Police Won Battles with a 95-yr-old, 107-yr-old, and a double amputee - Killed 'em all

John Wrana, 95

Age-onset dementia and Alzheimer's plague many people as they age. Most elders get forgetful and confused at times. Throughout the nation, concerned families place their elderly relatives in care homes to see that their needs are met around the clock. Care homes ideally provide compassionate aids, three nutritious meals daily, and take ailing senior citizens to their doctors' appointments. But if the elders resist going to doctors' appointments, the care homes may call police, then police kill the obstinate senior citizens. That 'tough love' happened to John Wrana, age 95, by Forest, Illinois police officers. Excerpts from World Socialist News Service are below:

Police kill 95-year old man in assisted living facility

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/08/10/illi-a10.html

[August 10, 2013] On July 27 Park Forest, Illinois, police, armed with Tasers, a shotgun and flexible batons or “bean bag” rounds and a riot shield, shot John Wrana, a 95-year-old resident of an assisted living facility, eventually killing him. In the course of subduing the elderly man, police shocked Wrana with a Taser and fired “bean bag” rounds at his chest when he refused to be transported for medical treatment . . . Victory Centre staff reportedly pleaded with police to let them help Wrana get into the ambulance . . . Claiming that he refused to comply with verbal commands to drop a knife, police proceeded to shoot the 95-year-old man with a Taser. [According to the cops], when this proved “ineffective”, police shot Warner multiple times in the chest with flexible baton “bean bag” rounds from a shotgun . . . The “bean bag” rounds used by police in the killing of Wrana consist of a fabric bag filled with lead shot. When fired from a shotgun at the chest, they have the power to push broken ribs into the heart and cause internal bleeding to the abdomen. Bean bag rounds pose a serious risk of death or injury when fired from less than 10 feet away . . . [According to the lawyer for the Wrana family, Nicholas Grapas], there is no evidence to account for the existence of a “12-inch butcher type kitchen knife” with which police claimed Wrana threatened them. Wrana’s family never saw a knife in his room on previous visits, nor did facility staff find knives or similar weapons in his possession. (Read the entire article at the link above.)

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Monroe Isadore, 107

Park Forest, Illinois police had what might have been the record for killing the world's oldest police victim for less than a month. On September 7, Pine Bluff, Arkansas SWAT officers killed Monroe Isadore, 107,  who resisted being taken to his new apartment.  Like many elders, Isadore did not welcome changing homes, so he was shot to death in a hail of at least 30 bullets, according to witnesses. 

See "Age-Onset Dementia: Monroe Isadore, 107, Killed by SWAT"
http://dogjusticeformentallyill.blogspot.com/2013/09/age-onset-dementia-monroe-isadore-107.html

The U.S. Department of Justice should require police officers not to carry deadly weapons into care homes or private homes when responding to calls regarding very elderly persons. They seem only to know "shoot to kill," and that is a highly inappropriate response to age-onset dementia and Alzeheimer's. Email the Department of Justice at AskDOJ@usdoj.gov . Perhaps police should wait until the confused elder falls asleep, then use a sheet or fishing net.

Brian Claunch

The same methods would serve to capture unarmed, psychotic double amputees from their care homes, like Brian C. Claunch, who was fatally shot by Houston cops.
Police Ridicule, Beat, Taser & Kill Amputees
http://dogjusticeformentallyill.blogspot.com/2013/09/no-charges-for-fatally-shooting.html

Fishing Net

Mary Neal

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill

MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com

Age-Onset Dementia: Monroe Isadore, 107, Killed by SWAT

Americans who have elderly relatives with age-onset dementia should remove their car keys and guns, especially people of color. The world's oldest police victim died yesterday in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, killed by a SWAT team because he had a gun. Monroe Isadore was 107 years of age. His roommate reported that Isadore was belligerent and uncooperative with police who answered her emergency 9-1-1 call, which she made after Isadore reportedly brandished a handgun and threatened her and his daughter. Isadore, who apparently suffered from age-onset dementia and was reportedly deaf and legally blind, became agitated when told that he would need to move to an apartment. Probably because Isadore was a black man and this happened on the NFL kickoff weekend, police dealt with the crisis swiftly, and Isadore was killed in a hail of at least 30 bullets. See the article below from MaryLovesJustice blog, entitled

