Another cop just wanted to get home safe....?

[Zipperhead]

Just how dangerous can an 80 year old woman with a cane be? I dunno. Guess you'll have to ask the cops.

http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2012/0...ers-with-cane/

I think between incidents like this, "SWATting" and wrong address no-knock raids, it appears our police forces are getting out of control.

I like this quote from the 'comments' section:

Any cop who can't handle an agressive, 80 yr. old woman needs a refresher course in Basic Cop-101.

I hope the the family sues the Department's butt off for this one.

Zip

[Johnny Dollar]

Come on! Public nudity,property damage,raising cane! Justified!

[RoadkingLarry]

I sure can't agree with the cops actions but, I think my wife's 85 year old grand mother is fully capable of beating a man to death with her cane is she was of a mind to.

[Old Grump]

They must be a tougher breed of old ladies in South Carolina. Last time we had an old guy with a cane and wearing only a smile up here he was subdued by wrapping a blanket around him. Maybe it was a tactical blanket but it looked like a plain old army issue wool blanket to me just like the one I have in the back of my van.

[Selena]

I sure can't agree with the cops actions but, I think my wife's 85 year old grand mother is fully capable of beating a man to death with her cane is she was of a mind to.

I seem to recall a little piece of advice either Dad or my uncle gave my brother at one time. Let me see if I can remember it correctly...

He was getting ready to give a certain elderly neighbor lady a piece of his mind when the parental unit stopped him and said something like... Boy, always treat that woman with the greatest of respect. Keep in mind she raised four sons twice as tough as you think you are and those sons are still afraid of her. (not a direct quote but as close as I remember.)

Having met two of the sons rest assured should a local or state LEO use a taser on their mother they would quite easily and without fail find a new and very uncomfortable holster for said taser.

[Zipperhead]

Come on! Public nudity,property damage,raising cane! Justified!

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny!
Just what are we going to do with you?



Zip

[Zipperhead]

I sure can't agree with the cops actions but, I think my wife's 85 year old grand mother is fully capable of beating a man to death with her cane is she was of a mind to.

But would she be able to get the best of a cop trained to subdue unruly, burly men intent on taking the cop to task?

I always thought the Taser was intended to be the non-lethal alternative to use of a sidearm.

If I was the cop's supervisor, I would be tempted to file assault charges on the officer that used such poor judgement. In the very least, he would be fired for complete lack of judgement and/or cowardice.

Zip

[Johnny Dollar]

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny!
Just what are we going to do with you?



Zip

I suggest the stocks and a public flogging at Salem,MA!

[zxcvbob]

Come on! Public nudity,property damage,raising cane! Justified!

80 years old and she was naked. They had to taze her! If they didn't, their cop buddies back at the station would never let them live it down.

[Johnny Dollar]

80 years old and she was naked. They had to taze her! If they didn't, their cop buddies back at the station would never let them live it down.

Right on!

[PavePusher]

Oh noes, police with military equipment...

They must be a tougher breed of old ladies in South Carolina. Last time we had an old guy with a cane and wearing only a smile up here he was subdued by wrapping a blanket around him. Maybe it was a tactical blanket but it looked like a plain old army issue wool blanket to me just like the one I have in the back of my van.

[Selena]

80 years old and she was naked. They had to taze her! If they didn't, their cop buddies back at the station would never let them live it down.

Hey! Come on now...

These are obviously the products of a Catholic school that bitterly resent amy woman with anything that resembles a paddle!

[JERRY]

tasing the nekkid old bat was the best option for that cop. had he tried to subdue her he'd be accused of trying to rape her im sure.

[Zipperhead]

tasing the nekkid old bat was the best option for that cop. had he tried to subdue her he'd be accused of trying to rape her im sure.

Like the title of the thread says: He just wanted to get home safe.



Zip

[Jamie B]

Cops are not the only profession in the US where some of the individuals make bad decisions.

[Zipperhead]

Cops are not the only profession in the US where some of the individuals make bad decisions.

True. Jaime, very true.

However, it is one of the few vocations where a bad decision or mistake might get an innocent person (or 80 year old nude woman) killed. Such inability to know such a bad choice of action from a proper one cannot be tolerated in such a position of power/authority. A person with such awful judgement skills should be purged from the Department ASAP before he gets someone seriously hurt or worse.

JMHO, of course.

Zip

[CIA_ran_9/11]

His "training just took over." Conscience? We don't need no stinking constitution, OR conscience.

You wanna end the militarization of the police? END THE DAMN DRUG WAR THEN. Jeez. If you're an nra/goa/saf member, and if you're not a member of mpp.org, then you're not actually pro second amendment. The second amendment is actually about property rights to it's core, and not firearms. The drug war is a war on our property rights and our privacy, and our very lives.

[Selena]

Cops are not the only profession in the US where some of the individuals make bad decisions.

This is true, but they are one of the very few that bad decisions that cause damage to society in general and the individual in particular without consequence.

[cassandrasdaddy]

it is one of the few vocations where a bad decision or mistake might get an innocent person (or 80 year old nude woman) killed.


only in your fevered imagination

[Selena]

it is one of the few vocations where a bad decision or mistake might get an innocent person (or 80 year old nude woman) killed.


only in your fevered imagination

Ah yes, the tasers only deliver sunshine and the weapons only loaded with flowers. I may live on a farm buddy but it's not Sunnybrook.

[cassandrasdaddy]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95...1#.T95faZiZ5dw

[Selena]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95...1#.T95faZiZ5dw

From your own link.

One of the first lawsuits that targets corporate-level staffing decisions rather than individual negligence is the case of 61-year-old Shirley Keck, whose pleas for help went unnoticed until it was too late.

Emphasis mine. How many thugs in uniform get sued for their negligence? On or off duty? With the drought in the Midwest you should be saving that straw for investment. At a dollar a bale that little example would equal your retirement.

[cassandrasdaddy]

from a practitioner of your trade

"I wake up every day and hope I don’t kill someone today,” said registered nurse Kathy Cloninger. “Every day I pray: God protect me. Let me make it out of there with my patients alive.” "

[cassandrasdaddy]

which trade kills more folks wrongfully? and heck nurses don't have guns and tasers good thing the carnage would be awful

[Selena]

which trade kills more folks wrongfully? and heck nurses don't have guns and tasers good thing the carnage would be awful

No, you see, nurses are dedicated to preserving life. Unlike those in some other trades. You see, the reason for that nurse's misgivings is she is dedicated to life all the while recognizing she is human and prone to human frailties. She has interest none in 'maintaining control' only the principle of doing no harm.

She also knows that should she make a mistake, she will be investigated with emphasis on the care not the tactics. If found negligent she will at the least lose the privilege of practicing her profession and at worst face criminal charges.

An LEO in a similar situation will face a 'board' of fellow cops that will wink and tell him - what the hell, no humans involved. The only chance for the victim to have justice is if there is a major political upset forcing federal trial a la Rodney King.

That straw is getting pretty expensive CD, hope you can pay your bill for it.