Candy striper, gift wrapper, "would you like fries with that?", or my personal favourite for the cowardly in uniform:
Posted on 05/29/2013 10:38:48 AM PDT by redreno
After wandering away from the Montana Veterans’ Home in Columbia Falls last June, a 77-year-old Korean War veteran suffering from severe Alzheimer’s disease was tased by police, fell face-first to the pavement where he struck his head and died later due to injuries from the fall, according to a lawsuit filed last month by a family member representing his estate.
Tamara Downen of Columbia Falls filed the lawsuit on April 5 in Helena’s Lewis and Clark County District Court, claiming that her grandfather, Stanley Downen, died as a result of negligence by the Montana Veterans’ Home, Columbia Falls Police Department and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.
The lawsuit states that on May 31, 2012, Stanley Downen was admitted as a resident to the veterans’ home, described as a “nursing facility that includes a 15-bed Alzheimer’s unit.” Downen had a “history of behavioral issues and advanced dementia resulting from severe progressive Alzheimer’s disease.”
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I’d call that manslaughter. The man with the taser needs to do time.
Candy striper, gift wrapper, "would you like fries with that?", or my personal favourite for the cowardly in uniform:
Too late. The motto for police has changed from “To Protect And Serve” to “To Tase Until Compliant”.
“Its not the job of the police to accept getting hit or being subjected to the physical outbursts of a violent person”
Yes, it sure as phuck is. If someone is slinging fists they are supposed to respond accordingly, not murder 77-year-old men.
That’s just one more reason that women should never be allowed to play-pretend at police officer.
“THE MAN WAS SHOT ON HIS OWN PROPERTY!”
Betcha a hunnerd bucks it was a woman who shot him.
He was 77 years old!!! How much of a physical threat could he pose to couple of cops?
PS....I spent several years as a primary caregiver
The police also shot a guy responding to his neighbor’s burglar alarm (on drudge report.) The police are tazer and trigger happy. I don’t want to call them for any reason. Their new culture of “everyone’s a terrorist” is murdering innocent people. Thank u, Big Sis and all the lesbian police chiefs all over the country for following her lead.
This is getting ridiculous. Pls see my last post. NEW POLICE DIRECTIVE: Everyone is a Terrorist.
The new Gestapo, America’s police departments. They do these things because no one holds them accountable.
Good Friday, 2001 I had to call an ambulance to help get Mom to the hospital.... Alzheimer's. She was refusing to take medication and getting increasingly aggitated and was going to hurt herself. (She broke her hand before they got there, but it didn't slow her down any) Cops came too. Evidently they had to accompany the EMTs on "disturbed person" calls.
Calling the police these days, is a bad idea.
Especially if you have dogs....
Cops quit being your friend about the time the Hippies nicknamed em pigs and wasted no time in earning the tag.
Unfortunately, I have been to people who died after being tazed over the years. It was not the tazer that was the primary cause of death nor injuries from the fall. The deaths were the result of being handcuffed and left face down in a way that restricted the person’s airway.
They asked him to go to the grass area, because they fully intended to taser him more safely, IMHO.
So how do us normal people join Internal Affairs and help get rid of these dregs?
LEOs should stick to their real job:
Revenuers.
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