Colorado Cops Ensure 73 Year Old with Dementia Complies

[956 Worldwide 34793]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/colorado-woman-dementia-sues-police-214437264.html
 

Cops in Loveland take down a 73 year old with dementia while she’s picking flowers in a vacant lot.  Was-Mart had called the cops after she left within 14 bucks of items without paying. But store employees confronted her and she returned all the items before wandering off, confused.  Cops dislocated her shoulder and took her down three times because she was “kicking”.  Article says she weighs 80 pounds. They had her handcuffed to a bench for hours with a popped shoulder. The video is rough. It is absolutely clear that she has limited mental faculties when listening to her speak and look at the camera. 
 

Glad to see we are slowly moving beyond racial inequities to a world where even frail, elderly, mentally impaired white women have the right to get their ass beat by those who protect and serve. 

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

13 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Glad to see we are slowly moving beyond racial inequities to a world where even frail, elderly, mentally impaired white women have the right to get their ass beat by those who protect and serve. 

I believe the saying is “everyone has equal rights to get their ass beat but some are more equal than others”

[next2naus 439]

as Bernard would say..."Fuck the Police"

[Homercles 10206]

It’s a sad reflection that my first thought before reading the thread was that the cops shot her.  

[Reagan1k 3024]

Pretty sure the motto of Protect and Serve got left out of the handbook this go around.

Protecting whom?  Serving whom?

[hookemATL 11914]

To be fair it’s difficult to tell the difference between furtive movements  and Alzheimer’s shakes. Let’s let the facts play out and see if Gertrude was in the wrong. 
 

jk FAC

Edited April 16, 2021 by hookemATL

[Captainant 27820]

Just now, hookemATL said:

Too be fair it’s difficult to tell the difference between furtive movements  and Alzheimer’s shakes. Let’s let the facts play out and see if Gertrude was in the wrong. 
 

jk FAC

Well let's just dig up her previous misdeeds anyways because that will definitely justify the police actions

[hookemATL 11914]

1 minute ago, Captainant said:

Well let's just dig up her previous misdeeds anyways because that will definitely justify the police actions

Three counts of cheating at backgammon and two convictions for driving slow in the fast lane in a Buick. Hardened goddamned criminal!!!

[Guest Lobo]

She probably had drugs in her system too.  I mean granted it’s because she’s 73 and has dementia.  But you never know, maybe those scrips caused that shoulder to pop out.  

[Pato del Muerto 52614]

Didn’t rape or kill her. What more do you people want?  Right, Art?

[Nivek 16992]

Hey, that “victim” was holding a biological weapon in her hands and could have made the officers die from hay fever. She is a menace that needed to learn her place. Furthermore dementia is not a reason to not get roughed up by the cops and follow their order. You know how many deaf people they get to shoot?

Plus if she didnt want her bones broken she should have drank her milk or not got old.
/Brett Tehune

[956 Worldwide 34793]

What would the bleeding heart libs have us do when an elderly woman with dementia returns the stuff she forgot to pay for? Call a social worker?/Tucker 

[RPM 26359]

26 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

Three counts of cheating at backgammon and two convictions for driving slow in the fast lane in a Buick. Hardened goddamned criminal!!!

Multiple false turn signal violations.

[Scheiss Meister 8413]

She's obviously using her "dementia" as a cover for her real job as a hitwoman.  You people don't know how dangerous she really is!

[hookemATL 11914]

10 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

She's obviously using her "dementia" as a cover for her real job as a hitwoman.  You people don't know how dangerous she really is!

There’s a gun hidden inside the Apple Brown Betty!

[Guest Lobo]

I've already cracked wise on this thread and enjoying the other comments.  But I just stopped to realize something and got bummed out.

The sarcastic rationales we're throwing around here, the Loveland Police Union folks actually sat around and seriously contemplated.  They pondered trying to pin some of these things on the older woman (drugs in the system, erratic behavior, past reports of her disturbing businesses/shoplifting/harassing people, non-compliance, not following verbal commands, etc.).  

The one simple thing that could have prevented this is to simply follow de-escalation procedure.  But nope, too difficult for police to follow one of the foundational keystones of their training---do not make a situation worse.  If you can't make it better, that's fine...that's just life.  But don't make it worse.  Everybody who is not a doctor knows the first sentence of their oath, "First...do no harm."  Maybe you can't save the patient, but at least don't make it worse.  From there, you can build upon that stability by practicing your expertise and training.  But for police, it seems to be, "First...see how you escalate tensions and nerves...then move on to the protect and serve part...only after people are freaking the fuck out."    

[RPM 26359]

2 minutes ago, Lobo said:

The one simple thing that could have prevented this is to simply follow de-escalation procedure.  But nope, too difficult for police to follow one of the foundational keystones of their training---do not make a situation worse.

[Nivek 16992]

We just need to be thankful that the cops survived this encounter. Those are America’s heroes.

[futureman 22552]

2 hours ago, hookemATL said:

jk FAC

what is “FAC”?

[hookemATL 11914]

Fries and cheetos

[Js1 85600]

2 hours ago, Reagan1k said:

Pretty sure the motto of Protect and Serve got left out of the handbook this go around.

Protecting whom?  Serving whom?

Protect each other

Serve our huge egos and tiny dicks

[DigglerontheHoof 21254]

I'm sure our resident boot-lickers will be along anytime now to tell us how dangerous and hard it is to be a cop.

I mean, this little ol lady could've really done some damage to those brave, in-danger heroes.  

[Nivek 16992]

9 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

I'm sure our resident boot-lickers will be along anytime now to tell us how dangerous and hard it is to be a cop.

I mean, this little ol lady could've really done some damage to those brave, in-danger heroes.  

