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A traffic stop for speeding in a construction zone led to the tasering of a 72-year old great-grandmother by a Texas deputy. Kathryn Winkfein, 72, of Granite Schoals, Texas was then handcuffed, and taken away to jail for resisting arrest and detention.
The deputy said that when he asked Winkfein to sign the speeding ticket he issued, she refused, used profane language and became violent, at which point he tased her.
The great-grandmother admits to speeding, but denies the rest of the deputy's allegations, and has hired an attorney to represent her, she tells a Fox News reporter:
Winkfein showed FOX 7 her taser scars.
"Here and here. Two places, side by side. It's unreal. It's like an electric shock," she said.
"I wasn't argumentative, I was not combative. This is a lie. All of this is a lie, pulled away from him I did not," she said, reading the arrest affidavit.
Regardless, it's difficult to fathom how a speeding ticket evolved to the point where a trained law enforcement officer felt the need to jolt an elderly woman with a taser.
Fox News has requested a copy of the deputy's dashboard camera video recording of the encounter, but has not yet received a response.
The following Youtube video was taken of the Fox News reporter's interview with Kathryn Winkfein:
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If you get arrested in the US, just call upon Yahweh and he'll sort things out for you.
“I’m defending myself in favour of that!”If you get arrested in the US, just call upon Yahweh and he'll sort things out... more
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A Tennessee jury has found that police did not use excessive force in the case of the man who died after being tased a staggering 19 times.
The victim, 21 year old Patrick Lee was tased by police for resisting arrest outside a nightclub. Reports said that he was “acting strangely” and was under the influence of LSD at the time.
According to local reports, Lee’s parents sued the officers, the local Government authority, and Taser International citing wrongful death. The case against the local Government and Taser International were dismissed in 2006.A Tennessee jury has found that police did not use excessive force in the case of the... more
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Demonstrations at three Florida prisons where more than 40 children were shocked with stun guns have led to the dismissal of three employees and the resignation of two others, the Department of Corrections said Friday.
All of the children had parents who work for the department and some parents gave permission for their children to be shocked, but that did not excuse officers for using the stun guns, Department of Corrections Secretary Walter McNeil said Friday.
DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILRDEN TO FLORIDADemonstrations at three Florida prisons where more than 40 children were shocked with... more
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We produced this piece back in 2006 when Mostafa Tabatabainejad, an undergrad at UCLA was filmed being tasered by campus security.
The LA Times is reporting that the university is now paying $220K to settle the civil rights lawsuit Tabatabainejad brought against them. (Link to the full story in the comments.)
This is the video that sparked the controversy.We produced this piece back in 2006 when Mostafa Tabatabainejad, an undergrad at UCLA... more
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A father was accused of using a dog shock collar on his four children. Salem Police Lt. Dave Okada said the 41-year-old man was jailed Tuesday on charges of criminal mistreatment. He said the father acknowledged putting the electronic dog collar on his four children and shocking all of them at least once.
According to Okada, the father didn't do it as a punishment. Rather, he thought it was funny.
The children, all younger than 10, are in the custody of their mother.
The case has been referred to state Department of Human Services.A father was accused of using a dog shock collar on his four children. Salem Police... more
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A video from the G20 protests allegedly shows a police officer pointing a 50,000-volt Taser at a group of people lying on the floor of a squat in apparent contravention of police guidelines.
In the video, taken as police storm the squat, which was said to be near Liverpool Street station, one of the officers can apparently be seen walking near to the group of protesters on the floor with his Taser pointing at the ground.
When the officer can be seen holding the weapon in a two-handed grip, the protesters are apparently already on the floor and do not appear to pose any serious threat.
Tasers have been used in London since 2003.
Yet another piece of footage from G20 which isn't dong much to help the public confidence in the police's actions.A video from the G20 protests allegedly shows a police officer pointing a 50,000-volt... more
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This is breaking news on a story I posted about a few weeks ago.
A jury has convicted a University of Oregon student of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest for his actions during an anti-pesticide rally in downtown Eugene. Defendant Ian Van Ornum was found guilty of both charges late Thursday afternoon at Lane County Circuit Court.
