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Woman Claims Police Used Taser Gun On Her (woman considering pressing charges)
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/3426924/detail.html ^

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; honkifyouarehornknee; leo; liar; yeahright
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1 posted on 06/17/2004 10:48:51 AM PDT by Stew Padasso
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To: Stew Padasso

Some of those 68yr olds can be pretty scrappy. I had one pull a bedpan on me once. Very scary.


2 posted on 06/17/2004 10:57:37 AM PDT by mlbford2 (Sorry for spelling errors, I'm a product of a state university)
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To: Stew Padasso

Can someone really be cited for honking?

Typical cop attitude.


3 posted on 06/17/2004 10:58:27 AM PDT by jra
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To: Stew Padasso
The officer who used the Taser gun has been with the department four months.

Hmmmm

4 posted on 06/17/2004 11:00:39 AM PDT by Pete
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To: Stew Padasso; Bacon Man
Bacon is my insurance agent, and he can testify that in our long personal and professional association, I have received untold numbers of tickets . . . but NEVER one for honking.

I assume that's because my other violations are so egregious, writing me up for honking would be like writing up Christina Aguilera for too much eye makeup.
5 posted on 06/17/2004 11:03:05 AM PDT by Xenalyte (This dog bite me.)
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To: Pete

Suspend with no pay for 6 months. Next.


6 posted on 06/17/2004 11:03:12 AM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: coloradan

ping


7 posted on 06/17/2004 11:03:21 AM PDT by Stew Padasso ("That boy is nuttier than a squirrel turd.")
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To: Stew Padasso

All the police lovers on here will be saying she deserved it.. how dare she honk her horn then passively resist an Officer of the Law????? I guess being tasered is better than what happened to the young man in my neck of the woods (San Joaquin Valley), who was handcuffed in the back seat of the police cruiser for "disturbing the peace", then shot to death by a female police officer who meant to grab her taser... but hey, he deserved it right? He shouldn't have breathed I guess....


8 posted on 06/17/2004 11:04:10 AM PDT by Awestruck (Formerly Goodie D)
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To: Stew Padasso

We'll see more of these. Taser (TASR ticker) has been selling the guns like hot potatoes


9 posted on 06/17/2004 11:05:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: jra

You guys will believe anything.


10 posted on 06/17/2004 11:06:00 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: jra
"Can someone really be cited for honking? "

You bet. I got a ticket for unnecessary use of emergency equipment when I hit my horn once(It was MP in the Corps. Go figure).
11 posted on 06/17/2004 11:08:49 AM PDT by GunnyHartman
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To: jra; VaBthang4
Can someone really be cited for honking?

It would appear so.

Actually they can pretty much write you up for just about anything.

Typical cop attitude.

Yep. Just SOP for cops nowdays.

Can't wait for the jackboot-lickers to come onboard and explain how this 68 year old woman deserved it.

12 posted on 06/17/2004 11:10:10 AM PDT by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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To: Stew Padasso

Bottom line IMO: Unless the policeman had reasonable cause to suspect she had a weapon she was about to use, this is utterly inexcusable. LOTS of 68-year-olds are heart patients for whom tasing could cause serious harm.

MM


14 posted on 06/17/2004 11:20:36 AM PDT by MississippiMan
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To: eno_
Cops lie. Reflexivly. All the time. If I saw someone doing that to my wife. I'd just stroll over and calmly see what the matter is. After I spilt the goon's skull open with a rifle bullet. Then I'd pull the dead goon's pants down and call him a rapist.

No you wouldn't. You'd scream like a little girl and wet your pants while hiding behind your husband.

15 posted on 06/17/2004 11:24:55 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: eno_

Whoops. I thought you were making a funny


16 posted on 06/17/2004 11:28:51 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: MississippiMan
"to suspect she had a weapon she was about to use"

Hellofa standard you got there, MississippiMan. If the suspect is about to use a weapon, the cop may use the Taser.

When can the cop pull his gun -- after he's shot?

17 posted on 06/17/2004 11:33:19 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: Stew Padasso
Jones' husband, Fred, heard the commotion in his home of 40 years and confronted the officer. Husband and wife were both arrested and jailed.

Over honking a horn? This new cop needs to find a new line of work or take intensive anger management courses. Talk about turning a mole hile into a mountain, this cop has it down.
18 posted on 06/17/2004 11:34:56 AM PDT by microgood
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To: Xenalyte; Stew Padasso
Bacon is my insurance agent, and he can testify that in our long personal and professional association, I have received untold numbers of tickets . . . but NEVER one for honking.

Testify!!! Hallelujah!!!

19 posted on 06/17/2004 11:35:12 AM PDT by Bacon Man (This dog bite me)
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To: AppyPappy

Not a goddamn thing funny about it. Anyone doing that to my wife would be dead. period. More cops should die in a pool of their blood, brains, and whatever donuts turn into in their fat guts for doing that to people.


20 posted on 06/17/2004 11:38:10 AM PDT by eno_
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