Posted on 06/23/2014 9:30:04 PM PDT by chessplayer
CHICAGO (CN) - Suburban Chicago police shot a 95-year-old WWII veteran to death with bean bag rounds at short range because he refused to go to the hospital, his stepdaughter claims in court.
"On July 26, 2014 [sic], John Wrana, Jr., was twelve days shy of his 96th birthday and a resident at the Victory Centre of Park Forest Assisted Living Center located in Park Forest, Illinois. On that date, Mr. Wrana was alone in his room, suffering from what the facility's staff believed were symptoms indicative of a urinary tract infection in an elderly person," the complaint begins. Victory Center employees tried to get Wrana into an ambulance to go to the hospital for treatment, but he allegedly refused to leave his room. The defendant officers responded to employees' 911 call, and also were unable to persuade Wrana to leave his room and go to the hospital. The officers conferred and decided to seize Wrana by force, according to the complaint.
Upon entering the room, defendant Taylor fired "five rounds of bean bag cartridges from a 12 gauge shotgun within a distance of approximately only six to eight feet from Mr. Wrana, far less than the distance allowed for discharging that shotgun, and, consequently, savagely wounding and killing Mr. Wrana," the lawsuit states. "Mr. Wrana bled to death as a result of the shotgun wounds inflicted upon him by defendants. The Cook County Medical Examiner ruled that Mr. Wrana's death was a homicide caused by blunt force trauma to his abdomen as a result of shots fired from a bean bag shotgun."
After shooting Wrana, the officers handcuffed him, took photos of his injuries, and put him in a four-point restraint before transporting him to the hospital, the complaint states.
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This is incredible.
JACKBOOTED THUG ALERT.
This is what American cops have been morphing into over the last ten+ years. To “SERVE and PROTECT” went out the window long ago.
This is just amazing and sad. People have the right to refuse to go a hospital. Truly I hope these police are fired.
Five effing times they shot him!!! They executed him.
I sure wouldn’t want to be caught jaywalking in suburban Chicago.
This is what American cops have been morphing into
This is what American PIGS have been morphing into
“This is incredible.”
Not really. People are now being more regarded by the JBTs as dogs and treated accordingly like we’ve been seeing happening with increasing frequency.
Cr@phe@ds.
I hope the shooter gets life in prison (the death penalty was abolished in Illinois).
six to eight feet from a 12 gauge shotgun. !!
SIX TO EIGHT FEET !!!
May officer taylor rot in Hell. ( and soon )
They were so terrified by an almost 96 year old man with a cane they had to kill him.
I know that he was a member of the greatest generation, but I had no idea. RIP Mr. Wrana.
These are Obama’s goons, Rham Emanuel’s Schutzstaffel - AND THIS IS what every veteran can expect from the fascist federal pigs.
And John Q. Public, will get the same treatment en mass ... just as soon as the little dictator gets the mandatory gun registration list that the SCOTUS just delivered giftwrapped. (Thank you Justice Anthony Kennedy, you swine)
Keep in mind that police departments all across the nation have lowered their recruiting standards, in addition to becoming militarized “us vs them” jack-booted thugs. The rank and file of the “new blue” did not qualify to enter the U.S. Armed Forces, so they opted to practice playing “war” on civilians ... This is how they get their jollies - using a 12-gage shotgun on a 95 year-old WWII veteran ... Now just think what they must have in store for you younger citizens whom choose to resist these government sanctioned fascists!
When a very conservative site such as this gets sick of thugcop brutality, the cops should just maybe take a look in a mirror?
Probably won’t though given the militarization of far too many of the police as statist enforcers...
And the police officicals are of course defending Taylor for killing Wrana,,,saying he was forced to “defend” himself.
“And John Q. Public, will get the same treatment en mass ... just as soon as the little dictator gets the mandatory gun registration list that the SCOTUS just delivered giftwrapped. (Thank you Justice Anthony Kennedy, you swine)”
Been slammed the last few weeks trying to make a business work. Missed this item. Can you post a link or some info? Thanks.
When a very conservative site such as this gets sick of thugcop brutality, the cops should just maybe take a look in a mirror?
Yup. Everyone is disgusted by the pigs,,,the left, the right, the middle,,,whites, blacks, whatever. They have finally managed to turn EVERYONE against them.
Will Mayor Rham be held accountable for this murder of an innocent WW2 Vet?
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