Nope, those were Canadian police. Just like in Pittsburgh, they were U.S. police. They trained for months before this event. Just waiting for something like this to happen.
As if we aren't having enough fun, here is another tazing of an elderly woman. Bad Grandma..... Oklahoma grandmother gets shocked by Taser, sues El Reno police Grandmother sues over Taser use BY NOLAN CLAY 59 Published: June 27, 2010 © Copyright 2010, The Oklahoman EL RENO — Police officers here are being sued for using a Taser last December to subdue a disabled grandmother, then 86, in her apartment bed. Lona M. Varner, of El Reno, says she was shocked in her bed by a police Taser on Dec. 22. PHOTO PROVIDED Multimedia Videoview all videos Oklahoma granny gets shocked by Taser Jun 28Hear the 911 call made by her grandson Photoview all photos Oklahoma grandmother gets shocked by Taser, sues El Reno police Related content Documents Read the El Reno police officer's narrative (Warning: Contains graphic language) View the document. Read the lawsuit View the document. Her grandson pleaded with officers, "Don't taze my Granny!” according to the lawsuit. "I wouldn't want it to happen to anyone else,” Lona M. Varner, now 87, told The Oklahoman Thursday. She and her grandson, Lonnie D. Tinsley, on Monday sued the city of El Reno, officer Thomas Duran, officer Frank Tinga, officer Joseph Sandberg and other unknown police officers. Varner and Tinsley allege in the federal lawsuit in Oklahoma City that their civil rights were violated. They also allege the city has failed to adequately train and discipline its police officers. A city attorney, Roger Rinehart, said the city would have no comment. Assistant Police Chief Kevin Wilkerson said, "With the federal lawsuit, we can't make any comment on it right now.” Police have admitted using a Taser to incapacitate the suicidal woman Dec. 22. Officer Duran wrote in a police report she pulled a kitchen knife from under her pillow and threatened to kill him. "I tried talking to Varner and calm her down but nothing would work,” he reported. The officer reported she took "a more aggressive posture on the bed” when other officers arrived. He reported she raised the knife above her head and said, "If you come any closer, you're getting the knife.” He reported he feared she would injure someone. Police went to the apartment Dec. 22 after her grandson called 911 for a paramedic to check on her. "She says … her life is over. She wants to end it. … She's taken some medicine. I don't know what she's taken,” Tinsley said in the 911 call. "I can't get her to tell me what she took. … She's kind of upset and everything else.” Varner's attorney, Brian Dell, of Oklahoma City, said police acted inappropriately and could have killed her with the Taser shock. He said she was never charged. He said Varner has had a series of health problems, including strokes. She uses an oxygen machine to help her breathing and can barely walk by herself. She uses an electric cart to get around and can see out of only one eye. He said she was in a hospital-type bed when she was shocked. "Even if you reasonably believe someone's going to commit suicide, do you Taser them?” the attorney asked. He said police ripped the skin of her arms when they grabbed her. "She's an old lady,” he said. "Her skin is like tissue paper.” The lawsuit said she was taken first to an El Reno hospital where she was treated for the burns to her chest and the torn flesh on her arms. The lawsuit alleges she was placed on Dec. 23 in the psychiatric ward of an Oklahoma City hospital at the direction of the El Reno police. She was held in the psychiatric ward for six days. Dell said she had $30,000 in medical bills from the police conduct. The lawsuit alleges as many as 10 police officers pushed their way into the apartment after the grandson called 911. The police first stepped on her oxygen hose "until she began to suffer oxygen deprivation,” and then police fired a Taser at her, striking her with only one prong, according to the lawsuit. "The police then fired a second Taser, striking her to the right and left of the midline of her upper chest and applied high voltage, causing burns to her chest, extreme pain and to pass out,” attorneys alleged in the lawsuit. "The police then grabbed Ms. Varner by her forearms and jerked hands together, causing her soft flesh to tear and bleed on her bed; they then handcuffed her.” The grandson also was handcuffed and placed in a police car when he protested police attempts to use a Taser on his grandmother, the attorneys alleged. He was freed to go with his grandmother in an ambulance to the El Reno hospital. The lawsuit does not mention that Varner had a knife. In his report, Duran wrote he deployed his Taser first but it did not affect her because one of the two prongs went into a blanket. He wrote, "I