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In reply to the discussion: Another Unarmed Citizen Shot Dead. 2 More Killer-cops get a PAID VACATION [View all]Boreal
(725 posts)71. They aren't the only seniors!
There's the old man I mentioned in the nursing home. 95 years old in A FUCKING NURSING HOME USING A WALKER!!!
Just a few weeks shy of his 96th birthday, in need of a walker to move about, cops coming through the door of his retirement home with a Taser and a shotgun.
The old man, described by a family member as "wobbly" on his feet, had refused medical attention. The paramedics were called. They brought in the Park Forest police.
First they tased him, but that didn't work. So they fired a shotgun, hitting him in the stomach with a bean-bag round. Wrana was struck with such force that he bled to death internally, according to the Cook County medical examiner.
The old man, described by a family member as "wobbly" on his feet, had refused medical attention. The paramedics were called. They brought in the Park Forest police.
First they tased him, but that didn't work. So they fired a shotgun, hitting him in the stomach with a bean-bag round. Wrana was struck with such force that he bled to death internally, according to the Cook County medical examiner.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-02/news/ct-met-kass-0802-20130803_1_butcher-type-kitchen-knife-park-forest-police-taser
Shot five times with beanbag rounds after tasing him.
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99th_Monkey
Jan 2015
OP
That's their standard claim. 'Reached for his waistband'. Does everyone carry their guns in their
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#9
I cannot understand how anyone falls for the 'reached for his waistband' when the man was unarmed.
bravenak
Jan 2015
#12
I don't get it either. I think a good part of it is the media, they do not report on the cops except
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#15
I wish people would either stop watching network news or the networks would report the news.
bravenak
Jan 2015
#20
Part of it is white reporters afraid to go into "black" neigborhoods....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#28
Actually I think it's a Corporate decision. Any kind of protest against the status quo is
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#29
They always say the story is different depending on which side you are on...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#31
bad cops know they HAVE to say they believed their life was in danger- so reaching for a gun, the
bettyellen
Jan 2015
#56
they all know, the only acceptable excuses for shooting a suspect- I think if
bettyellen
Jan 2015
#65
Yeap, Wilson said the same thing in GJ testimony even though the witness's said Brown had his hands
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#60
"Please move to the back of the police car where there is no dash cam. Thank you." BLAM!!!!! n/t
benz380
Jan 2015
#49
Are passengers required to exit vehicles? or rather, when are they required to
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#5
Good questions ... but I think vehicles are different from domiciles in this regard
99th_Monkey
Jan 2015
#6
No cars aren't like homes, the police can order the driver and passenger out of the vehicle..
PoliticAverse
Jan 2015
#7
Not the way it should be. People are taught to call the police for help.
Live and Learn
Jan 2015
#39
Betcha if he was white this wouldn't be an issue because he would still be alive.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#64
It's very easy to live under fascism if you are not one of the targeted groups.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#77
The older ones know you can serve on the NYPD for 30-40 years and never draw your gun.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#69
Last year, I suggested naming the head of the ACLU as the Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights.
Savannahmann
Jan 2015
#45