Barbara Pinkney said she is traumatized after she had a stun gun used on her three times at her home in Bradenton, Florida.
Pinkney said she has been left traumatized and unable to sleep after the incident."I don't know. Whenever I see police I just try to not look at them," she added to WFLA.
She was arrested and charged with felony battery on a law enforcement officer and obstructing justice on Thursday, theThe arrest report stated that Pinkney came to the door after another person became uncooperative and told deputies they couldn't enter the home without a search warrant, thereported. But deputies explained that they didn't need one as they were executing an arrest warrant and told her she could be arrested if she didn't cooperate.
A deputy decided to arrest Pinkney when she still refused and attempted to shut the door and she began to resist and was pushing the deputy in the chest, the report said. The first attempt to use the Taser on the woman had no effect, according to the report, so the deputy then"drive stunned" her in the back by using the taser directly on her body, which forced her to the ground.
Pinkney continued to resist while on the ground, according to the report, so the deputy drive stunned her again with no effect. A second deputy managed to help restrain Pinkney and put her in handcuffs, the report added. Deputies also said a neighbor's dog tried to attack a K9 unit that was at the scene and was Tased, according to theThe arrest report added that Turner was not located, but noted"there was enough time during the chaos at the front of the residence for to get out of the rear of the residence."Stock photo: A police officer with a Taser. A Florida grandmother said she was struck with a Taser three times for refusing to allow sheriff's deputies into her home.
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