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Lee-Lee

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77. You should try it sometime

Wed Aug 15, 2018, 04:43 PM

Aug 2018

Look, I’m not saying that what these guys did was justified. It was way over the top.

But it very unrealistic to act like they should have just walked up and grabbed the knife also. Even a weak person with a knife can do great harm very fast.

The right answer is somewhere between the unrealistic claims some here are making that they should have just walked up and taken the knife and what they did do.

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Cops taser 87yo woman while gardening with a knife. [View all] DetlefK Aug 2018 OP

This story is missing one thing! imanamerican63 Aug 2018 #1

From the referenced news article within... Roland99 Aug 2018 #2

Thx, in original post, no mention of this. imanamerican63 Aug 2018 #5

And there's the rub geardaddy Aug 2018 #29

She sure looks like a white lady. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2018 #44

She was an old white lady....my grandmother had a head covering like that. Lochloosa Aug 2018 #60

Never heard of them. How do dandelion greens taste? nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #64

Bitter if not cooked right. Bitter if cooked right. Stronger than Collards. Lochloosa Aug 2018 #65

After washed and refrigerated, great in salad with oil and vinegar Submariner Aug 2018 #67

Theres a very old man at the end of my road who I sometimes cut his grass........... Old Vet Aug 2018 #69

My grandfather made wine from the pears that grew in his yard. Lochloosa Aug 2018 #103

Babushka DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #101

That's the word. Thanks! Lochloosa Aug 2018 #104

Saw plenty of women wearing them DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #105

I'm sure the fact that she's Musim has nothing to do with this travesty! lark Aug 2018 #75

She didn't speak English, so she didn't understand their orders. n/t pnwmom Aug 2018 #90

You can tell her religion just by looking at her? whistler162 Aug 2018 #99

Her name. lark Aug 2018 #108

Georgia. SamKnause Aug 2018 #8

Fear is what they want. Lindsay Aug 2018 #10

I knew she wasn't white malaise Aug 2018 #18

I'd like to know more about the person who called. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #85

Yeah I'm surprised this treestar Aug 2018 #111

What do you mean? Her photo looks white. She looks like an old white granny pnwmom Aug 2018 #91

Not surprised..I live in Tn..not far from there.. RightiswrongTn Aug 2018 #47

I want to leave this fucked up planet. SamKnause Aug 2018 #56

Well, go read something nice then. Hortensis Aug 2018 #70

I want to see pictures of the faces of these heroes. tavernier Aug 2018 #3

Hardened Criminal....it was justifiable force. Lochloosa Aug 2018 #13

OMG Public Enemy Number One !!!!!!!! steve2470 Aug 2018 #20

Omg, she looks so dangerous SummerSnow Aug 2018 #51

"She had a small kitchen knife and was cutting dandelions in a lot next to her house" dalton99a Aug 2018 #4

911 call from your link: Leghorn21 Aug 2018 #24

"No, she just bringed the knife onto the property in her hand." geardaddy Aug 2018 #30

Muslim Hat Looking thing.....Also known as a SCARF! mtngirl47 Aug 2018 #35

Asshole boys and girls club . Imagine what they taught the kids that day lunasun Aug 2018 #57

My grandmother was Hungarian Tucker08087 Aug 2018 #107

The full story here, without the Raw Story clickbait: The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #6

Thank you so much, not a rawstory fan MagickMuffin Aug 2018 #9

Yeah, RawStory pages are thick with bullshit. Iggo Aug 2018 #115

So the 911 caller told them she didn't speak English Beaverhausen Aug 2018 #41

That's often a huge problem especially in bigger cities Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #62

If, as reported, she's a naturalized citizen, cloudbase Aug 2018 #71

according to whom? 2naSalit Aug 2018 #76

Maybe she was, when she became a citizen. Mariana Aug 2018 #93

+1 betsuni Aug 2018 #98

True though there is treestar Aug 2018 #112

Thanks for posting this...After reading the above, it is even more obscene ..Why? Stuart G Aug 2018 #48

Thanks for the link to a better source. n/t sl8 Aug 2018 #59

Yep, leadership enables the unprofessional thugs to act like this uponit7771 Aug 2018 #7

