Imagine you are a police officer and you come across a little old lady standing in a Wal-Mart parking lot with a knife in hand. What do you do? a.) Call for back up and beat her unconscious; b.) Taze her; c.) Talk her into dropping the knife; or d.) Body slam her ass to the ground and crack her head open? Click through to watch the video and see if you answered correctly.
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Hope the old lady is ok. If that was my grandma, I’d be pissed.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:48 am
Sorry, justified.
August 8th, 2009 at 3:57 am
Yea, I would agree that this isn’t nearly as bad as the cop who tased the 72 year-old woman. Lady had a knife, wasn’t cooperating, got judo tossed, landed wrong, split head. The cop probably could’ve just grabbed the lady’s wrist to disarm her since she was so frail, but I guess the cop wanted to throw in the toss just to make sure the old lady wasn’t deceptively strong or something ha.
August 8th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Not justified. The old lady wasn’t threatening anyone, just seemed to be a bit out of it. Both the knife and cane are potential weapons, as well as legal tools. Should the police brutalize old people for carrying canes too? Considering the way the old lady was shuffling along, I seriously doubt the cop felt threatened.
August 8th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Ridiculous. The cop was much younger and much faster. She could have disarmed the woman by quickly taking the knife from her or simply talked to her until she gave the knife up. Instead she body slams her, splits her skull and creates a scene. A cop like this is WAY too stressed to have a gun.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Justified Huh? if that was my grandma, those cops would be dead. killed in front of everybody. justify that.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:49 am
This woman was carying a blody friggin knife… she had already hurt someone… What the F*&% do you people expect the cops to do, let her keep hurting people? sheesh…
August 8th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Fuck da police! Seriously, this is a prime xample of just how out of control the police in the US are. They should not had the legal authority to assault people like that. Suprised she didnt get shot in the kneecaps to make sure she wasnt a “threat” anymore. Again, fuck da police!
August 10th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
you r all crazy if u think this is police brutality. the lady started off by waving the knife at the officer and was continually walking towards the officer. now i agree that it may not of been the best way to handle the situation, but whether you want to believe it or not the officers life was in danger and she did what she had to do. it is not her fault or intention that the ladies head split open.
August 15th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
I AGREE WITH RAY. THEY ALWAYS FIND AWAY TO DO SOMETHING BAD TO US BLACK FOLKS! I WOULD HAVE KICKED THEY OFFICERS ASS.
August 25th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I sat here and thought for a moment before I wrote this. Yes if she was my grandmother I would be pissed the hell off. But, that would not have been my grandmother in the first place. What business those she have waving a knife at the police like she bad or something? If she I had a problem with someone else she should I have put the knife down and tell them what's going on. Now we really don't know what happen before this so we cannot form much of an opinion. Slamming her to the ground was not the right way to do it but when you see a police you don't wave a knife. If you look for trouble you are going to get it no matter how old you are. It don't like police either but its reality.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
It doesnt matter whether she was white or black old or young if you have a knife and are waving it around in the parking lot your gonna get taken down it was her fault she had a fucking knife
December 8th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Sick. We've lost all common sense. We always hear what a tough job police have, but there are always more than enough police applicants. Nurses aids have a tough job. Temps have tough jobs. Cops are just human beings and had better act like it. I'm sick of police worship, fireman worship and military worship. We throw the word 'hero' around like nobodys business. What crap. Another justified lawsuit to be footed by the taxpayers thanks to one of their heros.
December 15th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Sorry there is no way in hell this is justified. Yes she did have a knife in her hand but she also was walking with a cane and she's 87!!! I'm a nurse and we deal with combative elderly patients every single day. Be sure we are not allowed to body slam a patient to the ground unless they have a gun. A knife….please! I and other staff have had to disarm patients who are having a psychotic episode without causing bodily harm and alot of them are bigger and stronger. They could have come behind her and disarmed her but not slam her to the ground. What a shame!!
