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Flaneur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 03:23 PM
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159. "Got what was coming to her."
This is a feeble, elderly woman with Alzheimer's. You're a real piece of work. Glad you're not a cop.
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  -Video: Cop sweeps knife-wielding elderly woman, nearly causing 'riot' RamboLiberal  Aug-09-09 11:16 PM   #0 
  - That was chaos! I can't believe they did not lose complete control of the crowd.  beyurslf   Aug-09-09 11:24 PM   #1 
  - We don't know the situation  TwixVoy   Aug-09-09 11:34 PM   #4 
     - So a fractured skull is acceptable?  RaleighNCDUer   Aug-10-09 12:38 AM   #77 
     - THANKYOU!! There IS a small glimmer of hope left in this  Fire1   Aug-10-09 05:18 PM   #204 
     - have u heard of pepper spray  democracy1st   Aug-10-09 01:02 AM   #80 
     - Pepper spray should have been used on the crowd  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 01:05 AM   #81 
        - You really are on a roll  Hutzpa   Aug-10-09 04:27 PM   #187 
           - Roll ain't the word. n/t  Fire1   Aug-10-09 05:19 PM   #205 
              - Sometimes I let my emotions  Hutzpa   Aug-10-09 05:28 PM   #208 
              - It sure isn't. n/t  Raineyb   Aug-11-09 09:21 AM   #266 
     - n/t  Raineyb   Aug-11-09 09:23 AM   #269 
  - Its fun when you get to frame a situation by what the knife wielding lady may have been thinking....  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:31 PM   #2 
  - You got some low-ass standards. Are cops as dumb as monkeys now?  Bonobo   Aug-09-09 11:35 PM   #5 
  - I watched the video and saw a woman walking around a crowd with a knife ignoring orders to drop it  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:36 PM   #9 
     - So these young, heathy ARMED police felt threatened by an 84 yo with a kitchen knife?  Atman   Aug-10-09 07:31 AM   #89 
     - That could be your own grandma. Have some decency.  Matariki   Aug-10-09 11:19 AM   #114 
  - No everyone knows elderly people are incapable of violence  TwixVoy   Aug-09-09 11:35 PM   #7 
  - Cops can judge the difference  RamboLiberal   Aug-09-09 11:35 PM   #8 
  - Did the cop not have eyes? She was hobbling around on a cane.  beyurslf   Aug-09-09 11:36 PM   #10 
  - A cane is not a sign that someone is not going to hurt you  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:38 PM   #14 
  - Must to be tough to live in as much fear as you seem to be in. NT  Bonobo   Aug-09-09 11:39 PM   #18 
  - That's a lot of bullshit  Renew Deal   Aug-09-09 11:41 PM   #22 
  - Did he confront the guy? No. Should he have? Probably not, because looks can be deceiving.  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:42 PM   #25 
     - Get a fucking clue  Renew Deal   Aug-09-09 11:44 PM   #29 
     - I see some of the lamest excuses left by the pro-cop crowd.  Rex   Aug-10-09 04:06 PM   #173 
  - a knife does not equal a gun  uppityperson   Aug-10-09 11:35 PM   #241 
  - she was obviously confused. Why didn't the people around her give her some help?  wordpix   Aug-11-09 12:03 AM   #252 
  - The question you should ask is "could this have been handled better?"  Renew Deal   Aug-09-09 11:39 PM   #17 
  - She was a threat to someone. She had already struck a child according to the Raw Story article.  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:42 PM   #26 
     - That's not a "witness statement." That's a quote lifted from Youtube.  Renew Deal   Aug-09-09 11:48 PM   #30 
  - Downright delusional  Lorien   Aug-10-09 11:14 AM   #113 
  - We need a whole different type of police force in this country.  Bonobo   Aug-09-09 11:33 PM   #3 
  - The man who shot up the Holocaust Museum was 88  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:35 PM   #6 
  - Yeah this lady is obviously super grandma  RamboLiberal   Aug-09-09 11:37 PM   #12 
  - Yea the difference would have been the force used  TwixVoy   Aug-09-09 11:38 PM   #16 
  - The lady had already assaulted a child, prompting the crowd in the first place  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:40 PM   #21 
