Grandmother who was Tasered gets probation

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-kan02.html

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 67-year-old grandmother who was shocked with a Taser stun gun after she honked her car horn at a police cruiser has been given a year's probation for sparking a quarrel with officers.

A charge of improper use of the horn against Louise Jones was dismissed last week in Kansas City Municipal Court. Her husband, Fred, 76, who became involved in the fray last year, also got one year of probation for the same charges -- resisting arrest and attempting to inflict injury on an officer.

The only condition of the probation is that the couple obey all laws.

The incident, which resulted in a change in department policy and the disciplining of two officers, happened in June 2004 as police were responding to a disturbance call across the street from the couple's home. Officers said they approached Louise Jones after she honked her horn, thinking she had reported the disturbance or perhaps was in trouble. A defense witness testified the honk was accidental.

[jojo54]

1. ??Improper use of the horn??? Then she gets tasered???

:wtf:

[Akoto]

2. What!?

They tasered a 67-year-old woman? What the hell were they thinking?

[knitter4democracy]

3. Ummmmm . . .

Wow. That one takes some imagination to figure out.

Why didn't they just drop all charges? She honks accidentally, gets tasered for it, and they still went through with a trial?

Man, what is this country coming to?

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Improper Use of a Horn

That should lead to "Aggressive Use of an Attorney".

--p!

[Moderator]

5. Locking

Story discussed here previously-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3748010