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Post #323,967
by lincoln
4/3/10 3:37:41 PM
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New No Indictment for Granny-Tasering Cop in Texas

A Travis County grand jury has declined to indict Deputy Constable Christopher Bieze on a charge of injury to an elderly person after he used his Taser stun gun on a 72-year-old woman last year.

The incident, which was captured on a patrol car video camera, generated national attention. Kathryn Winkfein, who was stopped by Bieze on May 11, later appeared NBC's "Today" show.

In October, Winkfein accepted a $40,000 settlement from Travis County, although she had sought more than $135,000.

Bieze had stopped her on Texas 71 in western Travis County on May 11 for allegedly driving 60 mph in a 45-mph construction zone. Winkfein, a 4-foot-11 great-grandmother from Granite Shoals, told Bieze that she wouldn't sign the citation, video records show.

That led to a confrontation during which Bieze used his Taser on Winkfein, who was later jailed, charged with resisting arrest and released.

An internal investigation found that Bieze had violated no policies, and he was not disciplined.



source: http://www.statesman...?srcTrk=RTR_95609

Tasering a 72 year grandma "violated no policies". Un-fucking-real.




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Post #323,968
by mhuber
4/3/10 3:43:28 PM
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New Violated no policies
Why doesn't that kind of thing automatically result in policies being reviewed, with the expected result being policy writers being fired for incompetence?

I mean in, you know, non-Texas parts of the world. In this case, the answer is the last word in the title.
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Why, yes, I did give up something for lent. I gave up making sense.
     No Indictment for Granny-Tasering Cop in Texas - (lincoln) - (1) - April 3, 2010, 03:37:41 PM EDT
         Violated no policies - (mhuber) - April 3, 2010, 03:43:28 PM EDT

Interesting recipe. I’ve always just used bananas.
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