91-Year-Old Jailed 8 Days For Alleged Threat On Nurse

World War II Vet Claims Police Used Excessive Force

POSTED: 4:15 pm EDT September 24, 2007

UPDATED: 5:22 pm EDT September 24, 2007

DeLAND, Fla. -- A 91-year-old World War II veteran spent eight days in jail after being accused of threatening his caregiver who apparently refused to let him take a walk around his assisted-living facility.William Kepler was arrested at Deerfoot Manor Alf, an assisted-living home in DeLand, after an incident involving his nurse.DeLand police were called to the facility, and Kepler was arrested after police said he refused to obey their commands. Kepler said officers used excessive force on him during the incident.After eight days in custody, James Floyd, who did not know Kepler, paid a $6,000 bond and took him into his own home."There is no excuse for what they did to him, especially when he did not show a firearm or pull a firearm or pull a weapon," Floyd said. "They just flat took him down."Floyd said he bailed the 91-year-old out of jail because it upset him that he was behind bars."

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Honestly I think that is a damn shame. I can understand why the man got unruly. Is he a prisoner? Let him go on a walk. He's at the twilight of his life and you deny him such simple pleasures as LIVING. And then to beat this old man down and let him rot in jail for 8 days? Everyone involved in that should feel ashamed and do an accounting of what is in their heart. because "he was breaking the law" /"he was unruly/resisting arrest" Give me a break.
god bless James Floyd and thank god for good people.
Here's my finger out wagging. People do not abandon your old folks. Let's not abandon our old folks. Old people may not have family that managed to survive with them. I wish we could adopt old folk like people adopt kids. Let them live in a house amongst a family for the end of their days, instead of some medium security old peoples correctional facility, where they don't even get to go on walks.

You pigs that beat him up: what's wrong with you? How is beating up an old man anymore kosher when you are a cop than when you are common scum? To me it's worse that cops would treat an old fella like this, you're supposed to protect and serve. Old folk are vulnerable, they are not children but many of them need some care and company.

People who treat old people like shit really piss me off.
People who abandon their elderly kin to homes and loneliness really piss me off too. Just like kids old people are a blessing. We should treat them as such.