87 Year Old Women Tasered

[pastafreak]

...and yes, it's in the U.S.
She had a knife, and was picking dandelion leaves...so someone called the cops.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/woman-taser-georgia-cops.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=16&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F08%2F17%2Fus%2Fwoman-taser-georgia-cops.html&eventName=Watching-article-click

[Prudie]

Absolutely over the top reaction. Not an excuse in any way but perhaps an explanation - I guess the the police are on edge anytime anywhere these days in case they miss something that leads to something else.

[anneasquith]

The 3rd police officer had a body camera on. No sign of it yet though ?

[Lie-in King]

I'd like to think a refresher course has been booked at "Common Sense 101".

[chanel5]

If it had been a pair of scissors that she was using to cut dandelion leaves, I wonder if she would have been seen as such a threat.

[pastafreak]

LadyCG...both my Italian grandmother, and my Cuban SIL's mother spent decades in the US. Neither was ever proficient or comfortable speaking English. And what more do you think there is to the story?

[Peter Pedant]

// If one decides the situation needs help from a taser......then so be it.//
the doctor said that ? - help?

so if he ( dear sqad that is!) has difficulty in an appendicectomy in an ill unstable three year old he turns to his nearest junior - abdul himdu lillah or someone ( all the kirstie McBrides and Jarnet McPhairsons have long since sashayed to Oz and NZ) - and hands him a machete and says - this situation I need help ....
and er stands back .... whilst the new hand er lends a hand

same result - zapped patient who now needs er further help.

[Peter Pedant]

I think Vulcan is being extremely unfair to officers uniform
has he ever worn one himself I wonder ?

even in the best run police forces - mistakes are made - which are obviously when you think about it
here
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/blind-man-taser-police-force-manchester-levenshulme-a7600131.html

GMP tasered a blind man who did nt drop his white stick fast enough
They thought it was a weapon

[Old_Geezer]

And I hope they were brought to book for it.

(And reconsidered whether using fireable cattle prods on humans was the right thing to do.)

[Spicerack]

(And reconsidered whether using fireable cattle prods on humans was the right thing to do.)

Righter than a lead bullet, OG. Probably saved quite a few lives since their introduction.