Oklahoma grandmother gets shocked by Taser, sues El Reno police

Federal lawsuit alleges El Reno, OK, police "cruelly injured” woman, then 86, with Taser

 
BY NOLAN CLAY | Modified: June 27, 2010 at 12:53 am | Published: June 27, 2010   

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EL RENO — Police officers here are being sued for using a Taser last December to subdue a disabled grandmother, then 86, in her apartment bed.

photo - Lona M. Varner, of El Reno, says she was shocked in her bed by a police Taser on Dec. 22. PHOTO PROVIDED
Lona M. Varner, of El Reno, says she was shocked in her bed by a police Taser on Dec. 22. PHOTO PROVIDED

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Her grandson pleaded with officers, "Don't taze my Granny!” according to the lawsuit.

"I wouldn't want it to happen to anyone else,” Lona M. Varner, now 87, told...
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