Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

August 11, 2010

Ana Ramirez was desperate for help when her 25-year-old son Christian ? who has Down?s Syndrome and a heart defect ? went on a rampage.
Ana, who had left her job to be a full-time caretaker to her handicapped son, called 911. She informed the dispatcher that her son was handicapped and begged the police not to use a Taser to subdue him.

Within a minute after the police arrived, Christian had been shot six times with a Taser, and both Ana and her younger son Hernando were under arrest. Worried that the electro-shock device might kill Christian, Ana and Hernando had thrown themselves on top of the angry young man, trying to shield him and extract the prongs from his clothing.

Christian survived, and faces no criminal charges. Ana and Hernando have been charged with obstruction and resisting arrest and may spend a year in jail for the supposed crime of protecting a mentally impaired family member from unwarranted, potentially lethal violence.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.