Have you ever been poked by an old person with a bony finger?  That can hurt, couple that with their possible ninja training on pressure points and they could cause some serious damage to a body armored cop.  Make it a lady and some press-on nails, high percentile that she has fecal matter below those nails, she is a threat to all humanity.  

[immortal13 4059]

4 hours ago, Nivek said:

We just need to be thankful that the cops survived this encounter. Those are America’s heroes.

With families they are just trying to make it home to 

Edited April 16, 2021 by immortal13

[Nicole44 22078]

Hits close to home for me as my 70 year old aunt suffers from dementia. She barely can figure out how to use silverware and can not do many tasks we take for granted we are able to do every day. Can’t imagine her in a situation like that. 
 

She and my uncle recently moved to a new city and she typically never leaves the house (precautions are in place.) but she became very agitated when they first moved in and left during a very hectic moment. Made it a mile down the street. Her attire was some would say eccentric (underwear outside of multiple layers of clothes and two different colored shoes—she goes into her closet a lot and puts on layers and layers and this goes on all day.) fortunately, a cop patrolling saw she was out of place and needed help and was able to provide her help. And she was returned home safe. 
 
That’s how it should be. That’s how it should have been with the 73 year old woman. That’s how it should be.  Damn.

 

[hayden_horn 11365]

2 hours ago, futureman said:

what is “FAC”?

you could use your imagination and figure it out pretty easily, but it means "fuck all cops"

[hookemATL 11914]

1 minute ago, hayden_horn said:

you could use your imagination and figure it out pretty easily, but it means "fuck all cops"

[futureman 22552]

55 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

you could use your imagination and figure it out pretty easily, but it means "fuck all cops"

no shit?

[hayden_horn 11365]

10 minutes ago, futureman said:

no shit?

then why ask?

perhaps it is because your level of inscrutable sarcasm is much more sophisticated than a simple mind like mine could possibly grasp.

[futureman 22552]

1 hour ago, hayden_horn said:

then why ask?

perhaps it is because your level of inscrutable sarcasm is much more sophisticated than a simple mind like mine could possibly grasp.

that’s definitely true. 

[Cajun 11750]

You know the Heroes are now in counceling b/c she didn't have a dog to shoot.

Poor dudes.

Shit's just not fair.

[bernorange 8366]

Unresponsiveness to commands = excited delerium = high on drugs = dangerous = neutralize threat with prejudice

That's LEO 101.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11821]

Where were her parents??

[YChang 3462]

1 minute ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Where were her parents??

I dunno, but I'm sure she was a good kid... once upon a time. 

[DigglerontheHoof 21254]

Thread is boot-licker free.  Imagine that.

No soliloquies about how brave these heroes were?  Tell us how tough cops have it, again.  Hopefully they all made it home to their good Christian homes.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9358]

Finally watched the video. That cop had at least 150lbs  on gramma. She was never a threat to him or the other officers who responded, but hey, everyone gets the hostile takedown treatment by LEO these days. I hope she gets a hefty settlement.

My dad's retired in nearby Fort Collins. I'll have to ask him how the local media is covering this case.

[Captainant 27820]

Can we get @BabaYaga in here for the explanation of how this is actually the cops being HEROIC?

[CooterBrown 18032]

Thread is boot-licker free.  Imagine that.
No soliloquies about how brave these heroes were?  Tell us how tough cops have it, again.  Hopefully they all made it home to their good Christian homes.

They may not be done ‘batin’ to that video. It does take them a while to get even a semi. Give them time.

[tx 3 putt 77513]

that cops needs to be beat 

[Deej 76944]

Nothing new. Those women in their 70's can't be dealt with without force.

 

Edited April 17, 2021 by Deej

[Serak The Preparer 3434]

7 hours ago, Captainant said:

Can we get @BabaYaga in here for the explanation of how this is actually the cops being HEROIC?

He's too busy trying to figure out how to fit a Covid death count conspiracy joke into the situation.

[Armybrat 40920]

18 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

that cops needs to be beat, fired, stripped of his LEO license, convicted of felony elder abuse, incarcerated, assbeaten in prison.

Fify.

[Armybrat 40920]

[CurlyDumps 4485]

On 4/16/2021 at 5:53 AM, Reagan1k said:

Pretty sure the motto of Protect and Serve got left out of the handbook this go around.

Protecting whom?  Serving whom?

Themselves / their egos

[Brisketexan 105425]

Just makes me wanna run this up the flagpole even higher:

 

We need these heroes, and you commies second-guessing them can just opt out of their protection and defend yourselves, thank you very much.

[SHOOTER12 8833]

On 4/17/2021 at 3:27 PM, tx 3 putt said:

that cops needs to be beat 

Some son or grandson needs to beat that son of a bitch half to death ☠️

[Captainant 27820]

@immortal13 you got any hot takes on how the officer PROTECTED AND SERVED that old lady with dementia? You seem to have taken exception to my comments in the thread

[GhostOfTomJoad 9358]

Just got off the phone with my old man in Fort Collins. He's tired of the media coverage & his big question is that if her dementia was so bad then why wasn't she in a home? "Who knows how much she's stolen from the local stores!" Although he did admit that the cops were a "a bit rough", we also have to consider the stress they're under at all times.

Remarks like this will make those difficult decisions I've been entrusted with down the road just a bit easier.

[Armybrat 40920]

Then that might be similar to the cop’s attitude.

[immortal13 4059]

2 hours ago, Captainant said:

@immortal13 you got any hot takes on how the officer PROTECTED AND SERVED that old lady with dementia? You seem to have taken exception to my comments in the thread

No I just like negging you. I rarely read any of your posts. And nice try painting me as a cop apologist. That's far from the case