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Horrifying video shows police TASERING and handcuffing a screaming 91-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer in his nursing home who later died

  • Sheriff's officers visited Minneapolis Good Samaritan Center in March
  • They were called to reports of an elderly man who assaulted another resident
  • Video shows them trying to coax the 91-year-old to go with them to the doctor
  • He refused repeatedly and slapped their hands as they tried to convince him
  • After rising to his feet in distress, police tasered the elderly man in the back 
  • Family say he died two months later with a weakened heart caused by the scuffle

By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com

PUBLISHED: 08:08 EST, 23 December 2016 | UPDATED: 08:39 EST, 23 December 2016

 

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Distressing footage has emerged of police in Kansas tasering a screaming 91-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer who died months later.

Ottaway County Undersheriff Russ Thornton was filmed discharging his stun gun at the distressed man then handcuffing him on the ground as he writhed around in agony. 

He and a colleague had been called to Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Minneapolis, where the man, who is known only as Lee, lived after receiving reports he had assaulted another elderly resident. 

They were trying to coax him into coming with them to a doctor's appointment when the incident occurred in March. 

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Shocking moment deputy tases 91-year-old with Alzheimer's
 
 
 

An Ottaway County Sheriff investigation at the time said the officers were forced to respond with force when the elderly man became violent. 

The footage shows the elderly man slapping the officers' hands away as they tried to get him to go with them.

'All you've got to do is stand up and walk,' one is heard saying while the elderly man waved him away with one hand. 

'I want to eat,' he responded, before rising to his feet in distress. 

At that moment the two officers surrounded him.  He appeared to lunge at the officer in front of him, prompting Undersheriff Thornton to taser him in the back.   

 

The video showed undersheriff Thornton tasering the man in the back 

The officers tried repeatedly to coax the elderly man into going with them before the taser was used 

The officers tried repeatedly to coax the elderly man into going with them before the taser was used 

The man was living at Minneapolis Good Samaritan Center (above) at the time of the incident. Staff would not comment on Friday 

The man was living at Minneapolis Good Samaritan Center (above) at the time of the incident. Staff would not comment on Friday 

Sheriffs investigated the incident at the time but found no wrongdoing by undersheriff Russ Thornton (above) 

Sheriffs investigated the incident at the time but found no wrongdoing by undersheriff Russ Thornton (above) 

He fell to the ground in screams as nursing home staff watched on in shock before being handcuffed. 

The officers can be heard trying to comfort him as he screamed, telling him repeatedly: 'Relax, it's OK. Relax buddy.

'Come on Lee, give us your hand.'  

The man's family say his wrist was broken in the scuffle and that the ordeal weakened his heart. 

They believe it contributed to his death two months later, KWCH reported. 

Good Samaritan and the Ottaway County Sheriff's Office declined to comment on the footage on Friday.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4061650/Horrifying-video-shows-police-TASERING-handcuffing-screaming-91-year-old-Alzheimer-s-sufferer-nursing-home-later-died.html#ixzz4TfdklE4n 
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I'm not sure why the police were called. Shouldn't this home be equipped to handle alzheimer patients?

I remember when my grandmother was in advance stages....she fought my mother hard when she was giving her a bath my mother had bruises and scratches all over. It's sad because they think some stranger is touching them and it just escalates. Yet I walked into the room and my grandmother knew me instantly, where I was living, etc.

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Sometimes, there is no other choice.

Alzheimers patients can become extremely violent.

Sad it had to come to that.

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Violent... AND strong. There is no other way to feel about this tho. This is very sad.

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Yes, it's a difficult situation and very sad.

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