Old lady slammed to ground by police

My neighbor is 92 and she walks around with a knife all the time. She has Alzheimer.

We just help her to her home and take the knife from her hand.

No threat whatsoever.

Originally posted by jaden101
The 2 "homies" videoing her to steal her plastic bag, i expect.

So the video is taken by a couple of hoodies while the cozzers are arresting her? Whats in the bag? I cant see the video.

Even though a grandma with a knife could kill you via a stab to the neck, the pig didn't have to slam her, since he already had clutched her knife hand.

The cop slammed her, now she's the bad guy.

If the cop would have tazed her, the cop is the bad guy.

If the cop grabs her and cuffs her, breaking her arm, the cop is the bad guy.

Where was the old ladies family?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
The cop slammed her, now she's the bad guy.

If the cop would have tazed her, the cop is the bad guy.

If the cop grabs her and cuffs her, breaking her arm, the cop is the bad guy.

Where was the old ladies family?

The cop, being both the person who is both trained and paid to uphold the law should have accessed that it was a frail old woman, who's probably a bit soft in the brain and not slammed her to the floor.

This is especially since he already had her knife hand locked.

I would have simply moved behind her (This is where Rob inserts a sex joke), grabbed her by the forearms, and cuffed her. No need to slam her.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
No need to slam her.

I disagree

Originally posted by inimalist
I disagree

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Dude, she's a frail old lady, it wouldnt take much to cuff her.

He's being sarcastic...

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
I would have simply moved behind her (This is where Rob inserts a sex joke), grabbed her by the forearms, and cuffed her. No need to slam her.

Na, she's a she, so she'd be safe around you. Now, it if were a frail old man.

Originally posted by GCG
I thought black people always wanted to get down.

Too much force? Nah. Regardless of age and mental disabilities, threatening with a knife needed to be dealt with. Nobody got hurt. The woman was released from the hospital. What is there to discuss?

I think they did what they had to do. I guess it could have been done differently, but hey what you gonna do 🙁

Originally posted by The Red
Too much force? Nah. Regardless of age and mental disabilities, threatening with a knife needed to be dealt with. Nobody got hurt. The woman was released from the hospital. What is there to discuss?

When i decide to go after a cop with a knife, i dont want him/her to bust my head open.

Comprede???

a little extreme. could've been dealt another way. you can't smack around an old woman like that in the name of justice. still, neutralizing a threat means taking it out. and they REALLY took her out.

Originally posted by The Red
Too much force? Nah. Regardless of age and mental disabilities, threatening with a knife needed to be dealt with. Nobody got hurt. The woman was released from the hospital. What is there to discuss?

Yet slamming her ass onto the floor, after he has already secured her deadly knife wielding elderly hand, was excessive.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Dude, she's a frail old lady, it wouldnt take much to cuff her.

lol, no, totally

all kidding aside, people who generally work with people with mental disabilities go through NVCI training (non-violent crisis intervention) to deal with situations exactly like this. It is a little bit BS in other ways (like you can't quickly grab someones arm to stop their hand, because it is too much like a strike), but that a well trained police officer couldn't do some of the really basic stuff taught in that is, imho, inexcusable.

I'd go even bigger picture though. Why do these cops not know that elderly people acting crazy are more likely mental health issues than serious criminal issues? Why was she approaching the situation as if that type of physical control was even necessary. As Robtard said, she sort of effortlessly immobilized the knife hand, an arm on the shoulder and a call to her family, boom, situation dealt with.

I was just being silly 'cause I thought this was a no-brainer 🙂

Oh shit, just realized the cop was a female, makes sense now. Not trying to be a sexist pig, but in my experience, female officers tend to overreact [by a lot] in the aggression department.

its possible. some women feel they have to work twice as hard because of all those retarded cliches they have to work against. you know, "weaker sex", "gentler sex", "oh, women aren't aggressive", "oh, women can't be mean" (which is bullshite because women can be mean as hell if they need be)

~Sado

Which is probably the case, as the 3 female officers I had to deal with yelled and were overtly aggressive when there was no cause to be. I've also witnessed similar behaviour from female officers as a bystander.

Still though, slamming of the senile grandma was excessive, inferiority complex of the female officer or no.