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Officer tasers & jails 68 year old woman for honking her horn
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/3426924/detail.html ^

Posted on 06/21/2004 2:02:27 PM PDT by MindFire

Officers Placed On Admin. Duty After Taser Gun Incident
68-Year-Old Woman Says Officer Shocked Her Twice In Chest
POSTED: 5:32 pm CDT June 16, 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 in the chest 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. The husband and wife were both arrested and jailed. Jones was cited for misuse of a horn on a city street, and her husband was ticketed for interfering with an officer.

The couple were released on bond, and now they want answers. Jones, who is recovering from knee surgery, 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.

Jones' co-workers at Cascone's, where she has been employed for 44 years, are all talking about what happened. "We sure have been talking about it, we sure have. And don't any of us approve of it," said Jones' co-worker, Sarah McGee. "After all, this is an old lady. She's a mother, she's a grandmother, and pretty soon to be a great-grandmother." The officer who used the Taser gun has been with the department four months.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: civilrights; donutwatch; improperuseofforce; leo; loons; maniacal; misuseofauthority; policestate; taser; tasermisuse; taseroveruse
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To: MindFire
i have used that website and i fight (e)very ticket i'm given.

"Every" ticket? I've received exactly one in my driving career - for a fender bender I caused when I was a junior in high school, 32 years ago. (To add insult to injury, the boyfriend of the girl whose car I hit beat the crap out of me too).

I guess I'm just boring behind the wheel. Driving a generic piece of junk probably helps too.

101 posted on 06/21/2004 4:42:38 PM PDT by asgardshill
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To: MindFire
Jones was cited for misuse of a horn on a city street..

What the .. ? So, if you bump the horn while exiting your vehicle, you're going to get a ticket and a beatdown?

102 posted on 06/21/2004 4:45:04 PM PDT by csvset
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To: Dog Gone

Oh MAN! I am so sorry that happened. I would defintely file a lawsuit on the jerk and notify the press. what was his justifcation for handcuffing her??? at least there were witnesses to the fact that she was handcuffed.


that is a story that could easily make the press. i would notify the press in your area. newspaper, tv, civil rights groups and radio. i believe in shining the spotlight on corrption- otherwise they will continue.


103 posted on 06/21/2004 4:49:45 PM PDT by MindFire
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To: MindFire
“Your response is identical to a socialist who has been brainwashed in public schools...”

Only the emotional immature stoop to that kind of childish attack. Grow up or stop wasting my time.

You were taken to task for one thing, and one thing only, and that was your rush to judgment based on one-sided accounts and very little evidence.

--Boot Hill

104 posted on 06/21/2004 4:50:14 PM PDT by Boot Hill (Candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo, candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo!)
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To: asgardshill

i realize that made it sound like i am ticketed all the time, lol. i didn't mean it that way. But i do drive a great deal, through many cities. some are known for fervent revenue gathering (speed traps). i once got pulled over at 2 am on a deserted street for not having my blinker on long enough before i made the right turn. yes i had my blinker on to turn right, ...but apparently not "long enough".


what utter preposterous b.s.
i told the jerk he must really be hard up if he pulls people over for things like this. he said "excuse me?" i said it again.

i am a conservative Christian.. not a 'liberal' or a cop hater. but this stuff is just ridiculous. what they do is wrong and it is an abuse of power and authority..all for gain of the state $$$$ coffers. it is starkly immoral, and i am not kidding about that.

i've seen plenty of corrupt crooked cops; if they're going to ticket people for asinine things then yes i am going to participate in the legal process. make THEM waste their time to defend their outrageous idiotic charges. i tell you i win every time,and i am not kidding. i've done it about 4 or 5 times.

There is a cow in one city (a barney-fife type obese dog catcher woman) that tickets people for having their dogs off leash IN THEIR OWN YARDS, on private property. she tried it with me and i fought it and won. everyone else just paid the $70. no thanks.


105 posted on 06/21/2004 5:01:43 PM PDT by MindFire
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To: MindFire
There was no reason to handcuff her at all. She wasn't fighting him or trying to escape. She was trying to get authorization to give him what he wanted because it wasn't her call.

