THEN she can AFFORD to water her lawn. How ridiculous is this? What’s going on in this country?
I was there. I can tell you a few things the media is missing. She is 70 years old, but she claims she doesn’t water the lawn because the water is shut off for money reasons. This is not true. I have personal knowledge of 3 very nice vacations she has already taken this year.
Next, I personally know that the officers have been asking her for months and months to bring the nuisance property into compliance to local codes. The officers have been getting demands from dozens of neighbors due to the sever neglect and failure to maintain the property.
I saw that officer be totally professional with her. As he spoke to her, she became agitated and irrational. She refused to fix the problem at any time, citing money problems however we’ve discussed that issue and it doesn’t hold water. To repeat, she looked at the officer and said that she would not bring the property into compliance at anytime.
I watched as the woman dashed into her house. The officer was then obligated to keep her from doing so. She had no information to proceed with writing a citation and in that 1 chance in a million, she returns with a loaded shot gun.
So he grasps her arm and asked her to sit down, please. I heard the officer repeat PLEASE CALM DOWN. She then flipped out into hysterics. He explained that if he was not able to get her identity he would only have the choice to bring her to the station for prints and a photo. Then she could be realease with a citation. Unfortunately for everyone, she tripped, banged her nose and the fell to the grough, tucking her arms below, refusing to be compliant. The officer calmly asked her to comply and he clearly stated the reason for the actions he was taking.
I stood nearby and felt worse for the officer than the woman, because she was yelling police brutality from the get go. It was clearly a case of a small situation that got worse because of the womans failure to cooperate in many different phases of the investigation.
The spin put on by the nedia is unreal. This cop was doing his job and he has helped clean up many nuisance houses nearby and he also is currently working on a “drug’ house down the street. I love them and I support them,. I feel bad for the officer getting a bad wrap.
I live across the street. I’ll testify that the woman it crazy. I guarantee she has money as I know of several vacations. From the beginning the woman was confrontational and threatening to the man. All he needed was her name and date or birth, as required by law in any police report case. She refused to give it to him and ran into the door jam trying to get away from him. Then she flopps down (like Karl Malone did) and she screamed for help. The officer very calmly asked her to calm down so he could help her. She continue to scream and was very non-compliant. I saw no other way deal with the situation. They took her to the station to get a booking photos and finger prints, that will be used to identify her.
Being a first hand witness, I can tell you that the woman caused this herself. It’s too bad it went down like this, but she holds the blame.
That woman has plenty of money to water her lawn but she doesn’t and her neglect ruins the value of my property to the point I can’t afford to take such a loss and move.
Ask around, we all know she’s a fruit and the family comes around when there is a smell of a lawsuit against the city.
Law suit for what, following policy. Lawsuit for beinging allowed to leave after getting printed and photoed as requested. I think there is thee more yards on the same block that need attention too, but I am scared to death that they all have a free pass nowadays.