Florida police fire beanbags at 81-year-old nursing home resident who brandished vase

Associated Press ^ | 8-29-02

[Oldeconomybuyer]

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) --

[dd5339]

Good God! Why in the h*ll did'nt someone just walk over and take the vase away?

Semper Fi

[Pushi]

The whole world has gone mad.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

It was an assault vase.

[dd5339]

ROTFLMAO!

[phasma proeliator]

The city better go buy a nice jar of vaseline - cause they're gonna have to bend over on this one.

[steve50]

Can't be too careful, the old guy was probably all hopped up on heart meds/blood thinners. The old scofflaw

[Spruce]

Un-Friggin-Believable! Talk about some cops hopped-up on testosterone. What a bunch of pu**ies.

[Militiaman7]

The question is, did the SWAT TEAM have their Vase-proof vests on?

[Wolfie]

Seems like overkill for a vase. Now, if he had a loaded colostomy bag...

[IYAS9YAS]

Agreed. They used way too much wrong-minded force to "subdue" this man. No matter what, I'd have walked up to him and just taken the vase. For Pete's sake he was in a wheelchair. I think an ankle bruise or run-over toe would have been worth it (on my part, not his). Bean bags fired from a weapon. Jeepers, just take the damned things outta the gun and throw them at him.

[Snowy]

Give the cops a break. The man was obviously being e-vase-ive.

[Minnesoootan]

"It was the safest option for the patients and the man," said police spokesman Jack Gillen. "If this were my parent, I would be satisfied with the officers' actions."

WTF? if my ole man heard me say that pepper spray and bean bags were justified.....

[Caipirabob]

It was an assault vase.

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Cleanup at workstation #17...

[TomServo]

"If this were my parent, I would be satisfied with the officers' actions."

"I don't know if they even needed to call police. I wish they had called me first."

Hmmm...looks like the daughter disagrees. I suggest we line up the spokesmans parents against the wall and allow the daughter to load up with some bean bags..

[JavaTheHutt]

Good God! Why in the h*ll did'nt someone just walk over and take the vase away?

My thoughts exactly. You have to wonder about the mentality of the police officers who perceived this man to be a threat to them.

[JavaTheHutt]

Can't be too careful, the old guy was probably all hopped up on heart meds/blood thinners. The old scofflaw

They would have been in serious trouble if he had taken his Viagra.

[GeoPie]

Hey, I used to work for a hospital on the mental health units. One of the patients we had was suffering from dementia. He was 83 years old and used a walker.

He was an ex boxer and a farmer. We found out cause he clocked one staff member and broke his jaw. The staff members face swelled up like a ballon. Badest punch I ever saw. This guy was truly a bad ass. It would take 6 of us to restrain the guy when he went off, and it was one of the toughest take downs we had to do. Don't let those old guys fool ya ;-)

[Cachelot]

"Quick! Shoot the guy before he drops the vase!"