Granny shocked by police stun gun in bed sues

The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY - An 87-year-old grandmother subdued by police with a stun gun while she was lying in bed hooked up to an oxygen machine is suing her Oklahoma hometown.

Attorney Brian Dell said Tuesday that he filed the lawsuit June 21 on behalf of his client, Lona Varner. He did not specify the amount she's seeking from the city of El Reno but said it's at least $75,000.

Varner's grandson called 911 on Dec. 22 and told the dispatcher his grandmother "wanted to end her life" and that he was concerned she had taken some unknown medicine.

Officer Thomas Duran says in a police report that Varner pulled a kitchen knife from under her pillow and threatened to stab and kill him if he tried to take her from her home.

The report says another officer used a stun gun on Varner.

What happened to the kind old policeman who would have snatched the knife out of the 87 year old granny's hand and the conflict would have been over?

Now it seem, that they tazer anyone at a blink of an eye, sometimes with deadly results.....

I long for a quieter gentler time of years ago..........