     - That's youtube bullshit! No credibility there. n/t  Fire1   Aug-10-09 05:21 PM   #206 
  - Ha ha ha.  Bonobo   Aug-09-09 11:37 PM   #13 
  - Read THE DAMN DETAILS before you sound like anymore of a fool  TwixVoy   Aug-09-09 11:44 PM   #28 
     - She hit a kid didn't stab him  RamboLiberal   Aug-09-09 11:49 PM   #31 
     - Who said she hit a kid?  Renew Deal   Aug-09-09 11:52 PM   #35 
     - Alzheimers. she is not triable. She is not aware of what is going on  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 12:04 AM   #45 
     - According to this some kids talked to her in a way that  RamboLiberal   Aug-09-09 11:56 PM   #38 
        - I don't give a damn about the excuses  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:00 AM   #39 
           - A far more reliable source than an anonymous post a youtube doesn't say that.  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:02 AM   #42 
           - Cops would not have been called otherwise  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:08 AM   #49 
              - She has Alzheimer's for Christ's sake  RamboLiberal   Aug-10-09 12:13 AM   #51 
              - Don't give a damn  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:15 AM   #54 
              - You're still pushing the "assaulting a child" canard even after being showed it's BS.  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:16 AM   #58 
              - It is not BS  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:18 AM   #61 
                 - Post the link to that "reliable" source  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:19 AM   #65 
                    - Here you go  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:23 AM   #67 
                       - They will not charge anybody  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 12:24 AM   #68 
                       - And you are the person who wants to lecture  Bonobo   Aug-10-09 09:59 AM   #95 
                          - You can listen to whoever you want to  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 10:34 AM   #103 
                       - They're using youtube as a source as well.  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:25 AM   #72 
                       - Speaking of youtube incase you were not aware  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:40 AM   #78 
                          - We're lucky more cops aren't like you. What an ass.  Flaneur   Aug-10-09 03:27 PM   #160 
                          - You gonna regret this statement  Hutzpa   Aug-10-09 04:01 PM   #171 
                          - The cop could of knocked the knife out of her hand with a flashlight or nightstick.  greguganus   Aug-10-09 05:23 PM   #207 
                          - and  SWr   Aug-10-09 06:50 PM   #224 
                          - Dayum, you should have just shot them all! Even the ones being quiet just because they were there an  uppityperson   Aug-10-09 11:41 PM   #244 
                       - The Daily Mail (UK) is a conservative tabloid  sabrina 1   Aug-10-09 04:18 PM   #182 
                       - How the fuck you gonna  Hutzpa   Aug-10-09 04:26 PM   #186 
                       - yeah...youre's a real fucking tough guy  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 04:56 PM   #192 
              - TwixVoy - what you clearly give a damn about is starting flamewars  Matariki   Aug-10-09 11:32 AM   #121 
              - He's already on my ignore list from his behavior in this thread  Zodiak   Aug-10-09 12:01 PM   #131 
              - If you are not joking then you must be insane.  Rex   Aug-10-09 04:07 PM   #174 
              - Would you still "not give a damn" if it were your mother or grandmother?  Window   Aug-10-09 05:32 PM   #211 
              - Apparently, black mothers and grandmothers don't deserve respect.  Raineyb   Aug-11-09 08:24 AM   #259 
              - maybe you'd give a damn if you had someone close to you with Alzheimer's  wordpix   Aug-11-09 12:05 AM   #253 
              - That's no excuse.  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:15 AM   #55 
