According to a recent lawsuit filed against the city of El Reno, Oklahoma, several police officers are accused of horribly mistreating an 86-year-old disabled grandmother after her grandson called 911 seeking simple medical assistance for her.

The 911 call was made by Lonnie Tinsley who became concerned for his grandma’s health when she couldn’t remember if she had taken her daily medication or not. His only request was for an emergency medical technician to go to her apartment and evaluate her.

“Hi, I’m looking after my granny today, but I don’t know if she has already taken her daily pills — and neither does she. Can you just send someone out here to assess her? Thanks!”

Rather than sending a medical technician, up to ten El Reno police officers forced their way into the old woman’s apartment to investigate. Startled by the overwhelming response to such a minor emergency, the old woman told the police to leave her home.

When the police refused to leave, according to the police report, 86-year-old Lona Varner “took a more aggressive posture in her bed” — and there’s nothing more dangerous than a disabled senior citizen laying in bed with an aggressive posture — so they stepped on her oxygen tube and tasered her twice. She suffered burns to her chest and fainted.

“Uh oh, guys — she’s taking an aggressive posture! Shoot the dog and taser the old bitch!”

Lonnie Tinsley tried to intervene and help his grandmother, but he was quickly knocked the to floor, handcuffed, placed in a squad car, and then incarcerated while his grandmother was being tortured in her apartment. After Lona Varner was tasered, she was handcuffed and taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

The police released Lonnie from the squad car so he could accompany his grandma to the hospital, but it wouldn’t be a quick check-up: Lona Varner was placed in the psychiatric ward under police orders and held there for six days before she was released.

Lona and her grandson are suing the city of El Reno as well as several police officers for punitive damages. Their attorney put it best: “As a result of the wrongful arrest and detention, the plaintiff Lona M. Varner suffered the unlawful restraint of her freedom, bodily injury, assault, battery, the trashing of her apartment, humiliation, loss of personal dignity, infliction of emotional distress and medical bills.”

I know there’s a whole other side to this story, but COME ON — there is no legitimate reason to taser a bedridden 86-year-old woman. Ever. Unless you are just doing it for fun.

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