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She dared a deputy constable to shock her with a Taser.

So, he did.

Video released by a Travis County Constable’s Office shows Deputy Chris Bieze confronting 72-year-old Kathryn Winkfein after stopping her for speeding on May 11 just outside Austin.

Video from a camera mounted in the deputy’s car shows Winkfein cursing and challenging the deputy and even daring him to use the Taser on her.

“You’re going to shove me? You’re going to shove a 72-year-old woman?” she yelled.

Winkfein told KTBC-TV in Austin that she did nothing to provoke the use of the Taser.

But Precinct 3 Sgt. Maj. Gary Griffin said Bieze used the Taser only after Winkfein became combative.

There was no immediate comment from Winkfein on Wednesday. A call to her home was answered by a fax machine.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GotThatThump/ GotThatThump

    Can we say trigger/taser happy here. There was no need to do that to that elderly lady; as if she was going to over power him. That cops discretion was all off.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HeartofAKing1/ HeartofAKing1

    He used a taser after a 72 year old woman became combative?Give me a f**king break you punk as cop.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/-sumthin_serious-/ -sumthin_serious-

    She is a 72 year old woman! What could she have possibly done to him? Officers honestly feel like they’re just God, and everyone should just afraid of them. True, the lady was probably being difficult, but really, she didnt deserve all that. Its really sad to see that not even our elders are respected anymore.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ikidas/ ikidas

    Travis County, Texas what more needs to be said…. Dayum shame.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Arrielle2007/ Arrielle2007

    I smell a big ass lawsuit.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mscpa2u/ mscpa2u

    Damn Im glad she aint ask for the mace! Then they wonder why we prefer street justice! SMDH @ this fukkery for God sake she is 72 years old!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BIG_BLOCK_HEMI/ BIG_BLOCK_HEMI

    SHE SHOULDNT BEEN TALKIN S**T

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/southerr_raindrop23/ southerr_raindrop23

    JUST SAD WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/INTELLIGENTBEAST_V3/ INTELLIGENTBEAST_V3

    These “cops” need to be fired and tried. But, we all know what will happen.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pradaproper/ pradaproper

    S**T HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ….THIS IS ALL GONNA COME TO AND END ONE DAY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PEACE_OF_MYND4U/ PEACE_OF_MYND4U

    Sorry grandma but as a fellow woman fighting for equality, sometimes you just got take a taser for the team! LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wincie/ wincie

    I hate cops but she was a damn fool

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Day-Dreamer1/ Day-Dreamer1

    this is not what the world is coming to.. this is what America always was.. and always will be..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RaptureMaterial/ RaptureMaterial

    This is a flip of the coin situation. Heads: she shouldnt of been speeding and then refusing to sign the ticket. Tails: The gigantic officer muscle bound officer shouldnt have had to tase a 72 year old woman. He out weighed her by 200 plus pounds and could of arrested her with ease. I think they were both wrong in this situation.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TruSkool71/ TruSkool71

    Good thing she didnt dare him to shoot her

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/50tymz/ 50tymz

    Put in your retirement a*****e you can no longer handle this job if you gotta tase an old lady

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chelle009/ chelle009

    Hold on Wincie I am a cop and hate is a strong word. You have good cops and you have bad ones that’s in any field of work.What he did was wrong no doubt about that. U must have had run in with the law where you dealt with bad cops r where u from that’s all you’ll have is bad cops but i doubt that.U say u hate cops but very well one day u might need us.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/burgstyle82/ burgstyle82

    She got what she deserved. If it was me out there acting an ass like that I would probably get beaten and shot. She don’t get a pass because she old and white. F**k her and her entitlement attitude.

    There are no good cops. Until the “good” cops start turning in their bad counterparts all cops are bad. As long as you stand behind that blue line with the worst of them you’re just as guilty.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/The_Donlamb/ The_Donlamb

    If she had been black he probably would’ve tasered her with his revolver.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lexbogie1/ lexbogie1

    the way i see it even the so called good cops can only be gd to a certain extent because the system is corrupt at its core

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SuzyQ38/ SuzyQ38

    When are people going to learn you CANNOT act like this with the police or you will suffer the consequences??? I believe he could have found another way to subdue this lady without tazing (tasing, however it’s spelled), but he was well within his rights to use force, she was combative. If I was pulled over and acted an ass like she did, I would fully expect to be subdued and put in handcuffs. Some people are just silly…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/OFranc1/ OFranc1

