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I'm not sure if this has occurred to anyone else, but it sounds to me as if the original caller may have been concerned about the woman herself, fearing that she was lost and disoriented. They did say she was not threatening anyone, IIRC.
That's exactly the way I interpreted it. The caller obviously wasn't concerned about the woman being a threat.
This is far from a funny situation, but I have to say, the comments under that article are golden.
A real threat. If cops were so concerned that she was "charging" them with her knife, they could have taken a step backwards and been out of harm's way.
This is simply another case of cowards and/or sadists with badges.
""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," he said. "No one wants to tase anyone, much less an 87-year-old woman.
"But then again what do we do? Do we try to go hands-on? She could have been hurt just as easily, or even fell on the knife itself," he said. "Lord help us if she had tried to stop the officer and held the knife in an aggressive manner, and then deadly force would have been used.""
So, this genius police chief thinks that when someone is tased, and they have a knife in their hands, there is no chance they will fall on that knife.
Well, according to the cop he couldn't take a step back because he could have fallen and accidentally shot her. Yep, he actually said that. What a stupid, pathetic excuse. Probably worse that what a three-year-old could have come up with.
I'd also like to add... there is a steak knife in the ground in my back yard that I use for weeding. It is absolutely the best tool for gardening. Way better than those dumb forked things that are supposed to be for getting roots out of the ground.
I guess it helps when everyone speaks at least some English. Perhaps if there were not a language barrier in this case the woman might have just put the knife down.
As noted in the article, she did speak English well enough to pass a citizenship test 17 years ago. But now she's 87, and possibly going deaf and/or senile.
Again, this NEVER would’ve happened in any other civilized nation.
And your ass should be ashamed that it happened here.
You folks are effin pathetic.
You may be right. It is inconceivable here in Japan at least. Even in a situation where an elderly person was acting crazy and threatening people, police would be gentle. They would follow the person around and keep them from hurting anyone while trying to talk them down. Failing that, when back-up had arrived, they would surround the person. Cops in the front would distract them while those to the side and back disarmed them harmlessly.
These officers get paid well to make sensible decisions and protect citizens. These jokers who attack a harmless old lady should get discharged at once. I have zero understanding for such a clown-show. Voted 'no'!
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Police Tase 87-Year-Old Woman Cutting Dandelions