              - You wouldn't call the cops if you someone walking by your house holding a knife?  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:14 AM   #52 
              - Nope I wouldn't because unlike you I am a logical person  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:17 AM   #59 
                 - We all know your post is bullshit.  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:19 AM   #63 
              - People call 911 when they don't get enough mustard on their burger  tkmorris   Aug-10-09 12:16 AM   #57 
              - "No one calls 911 with out something having been done to them." like getting the  madmom   Aug-10-09 10:29 AM   #100 
              - now you are assuming that she must have assaulted someone because 911 was called?  G_j   Aug-10-09 04:12 PM   #179 
              - "No one calls 911 with out something having been done to them." WTF? hahahahahahahahaha  uppityperson   Aug-10-09 11:38 PM   #243 
           - I hope to God you never get Alzheimer's or dementia  RamboLiberal   Aug-10-09 12:11 AM   #50 
           - If it had been me the cops took down  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:14 AM   #53 
           - Who would you thank after they benevolently administered lethal force to you?  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:18 AM   #60 
           - Learn to read  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:19 AM   #64 
           - The person that said she "stabbed a child" is telling me to learn to read.  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:21 AM   #66 
           - That was NOT lethal force  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 12:25 AM   #71 
              - I don't know what they teach cops but we teach kids that a foot sweep on...  Hassin Bin Sober   Aug-10-09 11:29 AM   #120 
                 - Well, even a kid can understand that  wininboy   Aug-10-09 01:35 PM   #143 
                 - They teach take down techniques at the academy  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 02:46 PM   #148 
           - Sadly if her demential is advanced enough, she will have a hell of a headache  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 12:18 AM   #62 
           - No, it's much worse than that  wininboy   Aug-10-09 09:22 AM   #91 
              - I know but from the POV of the responding cop  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 10:27 AM   #99 
                 - I know all about the cops POV  wininboy   Aug-10-09 10:32 AM   #101 
                 - No it wasn't, Even LAPD;s internal affairs  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 10:33 AM   #102 
                    - Because they were caught on video  wininboy   Aug-10-09 10:38 AM   #104 
                       - It wasn't again, a good arrest  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 10:45 AM   #105 
                          - The old "There are good cops and bad cops" BS  wininboy   Aug-10-09 10:51 AM   #106 
                          - Welcome to DU. And don't let the Cops Are Great Club here worry you.  TexasObserver   Aug-10-09 11:03 AM   #107 
                          - Thank you. Truth is, I'm usually called the "cop groupie"  wininboy   Aug-10-09 11:09 AM   #110 
                          - And having worked side by side cops I have more of a clue than you ever will  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 11:40 AM   #123 
                             - Does being psychotic make someone a psychiatrist  wininboy   Aug-10-09 11:50 AM   #126 
                             - You hate cops. Welcome to my ignore list  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 11:59 AM   #130 
                             - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-10-09 12:05 PM   #133 
                          - Please...  Mythsaje   Aug-10-09 03:05 PM   #152 
                             - Given I have dealt with innocent gramdmas that have turned  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 05:28 PM   #209 
                 - Seems the frailness of an 80 woman would preclude such a physical takedown.  uppityperson   Aug-10-09 11:51 PM   #248 
