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Title: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: dkf360 on August 12, 2009, 04:34:48 PM
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hereford on August 12, 2009, 04:55:50 PM
Nope.

But they should have tagged that mouthy camera-negro for inciting or something.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on August 12, 2009, 05:26:58 PM


Only had to watch to 00:52, abso-fucking-lutely.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Bindare_Dundat on August 12, 2009, 05:57:10 PM
We're they wrong? I can't believe that's even a question.

 THIS shit burns my balls. Unbelievable behavior.

Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hereford on August 12, 2009, 07:48:19 PM
We're they wrong? I can't believe that's even a question.

 THIS shit burns my balls. Unbelievable behavior.



Ya, the best thing for the guy to do would have been to turn the camera off and go away. Just trying to agitate up a riot...
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Cap on August 12, 2009, 08:02:00 PM
Ya, the best thing for the guy to do would have been to turn the camera off and go away. Just trying to agitate up a riot...
Does that honestly surprise you?
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: splinterhands on August 12, 2009, 08:22:47 PM
She had a fucking knife!!  What should have happened?
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hugo Chavez on August 12, 2009, 11:01:34 PM
Nope.

But they should have tagged that mouthy camera-negro for inciting or something.
I agree, they probably made it worse.  They should have been ticketed for obstruction or some shit.  As far as the lady with the knife, give me a break.  Looks like her top speed is about 7 steps per hour.  The cop was never in any danger and should have just kept some distance and talked her into dropping the knife.  No need to slam great grandma to the ground ::)
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hugo Chavez on August 12, 2009, 11:03:09 PM
Ya, the best thing for the guy to do would have been to turn the camera off and go away. Just trying to agitate up a riot...
filming it is good, getting up in the situation with the camera and talking shit probably just made it worse.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hugo Chavez on August 12, 2009, 11:06:59 PM
She had a fucking knife!!  What should have happened?
LOL, uh, the cop probably had a better chance of being hit in the head by a meteor than being struck with a knife from an elderly woman who walks slower than a turtle.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: tonymctones on August 12, 2009, 11:07:29 PM
I agree, they probably made it worse.  They should have been ticketed for obstruction or some shit.  As far as the lady with the knife, give me a break.  Looks like her top speed is about 7 steps per hour.  The cop was never in any danger and should have just kept some distance and talked her into dropping the knife.  No need to slam great grandma to the ground ::)
LOL but were they within the law to do so? was it necessary? not really at least not at that point but from a police officers perspective better to not let the situation escalate then let it and have to deal with the consequences. I totally understand why she did what she did if she would have waited and perhaps had to taser the old lady a bunch of ppl would be bitching about that as well. Police officers a tough job and getting tougher by the day especially when you have ppl like jag and her kind out here blaming the cops for everything.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hugo Chavez on August 12, 2009, 11:24:22 PM
LOL but were they within the law to do so? was it necessary? not really at least not at that point but from a police officers perspective better to not let the situation escalate then let it and have to deal with the consequences. I totally understand why she did what she did if she would have waited and perhaps had to teaser the old lady a bunch of Pol would be bitching about that as well. Police officers a tough job and getting tougher by the day especially when you have Pol like jag and her kind out here blaming the cops for everything.
oh the lady had a knife.  What they did is OK on paper.  But really, WTF?  How about some level of accessing the situation.  Way stupid course of action in this case.  The way the cop handled it, could have made it worse.  Had one of the people in the crowd been armed, seeing it go down like that, it could have escalated.  Clearly the cop should have seen that the chance of actually being harmed by an elderly woman who can hardly walk must be as close to zero as it gets.  If they would have just talked to the lady nicely and kept some distance, the situation would have ended without doing anything.  Looking at the lady, I'd say she had another 5 minutes before she couldn't stand and just wanted to go watch TV at the retirement home lol...
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: tonymctones on August 12, 2009, 11:35:33 PM
oh the lady had a knife.  What they did is OK on paper.  But really, WTF?  How about some level of accessing the situation.  Way stupid course of action in this case.  The way the cop handled it, could have made it worse.  Had one of the people in the crowd been armed, seeing it go down like that, it could have escalated.  Clearly the cop should have seen that the chance of actually being harmed by an elderly woman who can hardly walk must be as close to zero as it gets.  If they would have just talked to the lady nicely and kept some distance, the situation would have ended without doing anything.  Looking at the lady, I'd say she had another 5 minutes before she couldn't stand and just wanted to go watch TV at the retirement home lol...
LOL pretty much agree, give her enough time and she would probably forget why she was even holding the knife.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: splinterhands on August 13, 2009, 12:12:33 AM
oh the lady had a knife.  What they did is OK on paper.  But really, WTF?  How about some level of accessing the situation.  Way stupid course of action in this case.  The way the cop handled it, could have made it worse.  Had one of the people in the crowd been armed, seeing it go down like that, it could have escalated. 

