72-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Tasered at Traffic Stop

All right, explain this one to me? A 72-year-old great-grandmother was tasered and arrested during a traffic stop in TX. Hard to believe she would have been a threat to the police officer, but there are some extenuating circumstances.

First, Kathryn Winkfein definitely was speeding excessively. The speed limit was 45, she was doing 60. She admitted the speeding, in fact, to MyFoxAustin. According to a police spokesperson, however, she didn’t want to sign the ticket, but instead asked to be taken to jail.

Constable Richard McCain said:

“He explained to her, sign the ticket stub, it’s not an admission of guilt. It’s a promise to appear in court. She didn’t want to. She said take me to jail.

“She refused to get off the side of the road, he said to her, Ma’am, you’re under arrest. She used profanity.”

At that point, according to the arresting officer, she became violent, and he tased her. Winkfein says the story is all a lie:

“I wasn’t argumentative, I was not combative. This is a lie. All of this is a lie, pulled away from him, I did not.”

The report indicates there was dashcam footage available. I’ll reserve full judgment, but to be honest, at her age, it’s extremely possible she’s just misremembering the incident. The dashcam footage will be the decider.

Watch a video report:

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