told Officer Sandberg who was next to me that my Taser was not working. Officer Sandberg deployed his Taser with both prongs making contact. The Taser rendered Varner incapable of any further aggressive action. Officers were able to remove the knife from Varner's hand and secure it safely.” Duran reported Varner had looked him in the eyes after he arrived at the apartment and said to him, "If you try and get the knife I will stab you and kill you. I killed four Japs in World War II, and I would not bat an eye killing you.” Duran also reported Varner talked of killing police again after being taken to Parkview Hospital in El Reno. "Varner told me she was going to kill every officer that was in her apartment when she got out. Varner told me she was going to snap my neck like a twig just like she did during World War II,” he wrote. Varner's attorney, Dell, said both Varner and the grandson said she told police to leave her apartment, but they deny she threatened to kill officers. They also deny that she talked in the apartment of killing Japanese. The grandson "said she didn't say anything like that at all at the apartment,” the attorney said. The grandson recalled she did say things at the hospital about having killed Japanese, but "there was never any threats to the cops,” the attorney said. Varner was a civilian volunteer on hospital ships in the Pacific during World War II, the attorney said. Varner was reluctant to discuss her lawsuit. She at first told The Oklahoman, "You can talk to my attorney. Thank you,” then hung up. In a brief follow-up call Thursday, she was asked what she had done in life before retiring. She responded, "I did a lot of things.” She did not explain further. Asked if the Taser hurt, she said, "Well, that's for me to know and you to find out.” The attorney said Friday that people are offering to contribute to a fund for her. He said the offers began after the lawsuit started getting attention on the Internet. El Reno police last faced controversy over using a Taser in November 2008 when an uncooperative driver was shocked after a crash. The police chief said later officers had no way of knowing the driver was in diabetic shock. A video of the 2008 incident was widely circulated on the Internet. Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-grandmot...9?custom_click=lead_story_photo#ixzz0sArhUiVE
As if we aren't having enough fun, here is another tazing of an elderly woman. Bad Grandma..... Oklahoma grandmother gets shocked by Taser, sues El Reno police Grandmother sues over Taser use BY NOLAN CLAY 59 Published: June 27, 2010 © Copyright 2010, The Oklahoman EL RENO — Police officers here are being sued for using a Taser last December to subdue a disabled grandmother, then 86, in her apartment bed. Lona M. Varner, of El Reno, says she was shocked in her bed by a police Taser on Dec. 22. PHOTO PROVIDED Multimedia Videoview all videos Oklahoma granny gets shocked by Taser Jun 28Hear the 911 call made by her grandson Photoview all photos Oklahoma grandmother gets shocked by Taser, sues El Reno police Related content Documents Read the El Reno police officer's narrative (Warning: Contains graphic language) View the document. Read the lawsuit View the document. Her grandson pleaded with officers, "Don't taze my Granny!” according to the lawsuit. "I wouldn't want it to happen to anyone else,” Lona M. Varner, now 87, told The Oklahoman Thursday. She and her grandson, Lonnie D. Tinsley, on Monday sued the city of El Reno, officer Thomas Duran, officer Frank Tinga, officer Joseph Sandberg and other unknown police officers. Varner and Tinsley allege in the federal lawsuit in Oklahoma City that their civil rights were violated. They also allege the city has failed to adequately train and discipline its police officers. A city attorney, Roger Rinehart, said the city would have no comment. Assistant Police Chief Kevin Wilkerson said, "With the federal lawsuit, we can't make any comment on it right now.” Police have admitted using a Taser to incapacitate the suicidal woman Dec. 22. Officer Duran wrote in a police report she pulled a kitchen knife from under her pillow and threatened to kill him. "I tried talking to Varner and calm her down but nothing would work,” he reported. The officer reported she took "a more aggressive posture on the bed” when other officers arrived. He reported she raised the knife above her head and said, "If you come any closer, you're getting the knife.” He reported he feared she would injure someone. Police went to the apartment Dec. 22 after her grandson called 911 for a paramedic to check on her. "She says … her life is over. She wants to end it. … She's taken some medicine. I don't know what she's taken,” Tinsley said in the 911 call. "I can't get her to tell me what she took. … She's kind of upset and everything else.” Varner's