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Tazing Great Grandma

I'm a little late to the party on this one, but a Travis County Constable's deputy made headlines by tazing a 72-year old great grandmother last month after she dared him to - essentially for non-compliance. A flurry of media attention accompanied the release last week of the dashcam video. According to KEYE-TV:Deputy Chris Bieze pulled over Kathryn Winkfein on May 11th at 2pm for speeding on Highway 71 and Bee Cave, but the Great-grandma refused to sign the ticket."Take me to jail, go on and take me to jail," she yelled at Deputy Bieze.Winkfein got out of the truck and walked close to the line separating the shoulder from the traffic zipping by."Give me the (expletive) thing, and I'll sign it," she yelled about the ticket.Then came the push...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 15, 2009 (boomark / email).