Oklahoma granny gets shocked by Taser; sues El Reno police
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.
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 The Oklahoman Thursday.
She and her grandson, Lonnie D. Tinsley , ...
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