Posted on 08/16/2018 4:58:27 PM PDT by Mariner
A Georgia police chief is defending the use of a Taser on an 87-year-old grandmother after she was seen walking around with a knife near her home, which her family says was for cutting dandelions for a salad.
Martha Al-Bishara, 87, whose family says she doesn’t speak English, was gathering the flowers Friday on property belonging to a Boys and Girls Club organization in Chatsworth when a staff member called 911 on her for trespassing, the Dalton Daily Citizen-News reported, citing the police report.
“She’s old so she can’t get around too well, but looks like she’s walking around looking for something, like vegetation to cut down or something. There’s a bag too,” the caller told police in the 911 recording. The caller, who described the woman as wearing a “Muslim hat-looking thing,” said there were no children outside and that the woman said she didn’t speak English.
The woman's family has said that she was cutting dandelions for a salad when police used a Taser on her.
Three Chatsworth police officers reportedly responded to the scene about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta and ordered Al-Bishara to drop her knife. When she didn’t follow their command, they used a Taser on her.
Police Chief Josh Etheridge, speaking to the Daily Citizen-News, defended his officers’ actions, saying the woman should have complied even if she didn’t understand English.
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If it were my grandmother? Those three cops would resign and move away. Probably their Chief too. Maybe the Mayor.
Reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit.
Well sure, if a cop is pointing a weapon at me that looks like a brightly colored gun, I would assume it was cool-aid in a Dixie cup.
“Not an unknown name in Muslim terror.”
Yeah, they didn’t know her name.
But it’s a good thing you were not first on site, you would have shot her dead.
Or if you are almost deaf like me you might get shot in the back 4 times.
Maybe she should start those free ESL courses .... probably less painful.
What's your actual shape right now?
P.S. A lot of people from the 'old country' like to eat dandelions with vinegar and oil. My aunt did? Why? That was what they had to eat in the 'old country'.
She may be old but she’s wiry...
I read quite well, you miserable codger. There’s nothing worse than a sanctimonious Christian.
Martha was picking dandelions. Most people would love to have someone pick dandelions AKA weeds from their manicured lawns. Martha knew the health benefits of dandelions. She was only doing what old timers did.
Why didn't the cops get a translator? Do they think everyone speaks English in America? LOL
He knows zero about the circumstances of this woman, including when she got here. And thought it would be a good idea to tase her again. He’s an ass.
And of course, there’s some on the thread excusing what those three animals did.
I believe being shot by a taser is part of their training in its use.
Seems they could have done a little more to resolve this without force- maybe a pantomine of putting the knife down.
It was hyperbole. Lighten up. Some people are so quick to be offended.
“To project and to swerve.”
She's 87 years old and you assume that she actually heard them? I am sixty and legally deaf and even with the best hearing aids that money can buy I have trouble understanding conversation in many environments. But as other have implied, this is not about public service, rational thought ,or anything other than LEO getting home to their families.
You’re just disappointed they didn’t just shoot the old lady.
I hate cops and Muslim immigrants equally.
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