I would not have slammed an old lady on the ground and I also agree that it could have escalated the situation however I wasn't the one in that situation.  I doubt the cop meant to slam grandma like she did but she was well within the law to use force to control her.  Anyone with a knife, intending to use it on you, IS a threat.

Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: 24KT on August 13, 2009, 01:58:04 AM
I would not have slammed an old lady on the ground and I also agree that it could have escalated the situation however I wasn't the one in that situation.  I doubt the cop meant to slam grandma like she did but she was well within the law to use force to control her.  Anyone with a knife, intending to use it on you, IS a threat.


Agreed... anyone intending to use a knife on you IS a threat,
...but do you really think she intended to use the knife on the cop?

I don't even think she knew which way was up. clearly there were a bunch of other people who walked right by her who clearly didn't see her as any threat. I understand the cop wanting to disarm her, ...but I just think she could have shown a little more patience before making the determination that she wasn't going to put it down, ...and I think she used just a little too much force doing it. I think she could have disarmed her without any risk to herself, passersby, ...or the old lady herself, ...it just might have taken longer.   :'(
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: splinterhands on August 13, 2009, 02:37:16 AM
Agreed... anyone intending to use a knife on you IS a threat,
...but do you really think she intended to use the knife on the cop?

I don't even think she knew which way was up. clearly there were a bunch of other people who walked right by her who clearly didn't see her as any threat. I understand the cop wanting to disarm her, ...but I just think she could have shown a little more patience before making the determination that she wasn't going to put it down, ...and I think she used just a little too much force doing it. I think she could have disarmed her without any risk to herself, passersby, ...or the old lady herself, ...it just might have taken longer.   :'(


Obviously the cop didn't consider her much of a threat either or she wouldn't have attempted to disarm her using a takedown. ::)    I've said that's not what I would have done, but I WASN'T THERE. 

A takedown is normally a "safe" way to get someone on the ground without hurting them seriously.  I really doubt the cop tried to hurt her, but unless the cop tells her side of the story, we don't know.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hugo Chavez on August 13, 2009, 02:49:19 AM
I would not have slammed an old lady on the ground and I also agree that it could have escalated the situation however I wasn't the one in that situation.  I doubt the cop meant to slam grandma like she did but she was well within the law to use force to control her.  Anyone with a knife, intending to use it on you, IS a threat.


She looked slightly more dangerous than Stephen Hawking with a knife :D

(http://www.imagedonkey.com/out.php?i=31369_sh.jpg)
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Butterbean on August 13, 2009, 07:14:04 AM
LOL, uh, the cop probably had a better chance of being hit in the head by a meteor than being struck with a knife from an elderly woman who walks slower than a turtle.

LOL




Wonder why the cops were there or called there and why the guy was filming the old lady initially?  Why was the old lady holding a knife and why wouldn't she put it down when told to do so? 

It's sad the cop used so much force in disarming her and it's sad the old lady didn't just drop it in the first place.   I suppose it's possible she couldn't hear the cop that told her to put it down. 

Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hereford on August 13, 2009, 09:44:48 AM
If the old lady was white, the cameraman would be laughing instead of trying to start a riot.

His issue with the situation had nothing to do with her age.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Big-C on August 13, 2009, 09:48:08 AM
stupid ass monkeys
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: The Showstoppa on August 13, 2009, 09:53:02 AM
It's funny how so many people just assume the old bag couldn't do any damage with a knife.  Really?  I wonder if it was a loved one, perhaps even your child, who was near this lady if you would just say "oh, she really isn't going to use it, or she can't do any damage..."

But, because it's a police officer, then she should just take the risk that ole granny-grunt isn't a real threat....

Do what the cop says....very simple....

Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Soul Crusher on August 13, 2009, 09:56:14 AM
Only had to watch to 00:52, abso-fucking-lutely.

That was ridiculous.   This is what give cops a bad name.   
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Option D on August 13, 2009, 09:58:49 AM
LOL pretty much agree, give her enough time and she would probably forget why she was even holding the knife.


LMAO.....Thats cold... ;D
What if she would have jumped out with some cat like reflexes and used that knife like "blade" the daywalker...You never know
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Option D on August 13, 2009, 10:01:12 AM
She looked slightly more dangerous than Stephen Hawking with a knife :D

(http://www.imagedonkey.com/out.php?i=31369_sh.jpg)

LMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAH...
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: kcballer on August 13, 2009, 10:08:43 AM
There are better ways to disarm her.  Gosh she was weak as a kitten.  Poor use of force. 
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: The Showstoppa on August 13, 2009, 10:12:06 AM
There are better ways to disarm her.  Gosh she was weak as a kitten.  Poor use of force. 

