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发帖数: 246 | 1 95-YEAR-OLD VET DEAD AFTER RESISTING MEDICAL TREATMENT, TASED AND SHOT WITH
BEAN BAGS BY COPS
Family members are questioning the death of a 95-year-old WWII U.S. Air
Corps sergeant who killed by cops at an assisted living center last month
after resisting medical treatment.
John Wrana died from injuries sustained in an incident, which was later
ruled as a homicide by the medical examiner, by Park Forest police on July
27. Police were called to Victory Centre, according to the Chicago Tribune,
when it was reported by faculty that he was being “combative,” resisting
medical treatment to which he was being “involuntarily” committed to.
A press release from the police department emailed to the Chicago Tribune
stated that Wrana was threatening staff and paramedics with his metal cane
and a 2-foot shoehorn. The report states he later picked up a 12-inch knife.
The Tribune reported that police ordered the man to surrender, but his
failure to do so and continued threats resulted in them using a Taser on him
and then shooting him with small bean bags. Wrana dropped the knife and was
taken to the hospital at this point.
Wrana was conscious when he arrived at a local hospital but died in the
early morning hours. The Southtown Star reported the Cook County medical
examiner’s office conducting an autopsy that found Wrana died from being
shot in the stomach with the 12-gauge shotgun with bean-bag ammo.
The family now has an attorney looking into the case.
“This was a literal war hero,” attorney Nicholas Grapsas told the
Southtown Star, noting that the family has not yet decided if it will file a
lawsuit. “It’s outright insulting when you have such lack of respect for
someone who served our country to the extent he did.”
According to Grapsas, staff and family who were at the assisted-living
center at the time of the incident said they didn’t see Wrana pick up a
knife. They also noted that he was sitting a chair during the altercation,
meaning they believe such a show of force from authorities might not have
been warranted.
The Chicago Tribune’s John Kass reported Maria Oliva with Pathway Senior
Living, which runs the assisted-living center, saying staff was not in the
room after police arrived to subdue Wrana. This, Kass said, shows “there
was no imminent threat to staff” at the time Wrana would have picked up the
alleged knife.
Kass also reported that after police barred staff from the room, workers
expressed how they wished to re-enter to try and calm Wrana again. They were
refused.
“At some point, I’m told there were between five and seven police officers
, they went back to the room with a riot shield in hand, entered the door
and shot him with a shotgun that contained bean-bag rounds,” Grapsas said
of the situation according to Kass.
With police saying one thing and the family’s attorney presenting other
information to the case, Kass reported veteran cops stating they believe
unnecessary force was used.
“I’ve never met a police officer who couldn’t handle a 95-year-old man in
a walker. And John Wrana wasn’t Jason Bourne. He was an old war veteran
who didn’t want to be pushed around,” Kass wrote.
Wrana’s step-daughter Sharon Mangerson described Wrana as a “very vital 95
-year-old” and “as independent as they come,” but she didn’t think he
was dangerous.
Still, Kass reported a senior police official, who too thought at first the
tactics used by police in this instance might have been excessive, saying
that we don’t know exactly what law enforcement was faced with in the
moment they made these decisions.
“If you don’t have all of the facts, it’s hard to judge someone. …
Anyone can be dangerous,” Kass reported the official saying.
我查了一下，这老兵好像是在印缅战场当飞行员，说不定飞过驼峰航线，RIP。 | T*R
发帖数: 36302 | 2 95岁怎么啦，100岁的我们都经常绑起来。
医院还好，有SECURITY，可以帮助护士把不听话的病人绑起来。
NURSING HOME，既没SECURITY，又没有POLICY可以绑病人。
你说说，如果病人发了狂，那些女护士不叫警察怎么办？要是病人伤害了其他病人或是
护士，你赔钱？ | G**L
发帖数: 22804 | 3 靠，100岁还用叫保安，你被美帝带坏了
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: 95岁怎么啦，100岁的我们都经常绑起来。
: 医院还好，有SECURITY，可以帮助护士把不听话的病人绑起来。
: NURSING HOME，既没SECURITY，又没有POLICY可以绑病人。
: 你说说，如果病人发了狂，那些女护士不叫警察怎么办？要是病人伤害了其他病人或是
: 护士，你赔钱？
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