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Ilsa

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21. Reading through the article, it sounds like the security

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 11:03 PM

Jun 2014

People and police had been told by the grandmother and mother over the phone that she was a developmentally disabled adult. It looks to me like the authorities escalated the situation by trying to handcuff her when she was getting more upset, reaching for her grandmother, and she went ballistic over being touched. They were in the interrogation room, not in the middle of the store. The girl had probably been trained since childhood to scream if someone tries to handle her, purely for her own safety.

All of this shit over two-bit hairbands that she had already paid for. It looks to me like this was mishandled even if she had not been disabled. You don't arrest them; just take them to the front to pay for them.

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Parents Sue Wal-Mart Over Arrest Of Daughter With Special Needs [View all] Jefferson23 Jun 2014 OP

She did nothing wrong, the PD and WalMart should have already settled out of court. Rex Jun 2014 #1

It seems that way to me too. They should be ashammed of themselves for what Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #2

Jodi wound up in handcuffs, muscled to the floor by Livonia police. KamaAina Jun 2014 #3

Fanatical cops, and I am guessing WalMart appreciated that approach..at least up until Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #4

Where was the grandmother? 840high Jun 2014 #54

I don't trust cops atreides1 Jun 2014 #5

I understand that, yet this young woman should be able to see cops perform appropriately Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #7

another great job of PR by the police.. frylock Jun 2014 #6

Exactly..heartwarming job they performed. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #8

nothing says "I want it to go away" Egnever Jun 2014 #9

Less funj, but we should wait for the REST of the story... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #10

ok, why you doubt them I don't know. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #11

I doubt this version because.... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #12

Interesting take, and one of the most cynical I have read here in a long time. Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #13

It's not cynical if it's true. Note that the family hasn't released the tape... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #16

Thanking officers for not taking the easier and safer solution of simply Tasering their Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #19

from the same person who thought the Japanese should sink the Sea Shepherd CreekDog Jun 2014 #37

How many ways can one say, ai yai yai. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #38

Reading through the article, it sounds like the security Ilsa Jun 2014 #21

It is only after the fact that the police and security KNOW any of this... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #23

As the parent of a Ilsa Jun 2014 #24

The story said she was taken down in a closed room. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #14

They think they can take a mentally disabled child (again) REP Jun 2014 #15

No, she was a TWENTY-FIVE year old woman going freaking nuts in a store. The police showed restraint Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #17

She's still a mentally disabled person. REP Jun 2014 #18

And? What, beyond our compassion and a parking space, does this entitle her to do? Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #20

Alright. yallerdawg Jun 2014 #22

Indeed. I do find it rather bemusing when the very individual who suggests we not make assumptions LanternWaste Jun 2014 #25

It is a dead giveaway yallerdawg Jun 2014 #26

Wow. THAT is your response? joeglow3 Jun 2014 #34

I am entertained tkmorris Jun 2014 #27

That part cracked me up too. nt laundry_queen Jun 2014 #33

Bullshit it isn't. joeglow3 Jun 2014 #35

What precisely is absurd in attempting to discern all relevant knowledge to any given situation? LanternWaste Jun 2014 #28

seems to be a pattern with you on who to side with CreekDog Jun 2014 #36

You are missing one huge part of the puzzle: She was fucking innocent! Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #39

As it turns out she had not shoplifted. It took four cops taking her down to determine that.... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #44

and you rec'd the "Asian Privilege" thread CreekDog Jun 2014 #41

I did rec that thread, a thread that (as I recall) ended up gathering hundreds of responses... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #43

then why did you recommend it? CreekDog Jun 2014 #46

because I suspected it would get a billion responses.... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #47

so you're saying you remember why you recommended it CreekDog Jun 2014 #48

I told you why I recommended it... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #49

The thread's barely a month old, please, stop running away from your post CreekDog Jun 2014 #50

You love putting words into people's mouths... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #53

Do you work for Walmart? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2014 #51

Nope. Never have. With the accusations I was wondering if anyone would ask.... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #52

so you say to wait to judge, then you say she should have been tasered CreekDog Jun 2014 #42

I said she was lucky she wasn't. nt Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #45

I can understand wrestling her to the floor for a 30-pack of hair bands Orrex Jun 2014 #29

Taser application was suggested as a fair solution in this thread. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #30

Yikes. Poe's Law once again. Orrex Jun 2014 #31

Yep, afraid so. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #32

One of the usual suspects. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #40

The larger clip capacities increase the danger jberryhill Jun 2014 #55