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In reply to the discussion: Cops taser 87yo woman while gardening with a knife. [View all]SamKnause
(13,110 posts)8. Georgia.
Chatsworth Police Department
Some articles say it was a kitchen knife.
Some articles say it was a garden knife.
She bent down and cut a dandelion to show them what she was doing.
She had a plastic bag to put the dandelions in.
She didn't speak any English.
Our police are a disgrace.
I hate them and I fear them.
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Theres a very old man at the end of my road who I sometimes cut his grass...........
Old Vet
Aug 2018
#69
"She had a small kitchen knife and was cutting dandelions in a lot next to her house"
dalton99a
Aug 2018
#4
Thanks for posting this...After reading the above, it is even more obscene ..Why?
Stuart G
Aug 2018
#48
Don't know how they afford police dept,I know this:"It is a stupid police dept."
Stuart G
Aug 2018
#16
How about these grown men just learn to use their words? How about they use their brains ...
Hekate
Aug 2018
#21
Firing these cops is the ONLY solution. Too stupid to know or learn anything...
Stuart G
Aug 2018
#22
Question, could this event happen in England, France, Japan, Australia or other countries?
Stuart G
Aug 2018
#28
an even less aggressive response? do NOTHING, you assholes, you have got to be FUCKING
niyad
Aug 2018
#31
Now that I think about it, she was walking around with a knife and wouldn't leave...
C Moon
Aug 2018
#58
If you're in a wheelchair, sure. Otherwise, it's conjecture and supposition.
LanternWaste
Aug 2018
#66