Glenrock's citizens are fighting back

Faced with a citizen uprising over his officers' seemingly unnecessary TASING of local resident Bud Grose for allegedly "disobeying orders", Glenrock, Wyoming Police Chief Tom Sweet is rethinking his earlier stance that "it didn't appear any policies were violated":

"[Sweet] says two officers 'probably didn't do things the best way' when they used a Taser on a 76-year-old man driving an antique tractor in a parade.

Sweet spoke at a packed town hall meeting Monday"

That meeting had a bunch of witnesses present who apparently saw exactly what happened to Mr. Grose, and they weren't shy about expressing their feelings:

"'Those two were the most out-of-control officers I've ever seen in my life,' said Scott McWilliams, a witness who said he was shoved by one of the officers. 'These two guys got to go.'

Mike Pyatt, a former Glenrock police officer, called on town leaders to make changes at the department.

'We will hold you accountable,' he said." (Emphasis mine)

Agents with Wyoming's Department of Criminal Investigation are looking into the matter, and Glenrock's mayor vows to publicly release the findings, no matter the conclusion.

It seems the good folks in Glenrock have listened to our advice and taken it upon themselves to ensure that this sort of thuggish "policy" is no longer valid in their town.

Good for them.