Police taze 80yo woman

[Potemkin]

http://www.live5news.com/story/18800...year-old-woman

Police: Tasing 80-year-old was 'best way to apprehend her'

Posted: Jun 15, 2012 1:50 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 15, 2012 9:10 PM CDT
By Ray Rivera - email
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DORCHESTER COUNTY, SC (WCSC) -
St. George Police Chief Anthony L. Britt said that*an officer who tased a nude 80-year-old woman was justified* because the woman could have hurt police officers and EMS crews with her metal walking cane*which she was swinging at officers.

"We just felt that was the best way to apprehend her and not let her hurt anybody or herself," Britt said on Friday. "There was no other way to get her to come down from where she was at that point."

On May 21, a lieutenant with the St. George Police Department contacted emergency dispatch regarding noises he heard near his home. A police officer*responded and said he found*a nude elderly woman in front of a home on Gavin Street banging her walking cane on the rail of the steps.

"Officers made contact with her. She was non responsive and quoting scriptures from the Bible," Britt said.

Britt says he and another officer arrived shortly after and attempted to talk to the woman. Some time later,*a lieutenant with the police department and EMS crews*arrived.

[Mousehound]

I can actually sympathize with the police here. Some of the elderly who have gone off the deep end mentally, or because of a bad med-mix can really become a danger to themselves and others. Just last week, a little waif of a woman in our nursing home attacked another, beating her with her cane straight out of the blue. Not all elderly are waifs either. They have worked hard all their lives, and can be quite strong, especially when paranoia, or some other problem causes them to fight for their lives with an adrenaline rush. We had a case with one very sweet man who normally uses a wheel chair, with extremely low blood sugar. He flipped out like an ape in the jungle, and had to be held down with 5 men so the doc could give him an i.v. to raise his blood sugar.

[Malcolm]

For a "naked 80 year old women".............. water cannon perhaps ??????