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Title: Cops Kick In Door, Assault, & Pepper Spray Innocent 84 yo Grandma
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Free Thought Project/FOX 23 News
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/gr ... -body-cam/#JWkT30dUQscc3fza.99
Published: Aug 27, 2016
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2016-08-27 18:03:01 by Deckard
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Views: 671
Comments: 13
Muskogee, OK — Last week, an innocent 84-year-old grandma was attacked by police, pepper sprayed, arrested, and hospitalized after officers chased her son during a traffic stop. On Friday, the graphic body camera video of that attack was released showing the horrid and outright insane response to her son rolling a stop sign. Police were after the victim’s son, who they say refused to stop and ran into her home instead. When officers showed up, according to Smith and the body camera video, they kicked in her door and as she got up to see who was there — she was met with a face full of chemical agent. “Turn around or I’ll spray you!” screams the cop just before dousing this innocent elderly woman in the face with the painful spray. Smith then falls to the ground in agony. The body cam footage then shows police shoot her son with a taser because they said he refused to come out. With his hands in the air and walking toward police, Smith’s son was tased and fell to the ground. All of this over a stop sign. According to Smith, after police pepper sprayed her for no reason, they arrested her, dragged her to the police car and brought her to jail. Clearly stressed over being kidnapped and thrown in a cell, this 84-year-old grandma began to have a panic attack. She was then rushed to the hospital. The Muskogee police department says they released the body camera footage to maintain public trust in an exhibit of transparency. While it’s certainly noteworthy to release the footage, the last thing this video does is maintain public trust in police. When watching the horrifying video below, ask yourself if you think these cops would treat their own grandma this way. Ms. Smith had committed no crime and posed no danger to these officers, but she was still attacked and her life put at risk. It was unclear as to what police charged the woman with, however, it is likely the standard ‘resisting, interfering, or obstructing.’ Smith now plans to take legal action against the department for her assault and the taxpayers, not police, will be held liable for this disturbing behavior.
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#6. To: Deckard (#0)
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The first thing I ask myself is why we are seeing an edited video showing only the final few seconds and not seeing the complete video which would show all actions by the cops and the grandma before she was pepper sprayed. While the Muskogee PD released the body camera footage to maintain public trust, the MSM and yellow journalists edited the footage and it does not show what circumstances led up to the pepper spray action. Furthermore, while it is noteworthy to report on this incident, the best thing the MSM and yellow journalists can do is to present all the information and not selectively edited portions to support a biased agenda. There are many reasons to pepper spray a 84-year-old grandma as well as there are many reason not to. The yellow journalist is this article described the grandma as “innocent.” Innocent is defined as “ not responsible for or directly involved in an event yet suffering its consequences.” If I can view the entire video and listen to all the audio, then I can ask myself: Was she directly involved in the event and is she “innocent” or not? Not all grandmothers are sweet little “innocent” things, look at this one: Chicago grandmother charged with first- degree murder after cutting baby's throat with power saw . It is unfortunate that cops were not there to pepper spray this grandma before she did something foolish….eh?
Your insanity continues.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestWhen watching the horrifying video below, ask yourself …
The Muskogee police department says they released the body camera footage to maintain public trust in an exhibit of transparency. While it’s certainly noteworthy to release the footage, the last thing this video does is maintain public trust in police.
#9. To: Gatlin (#6)
here are many reasons to pepper spray a 84-year-old grandma...
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