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View Poll Results: Did the police act appropriately?
Yes 23 20.54%
No 89 79.46%
Voters: 112. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-16-2018, 02:06 PM
 
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Did the police act appropriately?

'What happened to Mayberry?' asks relative of 87-year-old Georgia woman police used stun gun on - ABCNews
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:11 PM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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This is why immigrants should learn English. My immigrant grandparents went to night school to learn English and encouraged my parents (born here) to speak English instead of their native language.
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:24 PM
 
Location: Rural Wisconsin
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Why didn't they just hose (spray) her?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfMJR-65eQg

Seriously, though, I think this was highly inappropriate, and I hope she recovers with no problems.
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:29 PM
 
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All she had to do was drop the knife.

No one lives in Mayberry including granny.

I don't like what happened. I don't fault the police for it either.

I wouldn't have had my gun out either.

If I couldn't take the risk to disarm the slow moving granny I'd be in the wrong job.

I voted yes.
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Here and now.
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Oh, good grief. You'd have to have rocks in your head to think that poor old woman looks dangerous. No, they should not have tased her. That's ridiculous.
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:41 PM
 
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(I have pictures I took if need be).

I was in a shopping plaza yesterday where there is a Plasma donation center. I was with my son (who says it's easy money). He texts me that there was a guy inside going nuts. Yelling "Help me, help me". An ambulance was there when we got there. I guess the guy punched one of the EMS guys.

Anyway, the police show up. The officer quickly determined this was a person having a mental health issue. He did not go into defensive mode taking the guy down (though this officer was a big lad and could have easily). He talked to him calmly and asked him to come outside. The guy did.......he paced around while the officer talked him down. In a few the officer asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital where the guy walked back and and laid down on the transport gurney.

It's really not that difficult for a police officer to do the right thing and most times they do. When they do not, and they did not here we need to not brush it off. She was no threat.
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Central Florida
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Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
(I have pictures I took if need be).

I was in a shopping plaza yesterday where there is a Plasma donation center. I was with my son (who says it's easy money). He texts me that there was a guy inside going nuts. Yelling "Help me, help me". An ambulance was there when we got there. I guess the guy punched one of the EMS guys.

Anyway, the police show up. The officer quickly determined this was a person having a mental health issue. He did not go into defensive mode taking the guy down (though this officer was a big lad and could have easily). He talked to him calmly and asked him to come outside. The guy did.......he paced around while the officer talked him down. In a few the officer asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital where the guy walked back and and laid down on the transport gurney.

It's really not that difficult for a police officer to do the right thing and most times they do. When they do not, and they did not here we need to not brush it off. She was no threat.
How long have you been a police officer?
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:51 PM
 
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This should end in both criminal and civil charges for those cops.
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:53 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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The incident occurred on Friday afternoon after police received a 911 call from a staffer at the Boys and Girls Club, saying, "This lady is walking on the bike trail, she has a knife and she won't leave. She doesn't speak English."
This is what happens from statist indoctrination. Run and tell daddy on someone not committing aggression.
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Old 08-16-2018, 02:54 PM
 
Location: alexandria, VA
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Well, at least the cop didn't unload his 9 mil into her back.
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