Everyone involved needs to apologize to this lady. From the article: Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #11

Check the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #12

she could have died just from falling to the ground sdfernando Aug 2018 #45

That's true. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #50

Actually that's no longer true elias7 Aug 2018 #96

Just to let everyone know...Chatsworth Georgia .. Stuart G Aug 2018 #14

How does a "city" that tiny even afford marybourg Aug 2018 #15

Don't know how they afford police dept,I know this:"It is a stupid police dept." Stuart G Aug 2018 #16

my small town of 1,500 druidity33 Aug 2018 #83

Named after a Dobie Gillis character. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #17

i am going w/ bonehead county. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #84

This is just absolutely terrible steve2470 Aug 2018 #19

How about the officers simply walk up to her LiberalLovinLug Aug 2018 #33

I think within a minute or two, even with sign language.... steve2470 Aug 2018 #37

One of them did throw his treestar Aug 2018 #113

ok that's good steve2470 Aug 2018 #114

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

agreed nt steve2470 Aug 2018 #23

This Story RobinA Aug 2018 #25

She was probably weeding since she kept an adjacent garden.... bettyellen Aug 2018 #38

OH HELL..ONE GOOD BREATH WOULD HAVE KNOCKED HER OVER samnsara Aug 2018 #26

They didnt shoot her? Her lucky day I guess Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #27

Question, could this event happen in England, France, Japan, Australia or other countries? Stuart G Aug 2018 #28

Unlikely in England. mwooldri Aug 2018 #43

This is a little town of a few thousand people. Mariana Aug 2018 #92

an even less aggressive response? do NOTHING, you assholes, you have got to be FUCKING niyad Aug 2018 #31

Arabic steve2470 Aug 2018 #34

I saw her pic--oohhhhh, sooooooo scary. niyad Aug 2018 #39

yes the whole thing is 10000000% ridiculous steve2470 Aug 2018 #42

what can be expected heaven05 Aug 2018 #32

What frigging idiot called 911 on her? C Moon Aug 2018 #36

A Boys and Girls Club employee. dalton99a Aug 2018 #49

Now that I think about it, she was walking around with a knife and wouldn't leave... C Moon Aug 2018 #58

It doesn't read like the employees asked her to leave Mariana Aug 2018 #94

Amazing Moral Compass Aug 2018 #40

An even better less use of agressing force. Leave her the fuck, alone. 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #46

Andy Griffith would have had her over for dinner within an hour. NCTraveler Aug 2018 #52

Never use a garden knife! Generic Other Aug 2018 #53

Use the right garden knife: sl8 Aug 2018 #81

The Trump-supporting arsonist who started the Holy Fire John Fante Aug 2018 #54

Chatsworthpd@windstream.net RightiswrongTn Aug 2018 #55

Regarding your last point: sl8 Aug 2018 #61

Because an 87 year old women can still kill you with a knife Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #63

If you're in a wheelchair, sure. Otherwise, it's conjecture and supposition. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #66

You should try it sometime Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #77

There's no claims she was menacing anyone or the cops with the knife. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2018 #72

I do too. But the people acting like it's no big deal to just walk up and grab the knife Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #73

Nonsense. drray23 Aug 2018 #78

I wasn't suggesting that anyone get close to her. sl8 Aug 2018 #80

Harm and cut, Yes, but not kill. DetlefK Aug 2018 #89

But a police officer might get a boo boo. Mariana Aug 2018 #95

+1 betsuni Aug 2018 #97

Contains her longer was probably the right call they should have made Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #100

A smart phone and google translate Buzz cook Aug 2018 #68

yep excellent idea nt steve2470 Aug 2018 #82

STOP SNITCHING maxsolomon Aug 2018 #74

Trump will try to have her deported now. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #79

Nah, she's white ... uponit7771 Aug 2018 #86

But she speaks Arabic and is originally from Syria Solly Mack Aug 2018 #87

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2018 #88

What the god damn fuck ... Drifter Aug 2018 #102

That would have been mine too. A smile and WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #106

The image saidsimplesimon Aug 2018 #109

Too many bad police. LiberalFighter Aug 2018 #110