POLICE: 93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FATALLY SHOT BY OFFICER

AP ^ | May 7, 2014

[I still care]

Maybe she had hearing loss and couldn’t hear him say to put the gun down.

[maine-iac7]

allegedly brandished a gun.

that phrase and "fear for my life" are now he standard boilerplate phrase for killing dogs/puppies and old ladies -

You will ALWAYS here those two protestations - It's Police training 101.

NOT being factitious. This is now standard protocol.

[Gene Eric]

Immunized, careless, and pensioned.

[Eagles6]

These days I’ll give the benefit of doubt to the woman instead of the cop. Local farmer and his wife, both in their 90s, sharp as tacks did more work before 9 am than most do all day.

[Gay State Conservative]

I will take care of my 10 yo granddaughter, thank you very much. I wouldn’t expect the police to be of much help...

Hmmm...interesting.So you're in Michigan,or Vermont,or Oregon (or wherever) and your granddaughter's been taken to New Mexico (or maybe even *Old* Mexico)????? My goodness,you're an amazingly powerful and capable guy.A guy who can't even admit that he'd call the police in any one of a hundred...or a thousand...situations,including a kidnapping.

And then we can move on to the matter of your 93 year old mother...you know,the one who's been failing,physically and mentally,for the last five years or so.

[kiryandil]

"Policing" is a growth industry.

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”

Crime is grease for the Machine. You think they WANT crime eliminated or even reduced?

If you don't believe me, just look at your own State institutions:

It's all "Department of Corrections", unless a criminal escapes from the Machine, and hides for 20 or 30 years, keeps their nose clean, builds a new life, and reforms.

What happens when they finally catch up to the reformed criminal that escaped?

Then it's all "Department of Punishment". Just think of all the cogs who that criminal cheated out of work...

[Rannug]

If I were the responding LEO and I determined that no one, including my self, was in danger because of the lady, I would have safely backed off, and called for an HRT. But I wasn’t there, and neither were you folks.

[thefactor]

This is a sad story. You can always second guess the officer without having all the facts. Could he have isolated and contained the woman? You have to wonder, though, since the police were called she could have been a threat to someone else.

One thing I do know, a bullet fired by a 93 year old woman is the same as one fired by someone a third of her age.

[palmer]

sounds like a senile old woman

Big leap there with no evidence.

[stanne]

a disturbance from a 93 year old with a gun sounds like a senile old woman

[MaxMax]

He has his Batman toolkit all loaded up.

[ontap]

You won’t be missed!!!

[Roses0508]

Oh for pete’s sake - a 93 year old lady. He should have just cooled his jets for a little bit and she would have become tired and put her gun down so she could catch a nap.

[palmer]

Because she is 93? Because it is a disturbance? Because it is both? If you break it down, 2/3 of 93 year olds have no dementia. Disturbances can often be caused by another party, in other words there is a very good chance that someone was in the yard or something else was up.

Put those together and there's a good chance your theory is wrong, although there is a chance it is correct. Your own experience not useful, it just creates bias.

[AppyPappy]

Dang. They missed the dog.

[AppyPappy]

Having worked EMS, I can tell you that it can get scary. Especially in the projects because they think the ambulance is chock full of morphine and black tar heroin.
Many of the calls involved crazy people that don’t want to go. Being unarmed, we were forced to be polite when they picked up the knife.

[AppyPappy]

Combative is the phrase we used. Your only defense sometimes is to haul azz. They can’t run very fast.

[deport]

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News 3 has learned the person who has called 911 is Pearlie Golden's nephew. A few days ago,
the Texas Department of Public Safety refused to renew her driver’s license. The nephew was
trying to take her keys away. Golden got upset, grabbed her gun and threatened him.

When Officer Stephen Stem arrived, he asked Golden to “put down the weapon and then
ultimately fir(ed) his own sidearm, wounding Miss Golden.”
end snip

Elderly Woman Shot & Killed By Hearne Police Officer

This is the second time Stem has been involved in a deadly shooting
since July 22, 2012 when he was employed.

[deport]

According to an article I posted from below and linked her nephew was
there trying to get her car keys away from her. She had been refused a
drivers license. Ultimately this will go to a grand jury.

[Osage Orange]

a 93 year old with a gun or behind the wheel of a car is as deadly as any criminal. Innocent, yes, but deadly.

This is what I responded to....

If you would have said some..maybe even most..maybe I wouldn't have replied.

Just seems like a blanket statement...and one I don't agree with.

Fair enough?