Disabled Woman Megan Graham Calls 911 While Being Beat, Arrested by Police

Opposing Views ^ | 06/025/2013 | By Michael Allen

[Responsibility2nd]

At least they didn't shoot the dog. Its all good.

/s

[Gene Eric]

A real, #ing tough guy.

[ClearCase_guy]

[JennysCool]

I hate to be accused of visual profiling, but that woman’s pic is telling me, “Very crazy, often very drunk, quite often both.”

I certainly could be wrong.

[donhunt]

Actually it looks like it may have improved her looks.

[kingu]

Let’s see... Using cell phone while driving, getting out of the car when pulled over, walking away from the officer, inviting him to walk with you, pulling away from the officer when he grabs you, keeping a cell phone in your hand (and dialing!) while being placed under arrest?

Oh, geeze, this is stupid with a capital S. Never mind the dog, she’s lucky SHE wasn’t shot.

[ClearCase_guy]

I’m getting a great big “she deserved it” vibe on this thread which ... surprises me.

[Vendome]

I have trouble with both sides of this story.

[umgud]

I’ve never done it, but have fantasized about smacking a few females. But, we can’t let our fantasies and desires override our self control. This cop didn’t excesize self control whether she deserved it or not.

[TalonDJ]

I sure hope you were being sarcastic because not a damn one of those things on your list is grounds for being beat up by a cop.

[Kevmo]

Why didn’t they just tazer her? What a bunch of adrenaline cowboys.

[Little Ray]

Charged with “felony assault to a police officer.”

Sure. Right after the cops show the injuries they sustained from her “assault.” What the hell is wrong with these cops?

[colorado tanker]

Stupid is a harsh way to put it, but the article does say she has developmental disabilities. Instead of going Rambo, the officer should have recognized what he was dealing with.

[Little Ray]

Give the wrong answer and no jury will ever convict...

[Petruchio]

It is very clear. The cop’s fist was repeatedly hit by her face.

[pax_et_bonum]

I’m getting a great big “she deserved it” vibe on this thread which ... surprises me.
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Me, too.

[pax_et_bonum]

I hate to be accused of visual profiling, but that woman’s pic is telling me, “Very crazy, often very drunk, quite often both.”

I certainly could be wrong.
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That’s a pretty big assumption.

[kingu]

Because people wear t-shirts all the time saying that they’re developmentally disabled. She just got out of her car, at the very least, it’s detailed she had a cell phone in her hand, and I’m going to bet at least car keys as well. She’s a large woman who pulled away from the officer when she was grabbed, and it was the second officer on the scene who hit her while she was still resisting the first officer.

I’m sorry, what do you think should have been done? And will you apply the same rules if it’s a 300 pound man?

[pax_et_bonum]

Actually it looks like it may have improved her looks.
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Nice.

[colorado tanker]

I can sense if someone is developmentally disabled within seconds.

What should he have done? Follow his procedures for restraining arrestees, which I will bet does not involve engaging in a fistfight.