January 31st, 2010 at 5:16 pm
sorry but I have to agree with Lilia. It is justified. There's no law stating how old a person can be detained using cops “Take Me Down Tactics.” It's unfortunate and it's sad. But also think about an age of a person. If a murderer is 90 years you think his mind mentality is capable of stopping his murderious obsessions?… I'm sure it could have been handled differently. Some say a Tazer would have been affective, but what if she would have landed on that same knife?… The people that was watching the whole thing would also still say police brutality cause the VAST MAJORITY OF CITIZENS DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS… I NEVER SAW ANY ''RESPONSIBLE,CARING CITIZEN EVEN TRY AN ATTEMPT OF CITIZENS ARREST.” WHEN THE “FEMALE” COP SHOWED UP THEY ALL STARTED GETTING…
January 31st, 2010 at 5:20 pm
US BLACK FOLKS?… YOU JUST MADE YOUR BLACK RACE SEEM KINDA PATHETIC. YOU WOULD LET YOUR GRANDMA WALK AROUND A PARKING LOT WITH A KNIFE. WAIT FOR THE COPS TO SHOW TO DISARM HER, AND THEN KILL THEM FOR DOING SO… WOW… YOUR A FUCKING GENIUS… I'M NOT A RACISTS DUDE SO DON'T EVEN TRY TO BRING THAT RACISTS SHIT…
January 31st, 2010 at 5:25 pm
DITTO…
January 31st, 2010 at 5:26 pm
DITTO…
January 31st, 2010 at 5:33 pm
YOUR SICK OF PEOPLE CALLING OTHERS HEROES?… WOW… IT'S PRETTY FUCKING SAD THAT YOU GET YOUR PANTIES IN A BUNCH OVER SOMEONE CALLING SOMEONE ELSE A HERO…
A SOLDIER THAT PERFORMS MORE THAN HIS DUTIES REQUIRE IS A HERO…
A POLICE OFFICER THAT PERFORMS MORE THAN HIS DUTIES IS A HERO… SAME GOES FOR ANY OTHER PERSON THAT PUTS THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR SOMEONE ELSES… YOU SHOULD BE MORE THANKFUL…
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:54 am
YOU ARE A FUCKING RACIST! WHAT IF THAT WERE YOUR GRANDMA BEING SLAMMED BY BLACK COPS? THAT COP NEED TO GET ANOTHER JOB THAT FIT HER COWARDLY ASS. LIKE HOMEMAKER!
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:30 pm
I'm a Racist?… lol… Tell that to my black fiance… Tell that to my mulatto cousins… I wouldn't never let my grandmother walk around a parking lot with a knife in her hand cause that's just stupid and G-H-E-T-T-O Yo!…
Your comment was very ignorant. I'm assuming you never read your comment. Next time read it out loud several times, so your tiny ass ears on your down syndromed head can understand what you speak… You funny…
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:11 am
it was clear that the lady had a mental problem! just because you got a black lady don't mean that you are not racist. the KKK raped black women all the time back in the day. slave owners raped black women all the time back in the day. i haved fucked pletty of white women year after year. i am a black male, but i am racist as hell! but i get them white girls including your mother sister grandmother, and fuck the hell out of them all the time! dog they ass out and send them back home to they white husbands and they kiss them with my dick juice! you are racist you fucking dicksicking fag! you got a black woman cause all the white ones know that you are a punk! i read this note and laughed at your punk ass!
March 31st, 2010 at 8:54 am
oh mu f—ing god!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 10th, 2010 at 7:21 am
The very fact you used the word “mulatto” seriously calls into question your claims that you are not a racist.
April 13th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
clearly excessive force. there was no reason to take her down in that manner. i'm sorry, but it appears many of you don't realize this is NOT what a cop is supposed to do in a situation such as this. the situation could have easily been dealt with using much, much gentler means. just because a person is posing a threat does not mean you have the right to body slam them to the ground and crack their skull open. how strong do you think this old lady was? do you not assume the woman “officer” could have overpowered by simply grabbing the arm she was holding the knife in? disgusting…the way we treat the old and sick is simply appalling.