Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "Cops Charged For Assaulting 73-Year-Old Woman With Dementia" video.

  1. I've had it with these cops. Are they gossiping little b---s, that they gather together and laugh at the "pop" of a shoulder being dislocated? And it's taken a year for them to even be charged? What have they done in the meantime? People that disgusting rarely take a day off, especially in a job that allows them to be the biggest jerks on the planet, with guns and tasers. This can't keep going on. We're bound to reach a breaking point.
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  2. "They are NOT mental health professionals who can diagnose illness." You have to be a professional to see that she has problems? You can't just read the situation? She walked out of a Walmart without paying for her 15 bucks worth of goods. Was she a thief? Did she make a break for it, running past the door alarms? Or did she just wander out? Why did she just wander out? Could something be going on there? Maybe just stop her, and get the goods. Or, how about this, follow her home. She's freakin' walking. She's not going to the next county. If she ignores the police, and wants to go home, follow her. When you get there, find out what's going on, get back the stupid detergent and t-shirt. The stupid detergent and t-shirt are not worth hurting her! I'm not a mental health expert, but I know that EVERYONE has something going on, usually something major. We all need to tend to that, in each other. But, more than that, the health and well-being of any one person, when threatened, becomes everyone's problem: because you could be next, or your mom. And if the police can't handle that responsibility, and want to laugh at someone else's suffering, then they are NOT professionals.
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  3.  @FireinTheBowl  "What should they have done given your knowledge of law enforcement and the situation at hand?" I don't have knowledge of law enforcement. I know it must really suck, dealing with criminals a lot of the time. But they are also just there to serve and protect the public. So let's just try to read the situation: 79-year old woman walks out of Walmart without paying the $15 for her detergent and t-shirt. Did she run out, setting off the alarms? Did she rob the place with a gun or knife? Or did she just wander out? Why did she just wander out? What's going on there? You stop her, and ask her. She just tells you she's going home. What do you do now? Dislocate her shoulder, make her bleed, traumatize her, throw her to the ground...for $15, and the blow to the cop's ego, since she didn't stop? She's walking. Why not follow her? She's walking, and so not going very far. She's elderly, and so probably doesn't live alone. Something seems off about her, and so someone must be at that home to look out for her. Follow her home. Then you can get back the stupid detergent and t-shirt, without all that dumb crap they did. See? Not hard. Just takes patience, and compassion.
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