World's Oldest Police Victim: Monroe Isadore,
a Black Man, 107

http://marylovesjustice.blogspot.com/2013/09/worlds-oldest-police-victim-monroe.html

Upon learning that Arkansas SWAT had killed one of the oldest citizens in the USA, one might wonder how long the standoff lasted - only 3 hours from the emergency 9-1-1 call to the bloody finish, according to NPR's report, an excerpt of which is below:

PINE BLUFF, AR (Sunday, September 8, 2013)—Isadore was pronounced dead just before 7:30 p.m. — about three hours after the incident began, according to the The Pine Bluff Commercial newspaper. No police officers were injured. Police say their investigation is continuing.
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Another standoff happened in Texas two days later. It lasted nine hours. The perpetrator (whose name was withheld, probably because he is a Caucasian) was arrested, unlike Isadore, who died in a hail of 30 or more bullets. The Texan had actually shot a policeman in his head, whereas Isadore had hurt no one, had no hostages, and nobody was in immediate danger. If Isadore had been given nine hours, he would undoubtedly have fallen asleep or died of old age. See the excerpt from KWTX.com below:

SAN ANTONIO (September 9, 2013)—A standoff that started Monday morning at a motel in downtown San Antonio after a police officer was shot while responding to a family disturbance dragged on for nine hours before it ended late Monday afternoon. The man suspected of shooting the officer was barricaded in a first-floor room of the two-story motel, but was taken into custody at around 5 p.m. Monday.
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A third police standoff is currently underway in Madison, Wisconsin, which has lasted for nearly three hours so far. If the perpetrator is a black man, his time should be up soon. An excerpt from NBC15.com is below:

Monday, September 9, 2013 --- 6:43 p.m. Madison Police are in the 400 block of Berwyn Drive trying to take a subject into custody. Parts of the area are blocked off. NBC15's Phil Levin is at the scene of this police standoff and police tell him they took a family member out of the home about around 4:00 p.m. Police say man in 50's is suspected to be alone inside still. The incident started around 2:30 p.m. when a 9-1-1 call came in from the man's concerned family.

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Some standoffs with police officers have lasted for days in the United States, but the incident involving Monroe Isadore, an elderly black man suffering from dementia, ended in under three hours with the centenarian's body riddled with police bullets. This, too, is racism.

The radio broadcast for Monday, September 9, 2013, for Real Talk with the Number 1 Doctors, hosted by Dr. Floyd Harris and Dr. Jean Kennedy, was dedicated to Mr. Monroe Isadore and other police victims who suffered from age-onset dementia, schizophrenia, and other mental illness. It is at the link below
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/realtalk1dr/2013/09/10/real-talk-for-real-solutions

News articles cited are available at the three(3) links below:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/08/220306510/man-107-dies-in-shootout-with-police

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/-Standoff-Underway-After-Texas-Police-Officer-Shot-222975841.html

http://www.nbc15.com/news/crimetracker/headlines/Police-block-off-street-while--223034571.html

America has approximately 50,000 centenarians, and only 8% of them are over age 104. We believe Monroe Isadore should be resting safely in a care home tonight. Instead, his body is in the morgue. Advocate for specially trained officers in every metropolitan area to handle lunacy arrests, please. The mentally ill suffer 50% of the deaths by police that happen in the United States and many overuse of force incidents that officers with special training would be equipped to avoid. A life is a terrible thing to waste.

Repeat of Paragraph 1: Americans who have elderly relatives with age-onset dementia should remove their car keys and guns, especially people of color. The world's oldest police victim died yesterday in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, killed by a SWAT team because he had a gun. Monroe Isadore was 107 years of age. His roommate reported that Isadore was belligerent and uncooperative with police who answered her emergency 9-1-1 call, which she made after Isadore reportedly brandished a handgun and threatened her and his daughter. Isadore, who apparently suffered from age-onset dementia and was reportedly deaf and legally blind, became agitated when told that he would need to move to an apartment. Probably because Isadore was a black man and this happened on the NFL kickoff weekend, police dealt with the crisis swiftly, and Isadore was killed in a hail of at least 30 bullets. See the article below from MaryLovesJustice blog, entitled

World's Oldest Police Victim: Monroe Isadore,
a Black Man, 107

http://marylovesjustice.blogspot.com/2013/09/worlds-oldest-police-victim-monroe.html

Mary Neal
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/aimi

Wrongful Death of Larry Neal
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Especially our elders