WTF: Police Taser 76 Year Old Man at Town Parade

Police in Wyoming repeatedly tasered a 76-year-old man who was riding on an antique tractor during a local town parade because the tractor accidentally bumped a police vehicle.

Bud Grose was tasered repeatedly after his 1958 John Deere tractor accidentally bumped a police car in the annual Deer Creek Days parade on August 1.

Here's the best part...wait for it...Grose was not driving the tractor at the time of the collision. A 9-year-old boy was steering the tractor while Grose operated the clutch and gas pedal.

Residents attended a town meeting Monday to discuss the incident and call for the officers' dismissal.

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

"They both, in my opinion, acted like doped up thugs," said Grose's daughter-in-law, Pat Grose.

The two police officers are now on paid leave during the investigation.

You can see video from the town hall meeting here.

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