Great-grandma dared cop to Tase her, so he did

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Great-grandma dared cop to Tase her, so he did
Woman, 72, refused to sign traffic ticket; an argument, and then a zap
By Mike Celizic
TODAYShow.com contributor
updated 9:26 a.m. ET, Wed., June 10, 2009

First there was the college student who gave the language the immortal phrase “Don’t Tase me, bro!” before being zapped by police. Now, there’s the 72-year-old great-grandmother who told a cop, “Go ahead. Tase me” — and got what she asked for.

Kathryn Winkfein was stopped for doing 60 mph in a 45 zone in her pickup truck on a highway near Austin, Texas. After Deputy Chris Bieze finished writing the ticket, he gave it to her and asked her to sign it.

Winkfein refused. Bieze insisted, saying he would have to arrest her if she didn’t sign the ticket. When she wouldn’t sign, he opened the door to the truck and told her to get out.

Differing accounts
This all happened around 2 p.m. on May 11. But it didn’t become news until Winkfein told a local television station that she had been mistreated. The Travis County Constable’s Office alleged that she had been argumentative and profane. She denied the charge, telling a local Fox News reporter, “I was not argumentative. I was not combative. Every bit of this is a lie.”

In response, the constable’s office released the dashboard video of the arrest, which shows Winkfein using vulgar language and daring Bieze to use his Taser. According to the time stamp on the dashboard video, it was at least seven minutes from when Bieze told the elderly woman to get out of her truck until he finally hit her with 50,000 volts of low-amperage electricity and she fell screaming to the ground.

Winkfein has not commented since the video was released. According to the local Fox station, she has hired an attorney.

When Bieze tells her to get out of her truck, Winkfein says, “Take me to jail. Go on and take me to jail.”

“Step on out,” the officer commands.

The woman gets out of the truck and walks along the side of the road, close to the fog line separating the shoulder from the traffic lane.

“Give me the [expletive] thing and I’ll sign it,” she tells Bieze, but the officer has already told her she is being arrested. When Winkfein strays close to the traffic lane, the officer pushes her onto the shoulder.

“You’re gonna shove a 72-year-old woman?” Winkfein yells at him.

“If you don’t step back, you’re gonna be Tased,” Bieze says.

That’s when Winkfein said, “Go ahead. Tase me.”

‘I dare you’
Even then, Bieze did not use the Taser he had out and ready. He attempted to grab her, but Winkfein twisted away.

“Step back or you’re gonna be Tased, ma’am,” Bieze says again.

“I dare you,” she said.

Winkfein then decided she was leaving and tried to walk back to her truck.

“I’m getting back in my car,” she said.

“You’re gonna be Tased,” Bieze said, blocking her path.

“I’m getting back in my car,” she insists.

“No, ma’am,” he says.

That’s when he finally fired the Taser and Winkfein went down screaming.

“Now put your hands behind your back!” Bieze orders the woman, who has fallen out of the picture. “Put your hands behind your back, or you’re gonna be Tased again!”

Bieze finally took Winkfein into custody and charged her with resisting arrest.

Sgt. Maj. Gary Griffin of the Travis County, Texas, Constable’s Office told NBC News that Bieze acted appropriately.

“He mitigated this event safely, effectively and efficiently. Nobody sustained any injury,” Griffin said.

wtf

 

[Jbuck2KCivic]

You know these people should just listen to the cop, and then OMG none of this would happen. I mean you really have to be a jackass to dare a cop to use a Taser on you just to see if he will. People like this I have no sympathy for when they go crying about police brutality and other police BS.

 

[joe7987]

I'm sorry, I can't take the police officer's side on this one. Yes, the old woman was WAY out of line. No, I do not condone her behavior... but honestly, tase a great grandmother? He's VERY lucky that he didn't kill her.

Honestly, he probably could have just lifted her up and plopped her in the police car. Either that or he needs to hit the gym. How much of an inferiority complex do you have if you feel like you can't handle a weaponless very elderly woman without the use of 50,000 volts?

