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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Mon Jun 23, 2014, 10:12 PM Jun 2014

Police shoot and kill 95-year-old nursing home resident who didn't want to go to hospital [View all]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/23/1309091/-Police-shoot-and-kill-95-year-old-nursing-home-resident-who-did-not-want-to-go-to-the-hospital

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The man, a WWII veteran, was in his room in a nursing home in a small town near Chicago. The staff wanted him to go to a hospital because they feared he had a bladder infection, and he refused, and someone called 911. He refused to leave his room, so police "decided to take him by force..." and one of then fired a shotgun into him, using beanbag ammunition - a round meant for crowd control, and generally used in prison riots at a distance of 6 to 8 feet, causing internal injuries and bleeding. Police stated the man came at them "with a knife or cane". The man's daughter, who is suing the officers, stated he needed a cane to stand and walk and could have not attacked anyone...
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Police shoot and kill 95-year-old nursing home resident who didn't want to go to hospital [View all] LiberalElite Jun 2014 OP

"with a knife or cane"? surrealAmerican Jun 2014 #1

Trained to LIE after the Fact when they kill an unarmed citizen FreakinDJ Jun 2014 #5

Some of these fucken cops should be arrested and tried for first degree murder! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #2

I had to take this paragraph from DailyKos and put some emphasis to it. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #3

And yet it never happens to rich people, does it... FreakinDJ Jun 2014 #6

A lot of good points made in the quoted DK material. truedelphi Jun 2014 #8

True. There are the rich, and then there are those who can afford their own private armies. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #14

I don't know that having bodyguards would help a person. truedelphi Jun 2014 #29

Very true. n/t nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #34

Instances like this are some of the obscenity resulting from a militarized police force. I can indepat Jun 2014 #4

Yeah... dhill926 Jun 2014 #7

So..turns out there really are death panels dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #9

But it happens... Heather MC Jun 2014 #20

Whew, I'm glad I'm not the only one to make a mistake like that! Aerows Jun 2014 #33

We are Doomed Heather MC Jun 2014 #36

I tripped over my knife Aerows Jun 2014 #40

This is madness pleinair Jun 2014 #10

I read in another story that he had a knife Jenoch Jun 2014 #12

The police have been trained that "they don't have time" truedelphi Jun 2014 #30

Didn't he have the RIGHT to refuse medical treatment? Since when do we call the police to 1monster Jun 2014 #17

agree pleinair Jun 2014 #43

Survives World War II only to have it end like this. geomon666 Jun 2014 #11

What, you don't want to go to the hospital? Well you are now, sucka! AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #13

The oligarchs are loving the new police state. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #15

That cop should get a medal! Think of the money he saved our over-burdened medical system! RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #16

I'm speechless. Wow! WTF??? C Moon Jun 2014 #18

Hang around... ReRe Jun 2014 #23

Did they think the 95 year old was some sort of Ninja? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2014 #19

When will cops be held accountable??? blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #21

Soon. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #38

Honestly, I'm a little surprised there wasn't a spokesmen somewhere suggesting hughee99 Jun 2014 #22

Cops are for the win. dilby Jun 2014 #24

I guess onethatcares Jun 2014 #25

Police stated the man came at them "with a knife or cane" damnedifIknow Jun 2014 #26

He doesn't want to go to the hospital so they shoot him 5 times with a shotgun Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #27

Fought off the Nazis, only to die at the hands of other fascists. Rex Jun 2014 #28

I wonder if the cop put a notch in his shotgun aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #31

These a-holes really need to be held to account. I sure as hell hope she arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #32

I hope she sues that police department out of existence. truedelphi Jun 2014 #35

I'm glad she is doing it those pigs need to be held to account.. arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #42

Stop worshipping the uniform. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #37

If they need to go rogue and engage in human target practice from time to time aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #39

Out of control gun laws + out of control police = war on Americans. Initech Jun 2014 #41