           - "Once I got my wits about me"? She. Had. Alzheimer's.  uppityperson   Aug-10-09 11:44 PM   #246 
           - on the other hand, perhaps getting...? no. not even for such  uppityperson   Aug-10-09 11:43 PM   #245 
           - the 84 year old lady "got what was coming to her"?  DisgustipatedinCA   Aug-10-09 10:04 AM   #97 
           - i don't know why some of these assholes are even on this board  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 04:58 PM   #194 
              - They should have been tombstoned ages ago  Lorien   Aug-10-09 07:07 PM   #227 
           - "Got what was coming to her."  Flaneur   Aug-10-09 03:23 PM   #159 
           - She got what was coming to her?  a la izquierda   Aug-10-09 07:00 PM   #225 
           - Bullshit. She NEVER assaulted a kid. Read the Rawstory article  Lorien   Aug-10-09 07:10 PM   #228 
           - Yeah, Alzheimer's is SUCH a poor excuse for bad behavior like this.  uppityperson   Aug-10-09 11:37 PM   #242 
     - Wow, you're full of shit.  Renew Deal   Aug-09-09 11:51 PM   #34 
     - If you don't believe the quote, then the entire Rawstory article should be considered Bullshit  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:52 PM   #36 
        - Where does the article say "The damn lady had just earlier stabbed a child."  Renew Deal   Aug-09-09 11:55 PM   #37 
           - There was no such reference there yesterday  Lorien   Aug-10-09 07:12 PM   #229 
     - She didn't stab a child. Speaking of fools and reading damn details....  Prometheus Bound   Aug-10-09 12:04 AM   #46 
     - You are making stuff up!  Matariki   Aug-10-09 11:29 AM   #119 
     - Right HERE is where you lose all credibility  Canuckistanian   Aug-10-09 11:54 AM   #129 
     - You need to stop exaggerating. Anyone could have disarmed  Fire1   Aug-10-09 05:06 PM   #198 
  - yep. this confused 84yo alzheimer's victim  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 04:54 PM   #191 
  - Yeah, a steak knife in the hands of a confused alzheimer patient calling for  Lorien   Aug-10-09 07:06 PM   #226 
  - If I was that cop  TwixVoy   Aug-09-09 11:37 PM   #11 
  - Yeah put some bullets in grandma at Wal-mart  RamboLiberal   Aug-09-09 11:40 PM   #19 
  - Damn right I would have  TwixVoy   Aug-09-09 11:43 PM   #27 
     - Read it again - she hit the kid - didn't say anywhere she  RamboLiberal   Aug-09-09 11:51 PM   #33 
  - You sound really tough!  Bonobo   Aug-09-09 11:40 PM   #20 
  - He sounds really scared to me. All these  sabrina 1   Aug-10-09 05:08 PM   #200 
  - Watch the video. The cop intentionally trips her.  Renew Deal   Aug-09-09 11:42 PM   #24 
  - What kind of a coward would put several bullets in an 88 year old disoriented women with a cane?  Prometheus Bound   Aug-10-09 12:07 AM   #47 
  - I said if I was the cop  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:30 AM   #74 
     - You sound like a fun person.  Bonobo   Aug-10-09 10:01 AM   #96 
  - Again, good thing you're not a cop (I sincerely hope).  Flaneur   Aug-10-09 03:31 PM   #162 
  - You are a danger to society  sabrina 1   Aug-10-09 04:38 PM   #190 
  - I can't even bring myself to watch the video after reading about it. What is wrong with people.  zonkers   Aug-09-09 11:38 PM   #15 
     - The lady had already struck a child. Who knows what she could have done next?  Joe the Revelator   Aug-09-09 11:41 PM   #23 
        - Our video forum needs your useful insights  RamboLiberal   Aug-09-09 11:50 PM   #32 
        - The article says "kid" not "child"  RamboLiberal   Aug-10-09 12:01 AM   #41 
        - For all we know some anonymous youtube poster made that shit up.  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 07:17 AM   #88 
           - The guy who made the video  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 02:57 PM   #150 
              - Who fucking cares about the guy who made it? The video speaks for itself. n/t  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 03:11 PM   #154 
        - No. That was heresy picked up from YouTube comments  Lorien   Aug-10-09 07:16 PM   #230 
  - Fuck cops. Fuck cop defenders.  BlooInBloo   Aug-10-09 12:01 AM   #40 
  - Brilliant  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:03 AM   #44 