He was just being abusive because he could. He told her, "You don't know how bad a day I've had."

Yeah, well he ruined my wife's day. And I can't think of any possible reason why. I have never seen a subpoena that requires instantaneous production of information. Usually you have 21 days to comply.

I generally support the police and think they do a great job. But there are some cops who have no business being cops.

106 posted on 06/21/2004 5:05:57 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Boot Hill

i wasn't attacking you- don't be so sensitive. I simply was commenting on the sound of your reply. after all, this is a discussion board. i thought your ideology sounded like a liberal, and that's what i said.


i think the news story provided enough info for me to gather an opinion.
i dont need to go personally interview the participants in order to draw the conculsion that tasering a granny is absurd.



and i am not 'wasting your time', lol... you can choose whether or not you read/reply to my topics; & i never claimed to be 'mature'! ;-þ


107 posted on 06/21/2004 5:06:53 PM PDT by MindFire
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To: Dog Gone
But there are some cops who have no business being cops.

You can say that again.

108 posted on 06/21/2004 5:15:18 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: nothingnew

I never listened to Zappa and would not know one of his songs if I heard it, and the Zen comment was trying to slam me as a democrat.
As for wording, "whoa partner" is a little too honky tonk for me.


109 posted on 06/21/2004 5:48:07 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: Kackikat
I wasn't trying to slam you as a democrat and I'm deeply saddened that you are so anal-rententive that you have no sense of humor.

FReegards,

FMCDH(BITS)

110 posted on 06/21/2004 6:01:19 PM PDT by nothingnew (KERRY: "If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie again!")
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To: TommyDale

For honking her horn, this woman deserved this? The puke with the badge should take it where the sun doesn't shine, with a cattle prod. I hate our 'Sue Happy' culture, but in this case, I hope she and her husband slap the city and police dept. with a hefty lawsuit!


111 posted on 06/21/2004 6:02:07 PM PDT by Az. Mike
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To: nothingnew

I have a sense of humor, and I am also intelligent enough to know when I am being insulted, and when I should laugh.

Have a great night. Goodbye.


112 posted on 06/21/2004 6:08:36 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: MindFire
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,'"

Seems to me the "officer" is guilty of false reporting.... a quite usual occurence they get away with.

All the cops I talked to thrive on false reporting.

There is an air of denounciation and encouragement for false denounciation that is Stalinian in nature.

113 posted on 06/21/2004 6:09:43 PM PDT by JudgemAll
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To: MindFire

Good post, I booked that site, too. Thanks!


114 posted on 06/21/2004 6:12:58 PM PDT by Auntie Mame ("Whether you think you can or think you can't -- you are right." Henry Ford)
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To: Windcatcher

If the cops work swing or night shifts, court time is always overtime. On days it is often overtime because many departments work 4 10 hour days a week, with 2 of those days being weekends for many officers. (My brother is a police Sergeant)


115 posted on 06/21/2004 6:19:16 PM PDT by sharktrager (George Clooney has rubber nipples.)
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To: Kackikat

Zen=democrat?


116 posted on 06/21/2004 6:24:38 PM PDT by sharktrager (George Clooney has rubber nipples.)
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To: dasboot
"That's what happens when you quit smoking to get the job."

We have a winner!

117 posted on 06/21/2004 6:24:44 PM PDT by natewill (Start the revolution NOW!)
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To: Servant of the 9

>>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 of them should be canned. This is not the sort of woman to teach new officers Taser use on.


118 posted on 06/21/2004 6:27:07 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( GET READY!!..-> http://www.ready.gov/get_a_kit.html)
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To: Kackikat
I meant no insult. You chose to take it that way. Yer mighty thin-skinned pardner. Good luck and all. Goodnight.

FReegards,

FMCDH(BITS)

119 posted on 06/21/2004 6:44:30 PM PDT by nothingnew (KERRY: "If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie again!")
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To: sharktrager
Zen=democrat?

Forget about it. The man has no sense of humor and a way too thin skin to have any fun. Oh well.

FMCDH(BITS)

120 posted on 06/21/2004 6:47:39 PM PDT by nothingnew (KERRY: "If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie again!")
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