Eugene police used a Taser stun gun to subdue Van Ornum during his arrest at the rally last May. The officer's use of a Taser has become a controversial issue. Van Ornum is expected to be sentenced next Friday.This is breaking news on a story I posted about a few weeks ago.
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The trial of pesticide protester Ian Van Ornum, set to begin this month, may become one of the most closely watched misdemeanor cases ever prosecuted in Eugene.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin April 14. Officially, the case boils down to two questions: Did the University of Oregon student block traffic and engage in disorderly conduct during an anti-pesticide protest in downtown Eugene last May 30? And did Van Ornum resist arrest when Eugene police Sgt. Bill Solesbee tried to take him into custody?
Unofficially, however, the case is about larger, polarizing issues, such as the police department’s stun-gun policy and officer Jud Warden’s decision to twice use a Taser on Van Ornum during his arrest.
The “police use of the Taser in this situation was a classic example of when Tasers should not be used,” said Dave Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Police “should have known it would inflame the crowd.”
The case also raises constitutional questions about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s secret surveillance of the protest, Fidanque said.
“The larger issues aren’t going to be played out in the criminal case,” he said. “The Eugene police were called to the scene by officers in the Federal Protective Service who were engaged, in my view, in unconstitutional undercover political surveillance.”
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So it was the US Department of Homeland Security that was undertaking secret surveillance of this protest in Eugene, Oregon. They had tipped off local police to undertake an arrest.
With all the over use of taser guns and secret surveillance, what is your feelings about their use and this case? Will this case have legal reprecussions as state in the article?The trial of pesticide protester Ian Van Ornum, set to begin this month, may become... more
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The Home Office has said that police officers in England and Wales will get an extra 6,000 Taser stun guns at a cost of £8m.The Home Office has said that police officers in England and Wales will get an extra... more
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I have no idea why they were beating this guy like that!
They handcuff him than other cops come over and step kick and punch and lets not forget the cop with the taser
Two Peoria police officers arrested in connection with the videotaped beating of a motorist have been placed on leave.I have no idea why they were beating this guy like that!
They handcuff him than... more
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TASER stun guns are going wireless, doubling their range.
The Taser XREP is an electrically charged dart that can be fired from up to 20 metres away with a 12-gauge shotgun. Upon impact, its barbed electrodes penetrate a victim's skin, discharging a 20-second burst of electricity to "distract, disorient and entice the subject to grab the projectile", says Taser. But grabbing the dart routes the shock through the hand, making it difficult to let go and spreading the pain further.TASER stun guns are going wireless, doubling their range.
The Taser XREP is an... more
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Family members of Oscar Grant, the unarmed BART rider shot to death by a transit agency police officer early New Year's Day, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday that seeks $50 million from the agency, its chief of police and three officers.
John Burris, an attorney for the family, had asked for $25 million in a legal claim against BART after Officer Johannes Mehserle shot Grant on the platform of the Fruitvale Station in Oakland.
Grant, 22, of Hayward, and several other young men had been pulled off a Dublin-Pleasanton train by police investigating reports of a fight. He was face-down on the station platform when he was shot, an incident that several passengers recorded on cell-phone cameras.
Mehserle, 27, quit the BART force Jan. 7 and was subsequently charged with murder. His attorney said Mehserle had meant to fire his Taser when he fired a single shot with his pistol.
Burris said Monday that the actions by Mehserle and by BART Officer Tony Pirone, who first detained Grant and five of his friends in the aftermath of the fight, were "more egregious than I initially thought."
The lawsuit Burris filed in U.S. District Court in Oakland on the Grant family's behalf also named Pirone's partner, Marysol Domenici, and Police Chief Gary Gee. The attorney suggested that racism had played a role in Grant's detention and death, an accusation that a lawyer for BART said is not supported by evidence.
Burris wrote that an unidentified officer "directed a racial slur at one of the young men" after they were detained. Grant was African American, and the other detained men were black and Latino, Burris said in the suit.
