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An 86-year-old El Reno woman is suing the city's police department over a December incident in which officers shot her with a Taser while she was in bed, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
Lona M. Varner, 86, and her grandson, Lonnie D. Tinsley, filed the suit on Monday. It alleges that the El Reno Police Department "cruelly injured (her) with a Taser and imprisoned (her) for several days without probable cause in a hospital."
However, police told the El Reno Tribune in January that the woman had threatened to kill herself and threatened officers with a knife. The story says the incident happened on Dec. 22 at the Elizabeth Place Apartments, located at 1955 S. Shephard Avenue.
According to the lawsuit: Varner's grandson had called 911 to request emergency medical technicians to stop by to help her with medication. He had stopped by to check on her in advance of an approaching winter storm, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit alleges that instead of EMTs, 10 police officers came to the apartment and "pushed their way through the door." It also alleges that from her hospital-style bed and connected to an oxygen machine, she told them to leave.
At that point, the officer instructed another policeman to "Taser her!" according to the court brief. Police contended in their official report that Varner had taken a "more aggressive posture in her bed."
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Who Tasers an 86 year old grandma in there bed? She might have had a knife and wanted to die but a Taser, come on!
Lona M. Varner, 86, and her grandson, Lonnie D. Tinsley, filed the suit on Monday. It alleges that the El Reno Police Department "cruelly injured (her) with a Taser and imprisoned (her) for several days without probable cause in a hospital."
However, police told the El Reno Tribune in January that the woman had threatened to kill herself and threatened officers with a knife. The story says the incident happened on Dec. 22 at the Elizabeth Place Apartments, located at 1955 S. Shephard Avenue.
According to the lawsuit: Varner's grandson had called 911 to request emergency medical technicians to stop by to help her with medication. He had stopped by to check on her in advance of an approaching winter storm, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit alleges that instead of EMTs, 10 police officers came to the apartment and "pushed their way through the door." It also alleges that from her hospital-style bed and connected to an oxygen machine, she told them to leave.
At that point, the officer instructed another policeman to "Taser her!" according to the court brief. Police contended in their official report that Varner had taken a "more aggressive posture in her bed."
Grandmother, 86, Sues El Reno Police
An 86-year-old El Reno woman is suing the city's police department over a December incident in which officers shot her with a Taser while she was in bed, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. Read Story | Watch Video
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Who Tasers an 86 year old grandma in there bed? She might have had a knife and wanted to die but a Taser, come on!
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