    She got what she deserved?! Come on you can’t really believe that. That comment illustrates just how complacent society has become in holding rogue cops accountable for their horrible actions. Are we becoming immune to these atrocities because it happens so much that we resolve ourselves to the notion that this must be the best way to control the general public when we have a conflict with the authorities?! That’s ridiculous as far as I’m concerned. There is NO excuse for this! This woman was 72 years old! The cop looks like he’s about 220 to 240 pounds! The tazer should never have even come out of it’s holster! Especially with all the deaths that have occured as a result of this weapon. He had many other options to detain this lady but the first thing he grabs is a portable electric chair?! He could have detained her with his bare hands and we all know it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chelle009/ chelle009

    Burgstyle82 you sound stupid as hell.We as cops get called out to deal with dumb ass people. You’ll are getting on my nerve with this black white s**t. Every officer handle there situation they way they see fit.Until you’ll put on a blue uniform and deal with s**t we have to deal with shut the hell up.I don’t give a damn if you are young old white black if you pose a threat to me i’ma do what i have to do.Call police what u want to i’ma always stand behind the blue line and do my job.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chelle009/ chelle009

    Suzy Q38 you are the only one who talking with sense we need more people in this world like you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/prettybowlegs06/ prettybowlegs06

    Ya know at first i was on the grandmother’s side, then i watch how hostile and confrontational she got, i’m like , hold-up, she talking real s**t…They say she stands 4’11 and he’s like 6ft. ok..he could have picked her lil old ass up and threw her in his police car or he could have MADE her by his body strength, cuff her up against her vehicle…You have to be careful w/ tasing the elder b/c the woman could have had a heart attack or a stroke..Yes she was out of order, but he could have used his body strength instead of tasing, which would have lead to a lawsuit, b/c he could have killed her!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bobbiperk/ bobbiperk

    Please! The officer gave her several warnings, and the old broad kept it coming. She got what she asked for…TASED!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DRKWING826/ DRKWING826

    hell they stoped showing the videoo ! you know why it’s gettin thick! well let’s look at any other person be it white or black..jew gentile,baptist or muslim! we need to understand that every one dont think the same. what was the officer thinking..? what was she thinking..? no one is perfect by a long shot but the idea of this old woman who represent’s a multitude of familie’s in our world you dont do these thing’s you grab her or give her the ticket while she is fussing! you and i know we wanna give some old folk a good smack back into reality but later on you will feel stupid. as for the officer your thinking he is racist or what ever but again we dont know what he did that for and if it was racist you would’nt know unless he show’s you. so forget the race card seeing that i m black because we will get dumped on for yellin that out for year’s racist!!..racist!! now let’s look at the reaction of the officer! yes you know he could have strong armed her and put her in hand cuff’s then took her to jail for a number of thing’s relating to hostile or verble abuse obstructing justice or what ever. so my vote is he is wrong not racist because we dont have that much proof to that matter. we just as african american’s can’t stand that the issue’s with our history is being asked to go away or it’s over people.! well it’s not over, and no one is getting compensated for the lost of family/ancester’s who died from the word nigga! so let’s move along! the jews are recieving money and paid program’s and being pardoned for a many thing’s we can’t recieve as citizen’s of the united states, now bro-sista’s let’s not allow these obsticle’s to stand in our way as black’s and white’s…i ask.??? but watch that person next to you on the train!not of the african race and they will sit next to a spanish or indian before you or even the chinese and japanese! they will pick a seat with any other race but us! with a very small percentage that don’t care they just wanna seat. but now im off the subject you say but i say no all this tie’s in with our (african american) life in this world. smae with housing, we can’t move where there are indian’s hindu, they will take our applications for a house for rent but will not call you if you are not one of there own.the brush off so to speak all the ethnic’s that i called beside african american have secretly pulled togeather to take care of there own!.. now i understand this to an extent but seriously we need to take control of our familie’s so we can stand up and continue to be counted as a strong group! we will take over anyway because we are the dominant being’s the true chosen one’s that nubian blood is in us!we can’t do this with hate we will do this with love and interracial relationship’s that are taking over now! we are mixing and the winner is human! not black not white not spanish or chinese or any other race!!!!!! that’s why they call it race who will win..?? no one! so we need to stop teachimng our kid’s to hate because they dont know s**t about race all they know is a friend in school or a friend to play with…………..god bless us all! we need it america!> quackquack

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/echoe63/ echoe63

    sorry but no, she clearly said she’d sign it well BEFORE he tased her.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Creole_diamonds/ Creole_diamonds

    she keep trying to go back to her car, yes she is old, but think if you were him, what if she is trying to get a gun and that’s why she wanted to go in the car?!!!!!!?? she didn’t listen, and has the nerves to say your going to tasered an 80 how ever old women. damn Skippy MISS FIELDS, HE ALMOST DID IT TWICE, TOO!

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