  - Gonna laugh my ass off when a cop pulls you from a burning car...  proteus_lives   Aug-10-09 01:33 AM   #83 
  - But you might catch something nasty, if you do.  TexasObserver   Aug-10-09 11:06 AM   #109 
  - This actually was the use of the least ammount of force  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 12:03 AM   #43 
  - Please explain that blood under her head then.  Matariki   Aug-10-09 11:25 AM   #118 
  - The violent-cop groupies think not killing the demented woman is brag-worthy  wininboy   Aug-10-09 11:52 AM   #127 
  - Once she had control of her wrist, there wad absolutely NO reason to sweep her foot.  Hassin Bin Sober   Aug-10-09 11:38 AM   #122 
  - 100% correct.  Bonobo   Aug-10-09 11:53 AM   #128 
  - they cracked her skull  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 05:00 PM   #195 
  - nadin, there is a HUGE difference between a 20 yr old & 80 yr old with a knife.  uppityperson   Aug-11-09 12:00 AM   #249 
  - Finally found the Story on an Overseas paper  RamboLiberal   Aug-10-09 12:08 AM   #48 
  - Having worked in the field, as a medic, that was actually apropriate use of force  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-10-09 12:16 AM   #56 
  - My wife, who has been both an EMT and a CO would disagree with you...  Mythsaje   Aug-10-09 03:13 PM   #155 
     - Me, as a nurse, having worked geriatrics and ER, disagree with her. eom  uppityperson   Aug-11-09 12:02 AM   #250 
  - This is like the telephone game  Renew Deal   Aug-10-09 12:24 AM   #70 
  - My question is  Libertas1776   Aug-10-09 12:24 AM   #69 
  - Exactly  TwixVoy   Aug-10-09 12:26 AM   #73 
  - None of us ever make a mistake  RamboLiberal   Aug-10-09 12:32 AM   #76 
     - Mr Wacko above would likely fill her full of bullets if she tried that argument.  Prometheus Bound   Aug-10-09 12:52 AM   #79 
        - Mr. Wacko is a tough talker.  Bonobo   Aug-10-09 09:56 AM   #94 
        - +1  uppityperson   Aug-11-09 12:03 AM   #251 
  - Her daughter says they were moving so I suppose some  RamboLiberal   Aug-10-09 12:30 AM   #75 
  - Bingo.  emilyg   Aug-10-09 01:15 AM   #82 
  - as a police firearms instructor  paulsby   Aug-10-09 02:14 AM   #84 
  - This was not 'someone with a knife'. It was an 84 year old woman,  RaleighNCDUer   Aug-10-09 09:14 AM   #90 
  - Plus, there are techniques for dealing with the demented when they'r agitated  wininboy   Aug-10-09 09:27 AM   #92 
  - I don't know if you noticed but this 80 yr old in "feeble condition" held on to the knife in after..  aikoaiko   Aug-10-09 03:39 PM   #165 
  - And yet, I bet you would be the first to whine about profiling  Joe the Revelator   Aug-10-09 06:50 PM   #223 
  - Profiling and threat assessment are two completely different things.  EFerrari   Aug-10-09 11:30 PM   #238 
  - idiotic statement  paulsby   Aug-10-09 11:33 PM   #240 
  - A confused 84 year old woman with Alzheimer's. It could be your grandmother  Matariki   Aug-10-09 11:24 AM   #117 
  - You may be right as far as procedure goes but once she had control of her wrist ...  Hassin Bin Sober   Aug-10-09 11:43 AM   #124 
  - And I will join you in calling them a liar! +1!  Bonobo   Aug-10-09 12:27 PM   #139 
  - Martial arts as a sport involves rules...  Mythsaje   Aug-10-09 03:20 PM   #158 
  - I read your post after I posted,  reflection   Aug-10-09 04:38 PM   #189 
  - I can't believe there are people on here defending this.  daedalus_dude   Aug-10-09 03:09 AM   #85 
  - Everytime. There is no police action they can find fault with.  endarkenment   Aug-10-09 07:00 AM   #86 
  - I can  Echo In Light   Aug-10-09 07:02 AM   #87 
  - Junior brownshirts nt  Lorien   Aug-10-09 11:10 AM   #111 
  - Oh, yeah, these cops were saints  Canuckistanian   Aug-10-09 11:04 AM   #108 
  - "In France the government is afraid of the people, In America the people  Lorien   Aug-10-09 11:12 AM   #112 
  - And ironically are perhaps the least able to understand it, or care one way or the other  Echo In Light   Aug-10-09 12:03 PM   #132 
  - I saw the neatest police action at Notre Dame in Paris  uppityperson   Aug-11-09 12:08 AM   #254 
