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... and they actually charged her!
87-year-old woman Tased by police while cutting dandelions, family says
87-year-old woman Tased by police while cutting dandelions, family says
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I have 2 thoughts:“She’s so old; she can’t get around too well,” the caller told the 911 dispatcher. “Looks like she’s walking around looking for something, like, vegetation to cut down or something.”
When police arrived, they ordered Bishara, who doesn’t speak English, to drop the knife. When they say she didn’t and moved toward them, they shocked her with the Taser.
yeah, I know what i'd tell my boss if he told me to go outside and confront some old coot with a knife crawling around on the lawn. not in my job description is the polite response.The proper thing to do is to send an employee out to ask her what shes doing
Why the Fvck would you call 911 on some old lady cutting weeds? 911 is for emergencies. This was not an emergency. The proper thing to do is to send an employee out to ask her what shes doing and tell her to go away. No point in even involving the cops. The police response is equally retarded. Clown world. We live in clown world.
The cop should be reprimanded and the bedwetting sissy who misused the 911 system should be fined or thrown in the county lockup for a couple days... Something. But nothing will happen, well besides an old lady having heart problems after her cop administered electro shock therapy.
Believe it or not, tough call. No idea if she's crazy or not. 87 or not, if you know your Tueller Drill stuff, you realize a person with a knife is NOT something to mess with.
Maybe if she spoke English. Maybe if she realized walking towards the officers with a knife.
Not a fan of officers getting overly attacky, but not sure what could be done safely. Personally, if I'm a local copy and it's me or her going home happy at the end of the day, I'm picking me.
At least he didn't go all Murtaugh on her and shoot her in the leg before Riggs blows her away while she falls into the pool.
I have 2 thoughts:
The cops are outright cowards. I hope the local community raises a severe stink about this with the Chief.
It's always better to learn the language of the country you live in.
Two and one half minute statement by the chief, who also responded.Video at link below.Found it:
“There was no anger, there was no malice in this,” Etheridge said. “In my opinion, it was the lowest use of force we could have used to simply stop that threat at the time. And I know everyone is going to say, ‘An 87-year-old woman? How big a threat can she be?’ She still had a knife.”
“I completely understand and if I hadn’t been there and it would come across my desk, that is the first thing I would ask as well," he said. "Why did we Tase an 87-year-old woman? I guess in that circumstance, I am glad I was there and saw it firsthand and understand why it occurred. An 87-year-old woman with a knife still has the ability to hurt an officer.”
He said the goal was to not have to use deadly force. At one point, he took his pocket knife out and threw it on the ground, indicating what he wanted the woman to do with her knife.
"The question's always going to be why did he (the officer) not retreat," Etheridge said. "The thought behind that would be if the officer had retreated, with her being in an elevated position, he could have easily fell down," Etheridge said, "at which time she could have been progressing on top of him and deadly force could have been used at that point in time. And that was the whole goal, to try to avoid using any type of force, but if we have to use force, use the minimum force."
Chatsworth police chief defends use of Taser on 87-year-old woman (with VIDEO)
given the situation that the officer was put in, he didn't ask to be put in, but he was put in the situation
"The question's always going to be why did he (the officer) not retreat," Etheridge said. "The thought behind that would be if the officer had retreated, with her being in an elevated position, he could have easily fell down," Etheridge said, "at which time she could have been progressing on top of him and deadly force could have been used at that point in time. And that was the whole goal, to try to avoid using any type of force, but if we have to use force, use the minimum force."
Wonder what would've happen had the elderly woman had a heart attack because of being tazed.
Thank God she didn't have a dog with her.at least they didn't shoot her
“In my opinion, it was the lowest use of force we could have used to simply stop that threat at the time. And I know everyone is going to say, ‘An 87-year-old woman? How big a threat can she be?’ She still had a knife.”