Cops tasered 91yr old man with Alzheimers who later die
Horrifying video shows police TASERING and handcuffing a screaming 91-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer in his nursing home who later died
Sheriff's officers visited Minneapolis Good Samaritan Center in March
They were called to reports of an elderly man who assaulted another resident
Video shows them trying to coax the 91-year-old to go with them to the doctor
He refused repeatedly and slapped their hands as they tried to convince him
After rising to his feet in distress, police tasered the elderly man in the back
Family say he died two months later with a weakened heart caused by the scuffle
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Distressing footage has emerged of police in Kansas tasering a screaming 91-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer who died months later.
Ottaway County Undersheriff Russ Thornton was filmed discharging his stun gun at the distressed man then handcuffing him on the ground as he writhed around in agony.
He and a colleague had been called to Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Minneapolis, where the man, who is known only as Lee, lived after receiving reports he had assaulted another elderly resident.
They were trying to coax him into coming with them to a doctor's appointment when the incident occurred in March.
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An Ottaway County Sheriff investigation at the time said the officers were forced to respond with force when the elderly man became violent.
The footage shows the elderly man slapping the officers' hands away as they tried to get him to go with them.
'All you've got to do is stand up and walk,' one is heard saying while the elderly man waved him away with one hand.
'I want to eat,' he responded, before rising to his feet in distress.
At that moment the two officers surrounded him. He appeared to lunge at the officer in front of him, prompting Undersheriff Thornton to taser him in the back.
Disgusting How the **** are 3 police officers afraid of 91 year old man so much that they had to tase him? Like what did they think he's going to do? Punch them? Wow that'd sure hurt. I don't think he was going to run away either. Hope they rot for this.