 

[Billy.]

why can't they just make the Tazer with 2 options: 50,000 volts for hardened criminals, and a 2nd setting with 5,000 volts for elderly grandmas..???

 

[HatchmanEJ6]

that lady had a healthy amount of pluck about her! lol

 

[toneekay]

Actually, the 50k volts may be what she needs to spark up her juices. Study shows that even with that amount of voltage in a certain time frame will NOT do any major harm, even to the elderly.

She's one of those ladies that thinks she extra old and can get away with anything; f**k that. Elderly taking advantage of their age, this is the name of the game! IMO, they're both wrong, but I'd favor the cop more than the old lady, although she's a f**king G for trying to get back in her car.

 

[Hecz]

hehehehe.. that's some craziness. f**king gramcracker.

 

[oc_civic]

So you break the law...
WON'T cooperate...
put yourself and the officers safety in danger by trying to stand too close to traffic..
RESIST arrest...
and then cry a river when you are tazed..

he gave her EVERY opportunity in the world to comply.. and honestly maybe she got it through her thick skull now.. sure he didnt have to taze her.. he could have wrestled her to the ground and handcuffed her.. that would have LIKELY resulted in injury to her... where as the tazer causes NO injury...she was obviously resisting.. and i honestly see nothing wrong with the use of the tazer here.. in fact it probably kept her injury free..

 

[Billy.]

actually a lot of people are injured when they get tazed, not by the shock itself, but by the fall when they lose all ability to stand on 2 feet. the old lady could have easily broken a leg, hip, ribs, etc by falling on hard asphalt. but even if she did get injured, it would still be her fault.. the cop did it by the book.

 

[253eg]

Should have just gave a swift firm blow to the head with his baton. I would have.

 

[dank24]

So you break the law...
WON'T cooperate...
put yourself and the officers safety in danger by trying to stand too close to traffic..
RESIST arrest...
and then cry a river when you are tazed..

he gave her EVERY opportunity in the world to comply.. and honestly maybe she got it through her thick skull now.. sure he didnt have to taze her.. he could have wrestled her to the ground and handcuffed her.. that would have LIKELY resulted in injury to her... where as the tazer causes NO injury...she was obviously resisting.. and i honestly see nothing wrong with the use of the tazer here.. in fact it probably kept her injury free..

100% agree. We had a 82 yr old woman in the ER with a revolver in her purse. And she was ALSO a dementia patient. Scared the s**t out of me.

 

[oc_civic]

actually a lot of people are injured when they get tazed, not by the shock itself, but by the fall when they lose all ability to stand on 2 feet. the old lady could have easily broken a leg, hip, ribs, etc by falling on hard asphalt. but even if she did get injured, it would still be her fault.. the cop did it by the book.

point made.. but in this case at least she stayed free of injury...the best part is how she talked all this s**t.. about how she didnt do anything wrong.. but the second they release the tape she gets all hush hush.. lol

"i didnt cause any problems".... yeah.. right.. you are just a sad sad victim..

 

[Hecz]

you just can't teach an old dog new tricks.. by that age you would thnk someone would know better.

 

[Hecz]

100% agree. We had a 82 yr old woman in the ER with a revolver in her purse. And she was ALSO a dementia patient. Scared the s**t out of me.

lol sounds like a crackhead.

 

[dank24]

lol sounds like a crackhead.

all I was thinking was. What happen if we didn't give her , her medication she wanted? she coulda capped our asses LOL

 

[Hecz]

its funny, but very f**ked up. lol

 

[Chris.]

what if in all that shoving she wouldve grabed his gun and shot him?

NO WAI a 72 year old woman shot a police officer? just doesnt happen!

cmon people.... think logically here.


my opinion.... old hag got what she deserved.

 

[oc_civic]

by that age you would thnk someone would know better.

i bet she does now..

 

[Billy.]

i bet she does now..

it says she hired an attorney. she didn't learn anything.

 

[Aaron.]

honestly, who wouldnt take the cops side, he did what hes trained to do, she was being an old grouchy b***h resisting arrest so he did it, i would have done the same thing but i would have done it when she asked him to lol