this almost seems unbelievable..
an old vet doesn't want any medical care.. just to be left alone,.. but a half dozen police officers decide to tazer him and when that doesn't stop the old man with a walker they shoot him with a beanbag from a shotgun...
oh,.. and he was sitting in a chair when they shot him...
it is not as if they don't have enough crime in Illinois to worry about.. but to send a bunch of officers to get an old man at a nursing home is about as stupid as it gets..
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-03/news/ct-met-kass-0802-20130803_1_butcher-type-kitchen-knife-park-forest-police-taser
we had a family friend with parkinsons.. in his mid 70s he became irrational.. and stubborn.. once enough that the police had to be called.. two showed up.. he had locked himself in his car.. one talked to him for about an hour, as he sat in his car.. the other relayed advice from a crises center..
when they finally got the him to put down the window,.. they explained to him they were going to hold his arm and tranquilize him.. as the crises center stated,.. even if he still says things just keep repeating the steps you want him to take.. and he will comply..
after a bit he put his arm in a position they could both hold it.. both officers apologized to Ron,.. as the EMT tranquilized him.. he passed away about a week later it was sad. but it happens...
there was no need to tazer and old man with a walker and a couple of canes.. he may have been stubborn.. but dang it he earned that right..
an old vet doesn't want any medical care.. just to be left alone,.. but a half dozen police officers decide to tazer him and when that doesn't stop the old man with a walker they shoot him with a beanbag from a shotgun...
oh,.. and he was sitting in a chair when they shot him...
it is not as if they don't have enough crime in Illinois to worry about.. but to send a bunch of officers to get an old man at a nursing home is about as stupid as it gets..
"At some point, I'm told there were between five and seven police officers, they went back to the room with a riot shield in hand, entered the door and shot him with a shotgun that contained bean-bag rounds," Grapsas said.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-03/news/ct-met-kass-0802-20130803_1_butcher-type-kitchen-knife-park-forest-police-taser
we had a family friend with parkinsons.. in his mid 70s he became irrational.. and stubborn.. once enough that the police had to be called.. two showed up.. he had locked himself in his car.. one talked to him for about an hour, as he sat in his car.. the other relayed advice from a crises center..
when they finally got the him to put down the window,.. they explained to him they were going to hold his arm and tranquilize him.. as the crises center stated,.. even if he still says things just keep repeating the steps you want him to take.. and he will comply..
after a bit he put his arm in a position they could both hold it.. both officers apologized to Ron,.. as the EMT tranquilized him.. he passed away about a week later it was sad. but it happens...
there was no need to tazer and old man with a walker and a couple of canes.. he may have been stubborn.. but dang it he earned that right..