when they cry out incessantly of America as a haven for police brutality.

Of course, it should be used as evidence for why ordinary Americans need to discover the basic means to defend themselves, and NOT blindly rely on police.


19 posted on 06/25/2010 12:08:00 PM PDT by emax
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To: oh8eleven

“I’m shocked I tell you.”

So was the 86 year old lady.


20 posted on 06/25/2010 12:08:10 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (How shall he rescue his imprisoned self?)
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