Thursday, January 2, 2020

no matter who you are, don't insist on your rights because you have none;


Bradenton, FL — Barbara Pinkney of Bradenton, in Manatee County, Florida wanted to see the warrant from the cops who had come to her home last week attempting to arrest a man who she says did not live there. Because she was steadfast in her decision to see the warrant, Pinkney, a 70-year-old grandma who had never been in trouble with police before, was tasered multiple times, thrown to the ground and arrested. 
This grandma is now facing charges of obstruction and battery on a law enforcement officer, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by WFLA. To make matters that much worse, the incident unfolded at 7:30 a.m. on the day after Christmas — which also happens to be Pinkney’s birthday.
“We heard a knock at the door. Actually, there wasn’t a knock. I think they kicked the door. Bam! Bam! At the door,” Pinkney said.
According to WFLA, Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies say they came to serve an arrest warrant to Tevin Turner, Pinkney’s grandson, on violation of probation for carrying a concealed weapon. However, Pinkney says he doesn’t live there.
“When he was on probation he gave this as his address, but he wasn’t living here,” she said.
Pinkney tried to tell the deputies this information but they wanted nothing of it. That’s when this rights-flexing grandma demanded cops show her a warrant before coming in her home. When they refused to show her a warrant, Pinkney tried to close the door.
Video taken by her grandson’s wife captured what unfolded next. As this 70-year-old grandma attempts to close the door, a deputy barges in, grabbing her by the arm before tasering her. This grandma is then violently thrown to the ground where she is tasered two more times.
“I was just hollering. I was scared. I didn’t know what else to do. I was just hollering,” Pinkney said.
As WFLA reports, the probable cause affidavit shows Pinkney was hit three times with a stun gun in her “left arm,” her “back,” her “upper back,” and was held to the ground with the deputy’s “knee.”.......https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/cops-taser-tackle-grandma-for-refusing-to-let-them-in-without-a-warrant/259654

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