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84-year-old woman sues Arizona

police citing excessive force

By ANITA SNOW about a suicidal man with no action against the offi- added she was transport-
PHOENIX (AP) — A woman a gun. Photographs that cers. ed to a hospital.
who says she was seriously her granddaughter Ashlee The original police state- The Mesa Police Depart-
injured by police officers Hahn took of her bruised ment about the incident ment has been under
from an Arizona depart- face and arms subsequent- said the woman had scrutiny in recent months
ment under investigation ly were posted on the inter- seemed confused and "in for a pair of videotaped This February 2018 photo re-
for complaints of excessive net. order to keep her out of encounters involving its leased by Ashlee Hahn shows
force filed a lawsuit Thurs- Police at the time said the harm's way, a use of force officers. Results of that in- injuries to Hahn's grandmoth-
day against two officers woman was injured when incident occurred with the vestigation have not been er Virginia Archer.
and the agency. they were trying to keep female, who was injured." It announced.q Associated Press
Virginia Archer alleges in her safe from the man and
the suit filed in federal court launched an internal inqui-
that she was unlawfully ar- ry.
rested and subjected to Archer said Wednesday
"excessive, brutal and night that she was sick
completely unnecessary in bed when the officers
force" by Mesa police offi- came to check on her
cers who went to her home grandson and insisted that
last February checking she come outside because
on her grandson's safety. they believed there was a
The complaint names Of- gun inside the home. The
ficers Christopher Orr and lawsuit does not indicate
David Grimm, as well as whether the grandson was
the department and seeks charged with anything,
unspecified punitive and but it says Orr cited Archer
compensatory damages. for obstruction of justice, a
Media relations Officer charge a prosecutor later
Steve Berry said the depart- dismissed.
ment could not comment A police department state-
because the case involves ment issued days after the
pending litigation, and said encounter said the man
the officers would not be was taken away for an
made available for com- evaluation.
ment. Archer said it was raining
The individual officers could when she walked outside in
not be immediately locat- her pajamas to talk with the
ed separately for comment officers, and one grabbed
and the Fraternal Order of her arm and threw her to
the Police Lodge 9 that the ground. She said she
represents Mesa officers was also unnecessarily
did not immediately re- handcuffed.
spond to a message seek- "No one has ever hurt me
ing a response via its web as bad as he did," Archer
page. said. "It just makes you so
Officer Nikolas Rasheta, an- afraid that you don't want
other department spokes- to open your front door or
man, said the internal in- ever call the police again."
vestigation of the encoun- The lawsuit alleges that Orr
ter remains open and is harmed Archer and Grimm
nearing conclusion. failed to intervene. It says
Archer's family complained the officers later attempt-
that the 84-year-old wom- ed to justify their actions
an was left with severe by contending the woman
bruises after the encoun- was being combative and
ter that began when Mesa not following directions. It
police answered a call says the department took