{"id":41950,"date":"2014-04-02T15:52:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=41950"},"modified":"2014-04-02T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:52:36","slug":"cop-charged-in-death-of-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=41950","title":{"rendered":"Cop charged in death of veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

You probably remember the story from last year of 95-year-old John Wrana who became belligerent when nursing home staff tried to treat his urinary tract infection, so they called in the local Park Forest, Illinois cops. When they arrived, the officers began treating him as threat because he had a knife, a cane and a long shoehorn (that they mistook for a machete) so they tried to tase him, but missed. So they decided to beanbag his ass, that caused internal bleeding and the World War II Burma Army Air Corpsman died soon after.<\/p>\n

One cop has been charged in the incident according to the Chicago Tribune<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Cook County State\u2019s Attorney Anita Alvarez\u2019s office said patrolman Craig Taylor, 43, was charged with one count of reckless conduct, a Class 4 felony. Taylor has been with the Park Forest Police Department since January, 2004.<\/p>\n

Taylor is expected to appear before a judge later Wednesday at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building. The case is being handled by the special prosecutions unit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think all parties over-reacted to the whole thing, including Mr Wrana. But, just by admitting that they thought a shoehorn was a machete tells me that the police didn’t adequately evaluate the situation. Beanbagging a 95-year-old just seems like it was an excessive reaction. Tasing him was a bad idea, too. They could have just waited him out. 95-year-olds aren’t known for their stamina. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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