Quick!! Taser granny!Follow

Those dangerous old ladies should be tased because, you know, they're dangerous n'all.

Taser an old lady or be hit with a hammer.

Yeah, I'd zap her as well.

A granny shouting "Don't taser me, bro!" would be an instant classic.

this was just on the news here.

The way it was told here was her door was left open, and some people walked by and looked in to she her Holding and swinging a hammer.

Cops were called, and when they couldn't get her to calm down, and put the hammer down (she was still inside her house) the pulled the ol' zapper out and made her **** her self...

And then they said a family members where totally shocked the po-pos would do wha tthey did due to her suffering from schizophrenia and dementia.

I've never seen either of my grandmothers pick up a hammer to hammer in a nail. For crushing ice, swatting flies, getting a dresser drawer to close, and various other similar uses, yes. But never for a nail.

Edit: Speeling.

Edited, Nov 6th 2007 11:54pm by Poldaran

Wow.

Just Wow.

She's 82... you could just, I don't know, grab the hammer from her? Honestly WTF were those officers thinking?

Is it just me or does it feel like the granny crime rate has gone up?

I talked to a cousin of mine a few months back when he was involved in a simalar incident:

The Tazer was the best choice of action for the cops. They could have done more damage to her with a disarm had she chosen to resist. (Most likely she would have) You may or may not know, but a broken bone for an elderly person is like another nail in their coffin. It takes so much for them to heal at their age, it allmost is a better idea to just say "Here let me shave a year or two from your life"

Breaking her dominate arm, a rib, her hip, or her leg. Are all likely to happen during a disarm/takedown. When an old person breaks one of those, its goodbye - independance, hello - long term care.

Because disarming techniques don't necessarily release the bladder of the victim.

Where would I get my lulz then?

Cops always have to walk into situations that they have no idea how it will turn out. Tasers seem a far reasonable safe guard to use than say brute force or guns.

Let the cops do their job, I fear a schitzo old lady with a hammer more than a cop with a taser.

BTW, thinking old people are harmless is pretty stupid. I use to work in a home for the elderly, and new workers always learn the hard way. Watching a person in their 20's storm out of a room with a broken nose because they tried to force that "old" person in the room to change their depends or what-have-you.

Back anyone into a corner, and they become dangerous.

Zapping an 82 year old is going to cause her to drop like a ton of bricks, that's more likely to break bones than pulling the hammer out of her hand. Not to mention what that voltage could do to someone that age. It's one thing to get shocked at 20 it's something completely different at 82.

It's not exactly hard to get a hammer from an 82 year old woman. Assuming this isn't superwoman of course. Heck, just wait her out if you don't want to take the risk, she'll wear out a lot quicker than any of those police officers and it's not hard to avoid the hammer, she can't be that quick.

If she had a gun I could understand it, but a hammer? Come on. If she was younger, yeah, use the taser because she's probably a lot faster and more dangerous.

Edited, Nov 7th 2007 11:15am by Yodabunny