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Police use taser on 87-year-old Knife wielding woman cutting dandelions
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:12 pm
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CHATSWORTH, Ga. – An 87-year-old grandmother using a knife to cut dandelions in the woods near her rural Georgia home last week was taken down by a police Taser and arrested, according a police report.
Martha Al-Bishara was arrested for criminal trespass and obstruction of a police officer, according to the report. Chatsworth Police said Al-Bishara did not drop a steak knife despite several commands and a demonstration by officers. At one point, she walked toward officers with the knife, police said.
Police had gone to a wooded area near a Boys and Girls Club last Friday after an employee called 911 to report that an elderly woman was walking around with a knife in the community, around 80 miles north of Atlanta.
The horror of this:
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“It looks like she’s walking around looking for something, vegetation to cut down or something. She has a bag too,” the caller said. The Boys and Girls Club employee told the dispatcher that the woman did not seem to be a threat. “But she came at you with a knife, though, right?” the dispatcher asked. “No, she just brought the knife onto the property in her hand, she didn’t try and attack anybody or anything,” the caller said.
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This post was edited on 8/17/18 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:13 pm to RogerThis
Dandelions need protection too...
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:15 pm to RogerThis
Maybe some cops in general need to chill the frick out.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:15 pm to RogerThis
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At one point, she walked toward officers with the knife, police said.
Justified or not hinges on seeing this video
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:16 pm to RogerThis
She didn't speak English and walked towards the cops while "refusing" to put the knife away.
She had repeatedly been told she can't pick flowers there.
Neither side looks great, but I side slightly with the cops on this one.
She had repeatedly been told she can't pick flowers there.
Neither side looks great, but I side slightly with the cops on this one.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:17 pm to RogerThis
Would her kid be a Son of a Bishara?
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:19 pm to RogerThis
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Officers began making hand gestures to indicate dropping a knife, but the woman still did not comply, the report states.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:22 pm to RogerThis
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The horror of this:
Doesn't matter.
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criminal trespass
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:26 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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Doesn't matter.
Exactly. I am not sure how some people expect the police to handle an 87 year old lady picking flowers armed with a knife.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:27 pm to RogerThis
New Rule. No taser threads without accompanying video.
This isn't Walton and Johnson
This isn't Walton and Johnson
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:31 pm to NYNolaguy1
The taser is the nonleathal option...
Why should they risk injury to themselves just because it is an old lady who isn't obeying their lawful order?
Why should they risk injury to themselves just because it is an old lady who isn't obeying their lawful order?
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:32 pm to NYNolaguy1
How do you think it should have been handled?
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:33 pm to RogerThis
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An 87-year-old grandmother
Pics?
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:36 pm to sicboy
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Maybe some cops in general need to chill the frick out.
If you knew Chatsworth,this is like the circus has come to town....a possible terrorist armed with a weapon of mass destruction
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:41 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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How do you think it should have been handled?
I think its perfectly reasonable that to assume a taser should be used on an 87 year old lady. They dont have the skills/tools to remove her otherwise.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:42 pm to NYNolaguy1
What a fantastic non answer.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:45 pm to Displaced
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Why should they risk injury to themselves just because it is an old lady who isn't obeying their lawful order?
Hey, I agree. They arent paid to risk themselves to injury everyday. A taser was the most convenient option here.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:45 pm to Displaced
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What a fantastic non answer.
I am agreeing with the actions...
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