attorney, Brian Dell, of Oklahoma City, said police acted inappropriately and could have killed her with the Taser shock. He said she was never charged. He said Varner has had a series of health problems, including strokes. She uses an oxygen machine to help her breathing and can barely walk by herself. She uses an electric cart to get around and can see out of only one eye. He said she was in a hospital-type bed when she was shocked. "Even if you reasonably believe someone's going to commit suicide, do you Taser them?” the attorney asked. He said police ripped the skin of her arms when they grabbed her. "She's an old lady,” he said. "Her skin is like tissue paper.” The lawsuit said she was taken first to an El Reno hospital where she was treated for the burns to her chest and the torn flesh on her arms. The lawsuit alleges she was placed on Dec. 23 in the psychiatric ward of an Oklahoma City hospital at the direction of the El Reno police. She was held in the psychiatric ward for six days. Dell said she had $30,000 in medical bills from the police conduct. The lawsuit alleges as many as 10 police officers pushed their way into the apartment after the grandson called 911. The police first stepped on her oxygen hose "until she began to suffer oxygen deprivation,” and then police fired a Taser at her, striking her with only one prong, according to the lawsuit. "The police then fired a second Taser, striking her to the right and left of the midline of her upper chest and applied high voltage, causing burns to her chest, extreme pain and to pass out,” attorneys alleged in the lawsuit. "The police then grabbed Ms. Varner by her forearms and jerked hands together, causing her soft flesh to tear and bleed on her bed; they then handcuffed her.” The grandson also was handcuffed and placed in a police car when he protested police attempts to use a Taser on his grandmother, the attorneys alleged. He was freed to go with his grandmother in an ambulance to the El Reno hospital. The lawsuit does not mention that Varner had a knife. In his report, Duran wrote he deployed his Taser first but it did not affect her because one of the two prongs went into a blanket. He wrote, "I told Officer Sandberg who was next to me that my Taser was not working. Officer Sandberg deployed his Taser with both prongs making contact. The Taser rendered Varner incapable of any further aggressive action. Officers were able to remove the knife from Varner's hand and secure it safely.” Duran reported Varner had looked him in the eyes after he arrived at the apartment and said to him, "If you try and get the knife I will stab you and kill you. I killed four Japs in World War II, and I would not bat an eye killing you.” Duran also reported Varner talked of killing police again after being taken to Parkview Hospital in El Reno. "Varner told me she was going to kill every officer that was in her apartment when she got out. Varner told me she was going to snap my neck like a twig just like she did during World War II,” he wrote. Varner's attorney, Dell, said both Varner and the grandson said she told police to leave her apartment, but they deny she threatened to kill officers. They also deny that she talked in the apartment of killing Japanese. The grandson "said she didn't say anything like that at all at the apartment,” the attorney said. The grandson recalled she did say things at the hospital about having killed Japanese, but "there was never any threats to the cops,” the attorney said. Varner was a civilian volunteer on hospital ships in the Pacific during World War II, the attorney said. Varner was reluctant to discuss her lawsuit. She at first told The Oklahoman, "You can talk to my attorney. Thank you,” then hung up. In a brief follow-up call Thursday, she was asked what she had done in life before retiring. She responded, "I did a lot of things.” She did not explain further. Asked if the Taser hurt, she said, "Well, that's for me to know and you to find out.” The attorney said Friday that people are offering to contribute to a fund for her. He said the offers began after the lawsuit started getting attention on the Internet. El Reno police last faced controversy over using a Taser in November 2008 when an uncooperative driver was shocked after a crash. The police chief said later officers had no way of knowing the driver was in diabetic shock. A video of the 2008 incident was widely circulated on the Internet. Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-grandmot...9?custom_click=lead_story_photo#ixzz0sArhUiVE
This is perfect. It shows police dressed up as protesters, stirring up trouble, so the police can squash the protests. In this video, they were busted and it didn't work. See them try to hide from the protesters. lol... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1-WTc1kow&feature=player_embedded
