Cops tase, shoot surly 95-year-old, who dies

Maybe the cop is the Alabama TV reporter's brother and old people scare him too.

 

Welcome to Arkansas.

http://globalgrind.com/news/arkansas-school-district-clarksville-arming-20-teachers-staffers-guns-details

 

No eighth grade boy is going to be able to turn down a hummer from her.

 

If I had kids in that school system I would move far away.

 

Charges filed against the officer:

 

Funny too, this appears to be the first time patrolman Taylor's name has been mentioned anywhere in the media.

I guess no one wanted to jeopardize their access to the River Forest police department. Or, maybe they just weren't curious enough to find out and report his name.

 

Acquitted:

The judge was only halfway through his ruling Wednesday when it became clear that Park Forest police Officer Craig Taylor would not be held criminally responsible for firing beanbag rounds at a knife-wielding World War II veteran who died hours later of internal bleeding.

In describing Taylor's actions that night in July 2013, Cook County Associate Judge Luciano Panici began using terms like "fearing for his life" and "reasonable use of force."

But Taylor continued to listen calmly, eyes downcast at the defense table, the courtroom gallery behind him packed with uniformed cops showing their support. It wasn't until Panici uttered the words "not guilty" that the 10-year veteran officer dropped his head and sobbed for a moment, then jumped up and hugged his wife tightly, his face buried in her shoulder.

Park Forest cop acquitted in fatal beanbag shooting of WWII vet - Chicago Tribune