Taser?
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Soul Crusher on August 13, 2009, 10:22:53 AM
There are better ways to disarm her.  Gosh she was weak as a kitten.  Poor use of force. 

These cops are really cowards and punks if they can disarm her with other means.  Unreal. 
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Butterbean on August 13, 2009, 11:01:42 AM
Ohio Cops Defend Slamming 84-Year-Old With Knife to Ground

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

WHITEHALL, Ohio —  An Ohio police department says it has received scores of calls from around the country complaining about a YouTube video showing an officer taking an 84-year-old woman to the ground.

Police Chief Richard Zitzke in the Columbus suburb of Whitehall says the officer did what she had to do when the woman was seen holding a steak knife in a Walmart parking lot on Aug. 1. Police say the woman has Alzheimer's.

Zitzke says police have tried to explain their side to callers from as far as Texas and California.

Some have called the white officer a racist. The woman was black.

But Stan Brown of Columbus, the bystander who shot the video with his phone, says he believes no racism was involved. The 29-year-old black man says he now feels badly for the officer.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Soul Crusher on August 13, 2009, 11:07:49 AM
Ohio Cops Defend Slamming 84-Year-Old With Knife to Ground

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

WHITEHALL, Ohio —  An Ohio police department says it has received scores of calls from around the country complaining about a YouTube video showing an officer taking an 84-year-old woman to the ground.

Police Chief Richard Zitzke in the Columbus suburb of Whitehall says the officer did what she had to do when the woman was seen holding a steak knife in a Walmart parking lot on Aug. 1. Police say the woman has Alzheimer's.

Zitzke says police have tried to explain their side to callers from as far as Texas and California.

Some have called the white officer a racist. The woman was black.

But Stan Brown of Columbus, the bystander who shot the video with his phone, says he believes no racism was involved. The 29-year-old black man says he now feels badly for the officer.

Its not about race, its about power and control. 
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: The Showstoppa on August 13, 2009, 01:49:11 PM
Good for Stan Brown. 
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: 24KT on August 13, 2009, 08:49:41 PM

Obviously the cop didn't consider her much of a threat either or she wouldn't have attempted to disarm her using a takedown. ::)    I've said that's not what I would have done, but I WASN'T THERE. 

A takedown is normally a "safe" way to get someone on the ground without hurting them seriously.  I really doubt the cop tried to hurt her, but unless the cop tells her side of the story, we don't know.

I don't think the cop was trying to hurt her either. I just don't think she considered the fact that it was pavement.
Bones usually have a tendency to break when they hit pavement, ...as do skulls, as we can see.  :-\
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: 24KT on August 13, 2009, 08:58:12 PM
Ohio Cops Defend Slamming 84-Year-Old With Knife to Ground

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

WHITEHALL, Ohio —  An Ohio police department says it has received scores of calls from around the country complaining about a YouTube video showing an officer taking an 84-year-old woman to the ground.

Police Chief Richard Zitzke in the Columbus suburb of Whitehall says the officer did what she had to do when the woman was seen holding a steak knife in a Walmart parking lot on Aug. 1. Police say the woman has Alzheimer's.
Zitzke says police have tried to explain their side to callers from as far as Texas and California.

Some have called the white officer a racist. The woman was black.

But Stan Brown of Columbus, the bystander who shot the video with his phone, says he believes no racism was involved. The 29-year-old black man says he now feels badly for the officer.


...but do you really think she intended to use the knife on the cop?

I don't even think she knew which way was up.
 

Looks like I nailed another one.
My astute assessments & observations never fail to succinctly identify what's really taking place.  ;D
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: boonasty on August 13, 2009, 09:18:19 PM
Looks like I nailed another one.
My astute assessments & observations never fail to succinctly identify what's really taking place.  ;D

yeah they never fail ;)

(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/em/snarl.gif)
AARRRGH!!!

I can't believe I actually clicked on that link.  :-[

Do you mean he was kidding, ...or that he was lying... deliberately posting false inflammatory information?
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: 24KT on August 13, 2009, 09:35:40 PM
yeah they never fail ;)

(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/em/embarassed.gif)
Boonasty, ...my moments of self-aggrandizement are not appropriate times to be introducing the truth.  :D
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hugo Chavez on August 13, 2009, 10:00:43 PM
Ohio Cops Defend Slamming 84-Year-Old With Knife to Ground

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

WHITEHALL, Ohio —  An Ohio police department says it has received scores of calls from around the country complaining about a YouTube video showing an officer taking an 84-year-old woman to the ground.

