Posted on 06/17/2004 10:48:50 AM PDT by Stew Padasso
Woman Claims Police Used Taser Gun On Her
68-Year-Old Woman Considers Pressing Charges
POSTED: 5:32 pm CDT June 16, 2004 UPDATED: 9:04 am CDT June 17, 2004
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A police officer used his Taser gun on a 68-year-old grandmother in her home Tuesday night, KMBC's Donna Pitman reported.
Louise Jones (pictured, left) said it happened after she pulled up to her house near 50th and Euclid and saw a police car. She honked, and an officer got out of the vehicle.
"He said he could give me a citation ticket for honking my horn. I said it was an accident. It's not like I laid on the horn; I honked, right in front of my house," Jones said.
Jones said the officer went to a call at another home, then returned to her house to give her a ticket for honking.
"He grabbed me and I jerked away from him, and he said, 'You assaulted me,'" Jones recalled.
Police said Jones wouldn't cooperate and hit the officer. That's when the officer pulled his Taser gun and shocked her, Pitman reported.
Jones said the officer shocked her twice with the weapon.
"I hollered and screamed because I thought it was a gun," she said.
Jones' husband, Fred, heard the commotion in his home of 40 years and confronted the officer. Husband and wife were both arrested and jailed.
Police Capt. Rich Lockhart said it is the policy of the Kansas City Police Department "to use the Taser (gun) when someone is being passively resistant, refusing to obey verbal commands."
The couple were released on bond, and now they want answers. Jones is considering pressing charges, Pitman reported.
"I have never been arrested in my life, been to the police station either -- not even for a traffic ticket," Jones said.
The Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into what happened. One of the officers involved has been on the force six years. The officer who used the Taser gun has been with the department four months. Both are still on duty.
I can think of lots. Use your imagination.
Good words. No one knows what happened here; the article is from one perspective. But I'd guess if her confrontation was with John Q. instead of John Blue, there would have been no physical confrontation. Maybe a finger or a harsh word.
Why? Because few people want a physical confrontation, even if they have a weapon and their opponent is an old woman.
Somebody might call the cops.
Hold on there. NOT all police are bad. But there are too many bad ones out there. The responsible departments dispose of their PIGS and the irresponsible ones keep them as "symbols of pride". I have alot of experience in this field. There are too many police who praise those cops who do wrong against the public. Sad! This cop needs to be fired. He is a CRIMINAL!
The officer was wrong in this case. There is no NEED to torture someone for such a petty offence. What is this, Iran?
America is a free nation. God Bless, always. I can't believe that so many people are defending the government so blindly. That is what happens at DEMOCRATUNDERGROUND. We are FreeRepublic with an emphasis on the "FREE" part.
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