Police investigating their use of Taser on 82-year-old woman
Posted November 05, 2007 10:00 pm
Chicago Police are investigating an officer's use of a Taser on an 82-year-old woman.
Spokeswoman Monique Bond says the officer used a Taser to shock Lillian Fletcher on October 29th at Fletcher's home on the city's South Side.
Bond says Department on Aging workers were making a welfare check at Fletcher's home. When they saw the woman in the window swinging a hammer back and forth, they called police.
Officers arrived and in an attempt to subdue Fletcher one of them discharged their Taser.
Bond says the department is trying to determine if the officer violated department policy regarding the use of stun guns.
Police departments around the country have come under fire for the use of Tasers following several deaths.
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