Mr. Wrana deserves to be remembered and honored for his service to our country. What a terribly sad story.
Posted on 06/23/2014 9:30:04 PM PDT by chessplayer
CHICAGO (CN) - Suburban Chicago police shot a 95-year-old WWII veteran to death with bean bag rounds at short range because he refused to go to the hospital, his stepdaughter claims in court.
"On July 26, 2014 [sic], John Wrana, Jr., was twelve days shy of his 96th birthday and a resident at the Victory Centre of Park Forest Assisted Living Center located in Park Forest, Illinois. On that date, Mr. Wrana was alone in his room, suffering from what the facility's staff believed were symptoms indicative of a urinary tract infection in an elderly person," the complaint begins. Victory Center employees tried to get Wrana into an ambulance to go to the hospital for treatment, but he allegedly refused to leave his room. The defendant officers responded to employees' 911 call, and also were unable to persuade Wrana to leave his room and go to the hospital. The officers conferred and decided to seize Wrana by force, according to the complaint.
Upon entering the room, defendant Taylor fired "five rounds of bean bag cartridges from a 12 gauge shotgun within a distance of approximately only six to eight feet from Mr. Wrana, far less than the distance allowed for discharging that shotgun, and, consequently, savagely wounding and killing Mr. Wrana," the lawsuit states. "Mr. Wrana bled to death as a result of the shotgun wounds inflicted upon him by defendants. The Cook County Medical Examiner ruled that Mr. Wrana's death was a homicide caused by blunt force trauma to his abdomen as a result of shots fired from a bean bag shotgun."
After shooting Wrana, the officers handcuffed him, took photos of his injuries, and put him in a four-point restraint before transporting him to the hospital, the complaint states.
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God bless this WWII vet. The country he fought for killed him. He didn’t deserve that. He’s home now.
Shooting veterans, slitting pets’ throats - yep, the police are your friends.
Just for folks to see what it’s like to get hit by one of these “bean bag” rounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idXlzfPuyZM
Note the range of the first shot, the age and physical fitness of the officer, and the area he was hit (the buttocks).
Now, if one shot from that range to the backside is enough to bring down a bull moose of a guy, how can there possibly have been the need to fire FIVE almost point-blank shots against a 96 year old guy half out of his head from infection?
Mr. Wrana deserves to be remembered and honored for his service to our country. What a terribly sad story.
Off the pig!
Wrana’s final “reward” in this life for serving in WWII,,,execution by Pig.
Crap! Wrong story! Here is the right link ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3168374/posts
Now, if one shot from that range to the backside is enough to bring down a bull moose of a guy, how can there possibly have been the need to fire FIVE almost point-blank shots against a 96 year old guy half out of his head from infection?
Military service rejects who wanted to prove how “tough” they are.
“To Protect and Serve” ... themselves.
Sadly, JBT alert required.
The judgement against the city should be at least ten Billion dollars.
Deserter Bergdahl welcomed back as a hero. WWII vet Wrana executed by the Pigs because he didn’t want to go to the hospital.
They’re not “militarized,” and they’re as civilian as any other “civilians.” People who don’t ingest brainwashing garbage from television can understand that.
It’s unreal. Even if he “threatened” them by waving his cane at them, it’s one 96 year old man against 5 young, heavily armed Pigs wearing body armor.
And what’s worse, nothing will be done to the uniformed Nazis.
Unions, ya know.
They must have just about cut him in half - and THEN - instead of getting him to the hospital = they TAKE PICTURES - and THEN put him a 4-point restraint.
RESTRAINT??? They must have all but cut him in half with FIVE!!!
ANIMALS
The cops all went home safe that night, that is all that matters.
To be fair, this was NOT in the City of Chicago. This was in a suburb, Park Forest, which has its own police department.
The cops all went home safe that night, that is all that matters.
And probably brag about it over some beers.
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