Grandmother Tasered at Traffic Stop[TX]

Fox 7 ^ | 01 June 2009 | Keri Bellacosa

[driftdiver]

There is no situation that can’t be made worse by the addition of a cop.

[sunny48]

I read your reply and knew you were a Texan:)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt7FDTpzGvo

[D-fendr]

WOW, close call ! Thank God he had a taser or he would have had to put a bullet in her to save himself.

No way this vicious Amazon Granny could have been otherwise subdued by any mere mortal man.

[ He should be shamed out the county.]

[uncommonsense]

Dashcam needed.

On one of the Amazing Police Video episodes, a cop pulled over a guy for speeding (I think in NH). The guy was screaming so loud you had a hard time understanding him. I thought blood was going to squirt out of his eyes. The cop maintained a perfectly calm, respectful demeanor throughout. When given the ticked, the guy ripped it to shreds and threw it at the cop's chest. The cop calmly told the guy that if he didn't pick it up, he'll ticket him for littering. The guy got out of his truck screaming at the top of his lungs, picked up the pieces, and drove off. That's probably in some training video now - how to maintain your composure to get the job done.

[piroque]

No offense but some of these old people , especially womencops, seem to think they can talk to a cop common citizen any way they want and nothing will happen to them because they’re ,old. above the law I’m not sure it happened in this case, but it does seem to be a theme I’ve seen before. To many cases like this happening to often.

[spald]

But then we all know cops consider every ‘citizen’ guilty already.

These same citizens will someday vote whether the retirement contracts of the policemen will prevail or not in economically stressful times. Cops can be really dumb sometimes.

[driftdiver]

Yeah cause he couldn’t let her get away with disrespectin him.

[Oldpuppymax]

Don’t know what happened here, but I do know my grandmother would have used words the cop never heard before and probably kicked his butt.

[domenad]

I’m thinking more along the lines of “I’m not signing this %#@(%$) thing you (@%)@%. You can go @%@^ yourself and take that badge and @(%$@ it up your @$$.” That kind of thing is not legal.

[Hardastarboard]

I think we might be related. You just nailed my Granny.

I might have said that a little differently, myself. Just a thought.

[savedbygrace]

You just nailed my Granny.

Care to rephrase that?

[DYngbld]

If this gal is like my grandmother, the cop should has zapped her twice. She can get mean, and down right violent. She is in her 80's now and much more relaxed. But ten years ago she would give a cop a handful, and earful, if one pulled her over.

The taser was probably the safest thing the cop could do. Forcibly cuffing her could have broken a bone, then look at the lawsuits. God forbid she broke a hip or something. Zapping her calmed her down quickly I imagine, allowing for a save restraint.

[Old Professer]

At her age a curtsy could’ve sent her to the hospital with a broken hip; a shoe-smooch coulda broke her back in half.

[vox_freedom]

Just remember that young fools simply turn into old fools.

That!

[driftdiver]

Its extremely rude but it is legal

[ontap]

How do you know it wasn’t the best way to handle the situation, you weren’t there. If you’re standing on the side of a major highway and the old lady is flipping out maybe that is the right thing to do.

[savedbygrace]

If you watch the video news report, that’s not the way that line went down. She was reading from the report, “’Pulled away from him.’ I did not.”

It’s a funny Yoda line, though.

[Balding_Eagle]

Fortunately, dash cams are often inoperative at times like this.

[stentorian conservative]

Okay, ewww.

Sincerest apologies. I didn’t realize I was talking to gutter-heads. ;^P

A-hem. . . You just described by Granny.

[RobinOfKingston]

Ms Winkfein and her attorney need to make the case that the taser is an instrument of torture. I am sure it is a lot worse than a caterpillar crawling on your face.