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In reply to the discussion: Woman, 82, told child to stop teasing a park goose, was shoved to ground by father. [View all]progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Totally not being a devil's advocate, but based on the story you can't really know what the truth is, can you? And frankly that headline is wrong.. there is no proof that happened that way... is there??
Yes, 82 year old ladies might grab a little boy on the neck, not in a menacing way.. but in the way a grandparent might with their own grand kid.. in a scolding fashion.
And yes, 82 year old women DO fall down easily.. one day, I was sitting at the beach, near a cliff. A nice woman around that age come over to talk to me.. and as we talked it got hotter out. So I suggested she have a seat on the bench with me, so she could rest. She turned to get on the bench, and got tangled up and fell straight for the cliff. I was able to grab the only thing near me, which was her dog's leash, and she did not fall off the cliff. But all it took was her shoe to hit one spot on the ground, for her to go sailing. And just like the story here, she hit her head and was bleeding profusely. I called 911, took her dog back to her house, and she went to the hospital. Yes, it happens that way sometimes.
Not saying that it happened the way the Father said it did, BUT the father was "concerned" and he helped her into the car, and he got help. This doesn't sound like someone that shoved her to the ground. That's all I'm saying.
We're all so quick to be like "oh horrible people out there!!! evil man!!!" but all of the facts don't line up that way, if the man helped her to the car, etc.