Dale Allen, an attorney representing BART and the officers in civil court, said Monday that Grant's death was "a tragic accident," citing Mehserle's explanation about trying to fire his Taser.
"BART has been discussing mediation with Mr. Burris in an attempt to bring closure to the Grant family, and will continue to do so," Allen said.
Allen said evidence in the case will show that Grant and his friends "had been identified as having been involved in an altercation on the train" and that officers had properly detained them. He said racism was not a factor in the case and that officers had uttered "absolutely no racial slurs."
Burris said Pirone struck Grant without good reason minutes before Grant was shot, and that Domenici threatened to "tase" the young men in the face. Pirone's attorney, Bill Rapoport, has said Grant provoked Pirone's blow by trying to knee the officer in the groin.
Burris filed the lawsuit on behalf of Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, as well as Sophina Mesa, who was Grant's girlfriend and is raising the couple's 4-year-old daughter.
BART spokesman Linton Johnson said Monday that a criminal investigation into the actions of Pirone and the other officers on the platform will soon be turned over to Alameda County prosecutors for a decision on possible charges.Family members of Oscar Grant, the unarmed BART rider shot to death by a transit... more
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All Things Considered, February 26, 2007 ·
You may not have heard of it, but police departments and medical examiners are using a new term to explain why some people suddenly die in police custody. It's a controversial diagnosis called excited delirium. But the question for many civil liberties groups is, does it really exist?
The phenomenon can be witnessed in a grainy video shot in 2003 by a dashboard camera in a Cincinnati police car. In it, a patrol car pulls up quickly to the parking lot of a White Castle in Cincinnati. A 350-pound man is seen stumbling around, yelling.All Things Considered, February 26, 2007 ·
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GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls man who took a Taser from an officer during a scuffle and used it on the police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Neal Walton was charged with assault on an officer. He appeared at the sentencing hearing in Cascade County District Court by video from Montana State Prison, where Walton, 34, is serving time on unrelated charges.GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls man who took a Taser from an officer during a scuffle and... more
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Police feared man with stapler. ...Richmond RCMP Const. Bill Bentley said in his INITIAL statement that Robert Dziekanski had grabbed a stapler “and came at the police screaming.” ...But that wasn't the case.Police feared man with stapler. ...Richmond RCMP Const. Bill Bentley said in his... more
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E.C.U. police Wednesday stood behind the taser gun as a valuable crimefighting tool.
They showed it off to try to educate students and explain how and why they use force.
This police discussion with students is the first of what E.C.U. Police Chief Scott Shelton hopes will become a monthly activity.
The use of tasers itself remains a controversial issue.
However, Shelton thinks there is no controversy.
Lieutenant Curtis Hayes’ body shook and knees buckled after a split second on the receiving end of 50-thousand volts during a taser demonstration.
Normally, police fire a five-second blast to achieve a single purpose.
“Control combative subjects,“ said E.C.U. Police Chief Scott Shelton.
It’s usually enough to send the person at the other end of it to the ground screaming.
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I think it's interesting that Grenville cops are trying to soften their image among ECU students, considering these are the same kids that got pepper sprayed for the snowball fight not too long ago.E.C.U. police Wednesday stood behind the taser gun as a valuable crimefighting tool.... more
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Jack Cover derived its name from a fictional weapon in a favorite childhood book, "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle," one of a series of adventure stories by Victor Appleton.
"What an amazing thought, stunning people with blue balls of electricity," Cover told The Washington Post in 1976, recalling his fascination with the book. He added that an "A" was added to the name of his invention because "we got tired of answering the phone `TSER' for Tom Swift's Electric Rifle."Jack Cover derived its name from a fictional weapon in a favorite childhood book,... more
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What do people think of the proposed increase of 10,000 more tasers to be carried by frontline officers? At the moment only specialist officers can carry them. I'm looking into this for Current's upcoming 'breaking the law' season on crime and punishment, anyone got access to a taser gun? Let me know!What do people think of the proposed increase of 10,000 more tasers to be carried by... more
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