Grandmother who was Tasered gets probation

[pisshead]

[align=left]A charge of improper use of the horn...i guess she should be grateful for her freedom.[/align]
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[align=left]Chicago Sun-Times | August 3 2005
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[align=left]KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 67-year-old grandmother who was shocked with a Taser stun gun after she honked her car horn at a police cruiser has been given a year's probation for sparking a quarrel with officers.
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A charge of improper use of the horn against Louise Jones was dismissed last week in Kansas City Municipal Court. Her husband, Fred, 76, who became involved in the fray last year, also got one year of probation for the same charges -- resisting arrest and attempting to inflict injury on an officer.

The only condition of the probation is that the couple obey all laws.

The incident, which resulted in a change in department policy and the disciplining of two officers, happened in June 2004 as police were responding to a disturbance call across the street from the couple's home. Officers said they approached Louise Jones after she honked her horn, thinking she had reported the disturbance or perhaps was in trouble. A defense witness testified the honk was accidental.

"She immediately became hostile to us," Officer Ryan VanDeusen testified. He said that she continued the verbal assault when the officers returned to their squad car.

"It was very loud, it was antagonistic, it was very derogatory toward my partner and I," he testified.

Officer Cory LeMoine said he told Jones he could give her a ticket for honking the horn, and that a physical confrontation began after she wouldn't show him her driver's license. He said he and his partner struggled with Jones both inside and outside her house. The officers said that while VanDeusen was trying to handcuff her, Fred Jones came down the stairs and leveled his shoulder into him.

Teaching her a lesson?

VanDeusen said he used the Taser on Louise Jones when his partner couldn't get her under control.

The Jones disputed the officers' account. Louise Jones and other defense witnesses said she wasn't confrontational and that the comments she made were directed to a friend, not to the officers.

"She says something to the neighbor across the street and the officer didn't like that," said defense attorney Basil North. "He decided he was going to teach her a lesson."

pisshead Reviewed by pisshead on 08-03-2005. Grandmother who was Tasered gets probation A charge of improper use of the horn...i guess she should be grateful for her freedom. Grandmother who was Tasered gets probation Chicago Sun-Times | August 3 2005 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 67-year-old grandmother who was shocked with a Taser stun gun after she honked her car horn at a police cruiser has been given a year's probation for sparking a quarrel with officers. A charge of improper use of the horn against Louise Jones was dismissed last week in Kansas City Municipal Court. Rating: 5

[Miss Green]

I am totally shocked I mean really excuse her for hitting her horn which obviously sounds like an accident and not for the police but maybe her hand sliped or it was for someone else bloody hell I do think that the police could of handled it with out the fucking taser.Where are there heads at?What are you telling me that two officers couldn't handle a 67 and 76 year old with out resorting to violence.Sick Puppies.

[Psycho4Bud]

That's true, but these days, who knows if ol' boy could have pulled a gun. The officers were disciplined but the ol' man got probation. Both sides kinda fucked up on this one!

[pisshead]

the old man got probation? did you even read the article?

A 67-year-old grandmother who was shocked with a Taser stun gun after she honked her car horn at a police cruiser has been given a year's probation for sparking a quarrel with officers.


these days? you mean these days of tyranny? oh well, let's just accept it i guess.

[Psycho4Bud]

the old man got probation? did you even read the article?

A 67-year-old grandmother who was shocked with a Taser stun gun after she honked her car horn at a police cruiser has been given a year's probation for sparking a quarrel with officers.


these days? you mean these days of tyranny? oh well, let's just accept it i guess.

Maybe you should read a little bit!!

A charge of improper use of the horn against Louise Jones was dismissed last week in Kansas City Municipal Court. Her husband, Fred, 76, who became involved in the fray last year, also got one year of probation for the same charges -- resisting arrest and attempting to inflict injury on an officer


AND!!!

Fred Jones came down the stairs and leveled his shoulder into him.

Read before opening pie hole!!
BWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! GOD I love it!

[pisshead]

fuck the old grandma...she just got what she deserved i guess.

score one for the slaves that we get the privilege of being tasered for accidentally honking in the direction of a royal imperial guard.

[Psycho4Bud]

fuck the old grandma...she just got what she deserved i guess.

score one for the slaves that we get the privilege of being tasered for accidentally honking in the direction of a royal imperial guard.

She got hostile, resisted arrest, fought with the cops while being handcuffed. Her ol' man came down doing shoulder blocks. Don't put it across like the ol' lady was baking up a batch of cookies for the neighborhood kids and got tazered!

[pisshead]

they probably should have just blown both of their heads off right there. you shouldn't be a cop if you can't get a 67 year old woman under control without having to taser her like a cow or a pig.

[Psycho4Bud]

they probably should have just blown both of their heads off right there. you shouldn't be a cop if you can't get a 67 year old woman under control without having to taser her like a cow or a pig.

Un-fuckin real!

[Fengzi]

The headline could read "Escaped Lunatic Tasered After Swinging Axe at Officer" and Pisshead would have a problem with it. After all, they shouldn't be a cop if they can't get an axe weiding psycho under control without a taser. That's just the Pisshead we all know and love. Shouldn't suprise anyone.

Bottom line is that no matter how it ended up the cops were going to get blamed for this one. What if they wresteled with the old woman and she broke her hip? What if they just popped her in the jaw? I agree that the police need to be restrained with their use of tasers but from what I have seen, in at least 95% of cases the "victim" could have prevented it by simply not resisting. It's like suing McD's because you got fat eating their food. people need to take responsibilty for their own stupidity instead of pointing the finger at others.