Taylor Of Old Bond St Is It Necessary To Taser An 82 Year Old Woman?

Is it necessary to taser an 82 year old woman? - taylor of old bond st

CHICAGO - The Chicago Police Department, an officer with a Taser last month to one years 82 years swinging a hammer when the police arrived.

Officials from the city Department on Aging went to Lillian Fletcher's home 29th October, a check welfare, and called the police when they saw Fletcher in a window swinging a hammer up and down, door - police spokesman Monique Bond said Tuesday.

The police came and subjugated in an attempt to Fletcher, one of them used their Taser, Bond said. The department is investigating whether the officer violated department policy has been on the use of tasers.


The granddaughter of Fletcher, Traci Taylor, told the Chicago Sun-Times that her grandmother suffers from schizophrenia and dementia.


"My grandmother is easily confused," Taylor told the newspaper, adding that the elderly woman can be belligerent, but about five feet and not more than 160 pounds.

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