Police Chief Richard Zitzke in the Columbus suburb of Whitehall says the officer did what she had to do when the woman was seen holding a steak knife in a Walmart parking lot on Aug. 1. Police say the woman has Alzheimer's.

Zitzke says police have tried to explain their side to callers from as far as Texas and California.

Some have called the white officer a racist. The woman was black.

But Stan Brown of Columbus, the bystander who shot the video with his phone, says he believes no racism was involved. The 29-year-old black man says he now feels badly for the officer.
it was bad judgement by the officer.  Of course the department can justify what the officer did.  Doesn't make the officers choice the best choice.  It was the worst choice.  Well I guess they could have shot her so not the worst but close.  You can't really tell so easy if it was racist.  The only way to know that is to see if she would have done the same thing to a lady that looked like her great grandmother and we can't do that.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on August 13, 2009, 11:52:30 PM
Amazing, racism!! racism!! racism!!!

Police brutality is color blind!!!!!!!!!!!!  >:(

meltdown  ;D
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Option D on August 14, 2009, 07:46:43 AM
i would have punched her in the face...
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hereford on August 14, 2009, 10:06:12 AM
i would have punched her in the face...

"Looks like I nailed another one.
My astute assessments & observations never fail to succinctly identify what's really taking place."

I'm not sure you should punch her in the face for saying that. That's a little much...   ;)
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: tonymctones on August 14, 2009, 10:42:09 AM
Looks like I nailed another one.
My astute assessments & observations never fail to succinctly identify what's really taking place.  ;D
simply b/c she had alzheimers doesnt mean she wouldnt have slashed or stabbed at the officer...to the contrary she may have been extremely confused and lashed out in frustration.

I dont agree with how it was handled but I dont disagree with it either, nothing to see here folks more ppl making a mountain out of a mole hill...
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Hereford on August 14, 2009, 10:52:13 AM
Yes.

Getting attacked and cut with a knife is only dangerous if they MEAN to do it.

If they are crazy.... don't worry about it.   ::)
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Option D on August 14, 2009, 11:14:55 AM
i would have punched her in the face...
Im saying..a broad with a knife...i dont care if you 12 or 82...im takin a muther fucker down
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: tonymctones on August 14, 2009, 01:45:07 PM
Im saying..a broad with a knife...i dont care if you 12 or 82...im takin a muther fucker down
hahahaha i get this mental image of mal creating a crater in an old ladies face  ;D i dont know why that makes me smile hahahah im a sick bastard i guess.
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: 24KT on August 15, 2009, 04:31:46 AM
hahahaha i get this mental image of mal creating a crater in an old ladies face  ;D i dont know why that makes me smile hahahah im a sick bastard i guess.

Recognizing you're a sick bastard is always the first step isn't it?   ;)
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Option D on August 15, 2009, 05:05:37 PM
hahahaha i get this mental image of mal creating a crater in an old ladies face  ;D i dont know why that makes me smile hahahah im a sick bastard i guess.


i see it like this...everyone on here can cry about it and bitch and moan...but i dont give a shit...knifes do damage and that old broad could have just wildly swung and hit the major vessel in the neck or shit even the bicep has a pretty major vessel...fuck takin chances,,,,im throwin my baton at that broads face....ask questions later
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Dos Equis on August 15, 2009, 07:58:56 PM


Definitely excessive IMO.  Really unnecessary.  My kid could have disarmed that old lady.  Looked like a cop fresh out of the police academy.   :-\
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: Migs on August 15, 2009, 08:08:01 PM
proper use of force IMO, she had a knife and was told several times to drop it.  You would be amazed how dandergous a little knife or unassuming person can be.  The people around them and the camara guy agitated the situation and clearly wanted to throw out racist crap. 
Title: Re: Were the cops wrong for this?
Post by: 24KT on August 16, 2009, 01:44:46 AM
proper use of force IMO, she had a knife and was told several times to drop it.  You would be amazed how dandergous a little knife or unassuming person can be.  The people around them and the camara guy agitated the situation and clearly wanted to throw out racist crap. 

WTF are you talking about? Tell me where in that clip does this guy throw in racist crap?
not once does he mention race AT ALL!  >:(  He talks about police brutality, he emphasizes her age alot,
...but not once does he say anything about the police doing this to her because of her race.

I dare you to show me at what point he mentions race.
Put up or shut up...and stop reading racial complaints where there are none!  >:(