A 68-year old Ohio grandmother was hit with a Taser gun by police while she was in a police department waiting room. The police fired and hit her 5 times with the Taser. The entire incident was caught on police department surveilance tape. According to police, Beverly Kidwell, 68, came into the police station to be arrested after hitting her granddaughter. Kidwell said she waited a long time in the lobby. When she got up to leave, a police officer hit her with the Taser gun. After the incident, Kidwell stated, “I don’t know if he thought I was going to get up and leave or what, but he pulled his gun. I thought it was a gun. I’d never seen a Taser gun in my life and I thought, Oh my God. He’s going to shoot me. He’s going to kill me.” For more information, www.nbc4.tv/news/5492200/detail.html
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