  - I think there are people here who love flame wars  Matariki   Aug-10-09 11:22 AM   #116 
  - Largely the same one who always use "conspiracies" to hurl big heaps o' venomous name-calling  Echo In Light   Aug-10-09 12:07 PM   #134 
  - Disgusting, but a great way to fill out an ignore list n/t  Zodiak   Aug-10-09 12:11 PM   #135 
  - Fortunately, it's the usual crowd.  Ignis   Aug-10-09 01:44 PM   #146 
  - Oh for fucks sake ...mutha fuckin stupid asshole cops.  L0oniX   Aug-10-09 09:38 AM   #93 
  - Police state. They don't give these people badges because they're smart.  TexasObserver   Aug-10-09 10:19 AM   #98 
  - There's blood under that woman's head?!?  Matariki   Aug-10-09 11:21 AM   #115 
  - I live just a few miles from where this happened  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 11:44 AM   #125 
  - Then you judge people solely by what neighborhood they live in  Zodiak   Aug-10-09 12:14 PM   #136 
  - Plugged? Nice try to put words in my mouth  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 01:27 PM   #141 
     - Plugged, taken out, etc.  Zodiak   Aug-10-09 02:59 PM   #151 
        - If you know that area, then you know  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 03:30 PM   #161 
  - ESPECIALLY an old, feeble, disoriented BLACK lady.  Karenina   Aug-10-09 12:18 PM   #137 
  - You forgot the - with a knife - part  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 01:29 PM   #142 
     - No proof that she hit a kid. That was a comment by an anonymous youtuber.  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 03:17 PM   #157 
     - Not anonymous, his name is Stan Brown  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 03:39 PM   #164 
        - He said some kids said "something about hitting them or SOMETHING"? Did any witness come forth?  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 03:45 PM   #166 
           - I did not try to "pass off" anything  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 04:00 PM   #170 
              - You haven't even watched it?!? You just profiled the area for all your info.  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 04:10 PM   #175 
                 - oh yes, must see video or no comment  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 04:17 PM   #181 
                    - Right, heresay trumps in your face facts like the video. How convenient for the apologists. n/t  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 04:20 PM   #183 
                       - It is not hearsay for me  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 06:21 PM   #214 
                          - Get over yourself already.  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 06:25 PM   #216 
                             - Your right, you know how it should be done  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 06:30 PM   #218 
                                - Go taze yourself.  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 06:34 PM   #220 
                                   - No really  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 06:41 PM   #221 
     - You certainly need no help from me, Picasso!  Karenina   Aug-10-09 03:53 PM   #168 
     - a fucking steak knife, not a bowie knife  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 05:12 PM   #201 
     - It is still a knife  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 06:24 PM   #215 
     - n/t  Raineyb   Aug-11-09 09:23 AM   #267 
  - Let me get this straight, brutally taking down a demented old lady in a manner  Raineyb   Aug-10-09 12:19 PM   #138 
  - Well...  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 01:43 PM   #145 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-10-09 04:03 PM   #172 
  - In an area known for high drug use... Hell yes  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 06:27 PM   #217 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-10-09 10:15 PM   #235 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-11-09 08:59 AM   #262 
  - this may be shocking to you, but some 84 black women don't get high  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 05:15 PM   #202 
