Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Chicago police Taser 82-year-old woman


CHICAGO - Chicago's Police Department is investigating an officer's use of a Taser last month on an 82-year-old woman who police say was swinging a hammer when they arrived.
Lillian Fletcher was rushed to the hospital after being jolted by the Taser last week but has been released, police said Tuesday. Officials with the city's Department on Aging went to her home Oct. 29 to make a welfare check and called police when they saw Fletcher in a window swinging a hammer. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Cutter and Buck