Deadly Force
by digby
Do you remember that confused 87 year old woman who was killed with a taser last week for failing to drop her gun?
A Clackamas County, Ore., sheriff's spokesman says an 87-year-old woman who died after she was stunned in a confrontation with deputies was armed with a pellet gun, not a real handgun.
Keep in mind though that they claim it wasn't the tasering that killed her but rather her heart disease which was adversely affected by the 50,000 volts. You can't expect the police to know that an 87 year old woman might have heart problems.
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