     - and some 84 year old women do  Ohio Joe   Aug-10-09 06:34 PM   #219 
  - If it helps, Whitehall has a high elderly population  Zodiak   Aug-10-09 03:06 PM   #153 
  - SHE'S BLACK..that's why it's A-OK to some  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 05:03 PM   #197 
     - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Aug-10-09 11:14 PM   #236 
     - Exactly. The amount of denial about this fact is disturbing to say the very least. n/t  Raineyb   Aug-11-09 09:08 AM   #265 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-10-09 02:53 PM   #149 
     - Bigotry runs amok on DU these days doesn't it.... n/t  JTFrog   Aug-10-09 03:15 PM   #156 
     - It sure as hell does.  Raineyb   Aug-11-09 08:21 AM   #258 
     - Now you're teetering on the edge of racism.  Flaneur   Aug-10-09 03:37 PM   #163 
  - I'm going to jump back in this thread I started to state  RamboLiberal   Aug-10-09 12:55 PM   #140 
  - Perfect response  wininboy   Aug-10-09 01:38 PM   #144 
  - geez..i would done that, and I don't have any police training  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 05:17 PM   #203 
  - Thank you.  uppityperson   Aug-11-09 12:12 AM   #256 
  - The excuses about her being potentially dangerous are really fucked up.  Prometheus Bound   Aug-10-09 02:38 PM   #147 
  - I feel bad for the old lady, but it was an ambiguous situtation for the cop who responded reasonably  aikoaiko   Aug-10-09 03:47 PM   #167 
  - Yikes !!!  Hutzpa   Aug-10-09 03:59 PM   #169 
  - Are you kidding?  Rex   Aug-10-09 04:10 PM   #176 
  - No.  aikoaiko   Aug-10-09 04:11 PM   #178 
  - yep 84yo women are really "tough"  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 05:08 PM   #199 
     - Well, she held on to that knife even after thrown to the ground.  aikoaiko   Aug-10-09 10:01 PM   #234 
        - She was holding it, not weilding it. She has Alzheimer's  EFerrari   Aug-10-09 11:27 PM   #237 
        - I agree, she wasn't weilding it prior to the take down, but I was taking about after the take down  aikoaiko   Aug-10-09 11:32 PM   #239 
           - I was taught how to get control of a person in a state like that  EFerrari   Aug-10-09 11:44 PM   #247 
              - Let's here the Eferrari technique for verbally controlling people.  aikoaiko   Aug-11-09 08:32 AM   #260 
        - Go make excuses for cops somewhere else.  Raineyb   Aug-11-09 09:01 AM   #264 
  - Notice there are very few posters who think the cop conduct was acceptable.  TexasObserver   Aug-10-09 04:11 PM   #177 
  - They are brainwashed or live with a cop as significant other IMO.  Rex   Aug-10-09 04:17 PM   #180 
  - Right  TexasObserver   Aug-10-09 04:22 PM   #184 
  - Willfully ignorant you say  Hutzpa   Aug-10-09 04:23 PM   #185 
  - disgusting  noiretextatique   Aug-10-09 05:01 PM   #196 
  - Boy, that just seems so wrong.  reflection   Aug-10-09 04:32 PM   #188 
  - And cops wonder why they're hated. n/t  Fire1   Aug-10-09 04:57 PM   #193 
  - You can sweep without slamming the person into the ground...  armyowalgreens   Aug-10-09 05:30 PM   #210 
  - Well ...  SWr   Aug-10-09 05:33 PM   #212 
  - Well....  Fire1   Aug-10-09 06:02 PM   #213 
  - wow  SWr   Aug-10-09 06:48 PM   #222 
     - You also said, "primary control achieved by a take down,"  Fire1   Aug-10-09 07:30 PM   #232 
  - Well....  Canuckistanian   Aug-10-09 08:09 PM   #233 
  - Woman cop should NOT be on the force any longer  WeDidIt   Aug-10-09 07:23 PM   #231 
  - not to mention, she was ineffective against an 84 y.o. who was still holding the knife  wordpix   Aug-11-09 12:10 AM   #255 
     - A good cop would have easily been able to defuse the situation  WeDidIt   Aug-11-09 09:23 AM   #268 
  - She could have left a trail of bodies in the part of the parking lot that's out of frame.  BobTheSubgenius   Aug-11-09 12:15 AM   #257 
  - Why wasn't she distracted by an officer in the front while an officer came up behind her  nc4bo   Aug-11-09 08:50 AM   #261 
  - Because she's black. An old white woman would have reminded these pigs of their  Raineyb   Aug-11-09 09:00 AM   #263 
  - Locking.  pinto   Aug-11-09 10:15 AM   #270 
 

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