Police Kill 95 year old man using taser and beanbag shotgun.

[tmleadr03]

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...t-police-taser

[Sawin]

at face value, my reaction is "Oh FFS...", but I know my feisty ass old grand dad... he carried a revolver til he was 92 and moved in to a nursing home... he wasn't fast, but he could still hit the target.

[sniper7]

interested in more details, but 6-7 cops to subdue a 95 year old man? yeah, they fucked up. thats the bottom line. it is in illinois.

[funkymonkey1111]

great quote: "The Japanese military couldn't get him at the age he was touchable, in a uniform in the war. It took 70 years later for the Park Forest police to do the job," Wrana's family attorney, Nicholas Grapsas, a former prosecutor, said in an interview....

sounds like one of pesky contempt of cop incidents.

[Whistler]

This is my shocked face. Doubtless he presented a credible threat.

[lowbeyond]

stfu all u cop haters. good shot!

u were not there. guy was probably selling drugs out of his bed room. ill wait for the facts to come in.

plus cops went home safely that night. that is all that matters

[Squeeze]

stfu all u cop haters. good shot!

u were not there. guy was probably selling drugs out of his bed room. ill wait for the facts to come in.

plus cops went home safely that night. that is all that matters

...Seriously. I really hope this is sarcasm.

[UrbanWolf]

stfu all u cop haters. good shot!

u were not there. guy was probably selling drugs out of his bed room. ill wait for the facts to come in.

plus cops went home safely that night. that is all that matters

Nah he was probably trying to sell his Winchester 1887 on Armslist.

[Bailey Guns]

This is my shocked face that this article appears here. Oh, wait. I'm not shocked.

"When I first heard it, I was like, 'C'mon,'" he said. "Then I thought it through. We don't know what occurred. We don't know what information they had at that time. If you don't have all of the facts, it's hard to judge someone. … Anyone can be dangerous."

Until there are more details, that pretty much sums it up for me. Is it possible the cops fucked up? Yes. Is it possible they did what they thought was necessary and they thought they were facing a credible threat? Yes. I don't know and the thoroughly biased article didn't provide a whole lot of answers.

So, cop bashers of the forum unite around this story full of speculation. You guys are really good at it.

[hatidua]

I've met a few 95 year olds. None posed a physical threat to any able-bodied adult male under 94. If there's a cop out there under 65, that can't handle a 95 year old, they probably ought to find a different teet off the taxpayers nickel.