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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Aug 17

    A Georgia police chief defended the use of a Taser on an 87-year-old woman who was cutting dandelions with a knife. Her family said she speaks little English.https://nyti.ms/2PiDeCb 

    12:52 PM - 17 Aug 2018
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      2. Laci Green‏Verified account @gogreen18 Aug 17
        Replying to @nytimes

        nothing more threatening than a little old lady cutting flowers. these officers should be ashamed of themselves.

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      2. shareefa‏ @AyeItsShae_ Aug 17
        Replying to @nytimes

        This is America.

        2 replies 2 retweets 29 likes
      3. Carola (w/2 As)Thompson‏ @Zigeunerin Aug 17
        Replying to @AyeItsShae_ @nytimes

        Unfortunately

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      2. marie velenski‏ @LOULOUGUINNESS Aug 17
        Replying to @nytimes

        Under 10 min from the call to report her, police traveling to the location, and the elderly lady being tasered. How many minutes did they dedicate to trying to communicate with her?! And all of them deemed one little old lady with a kitchen knife and a bag of cut herbs a threat?

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      2. Matthew Bolig‏ @favorscurry Aug 17
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        Holy shit... when I first saw this, I thought they were talking about Georgia the country.

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      1. Neusa meadows‏ @meadows_neusa Aug 17
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        All those cops should be fired, shame on you police department!! No wonder people are losing respect for them!

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      1. Erich Greenebaum‏ @ErichG69 Aug 17
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        To be fair, these cops from Georgia probably speak very little English either.

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      1. Edith Tracy‏ @EtTideh Aug 17
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        How in the world do you defend those actions? Thats part of our problem with officers defending the indefensible.

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      1.  🇺🇸 🌹LADY GRACE 🌹  🇺🇸‏ @OrenIShiKiddo Aug 17
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        The only threat she was to police was if she was forcing them to eat the dandelion salad ..It’s pretty sad when we’ve reached a time when an 87 yr old woman is a threat to anyone. Smh.

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      2. Sergio Siáno‏ @siano2020 Aug 17
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        I think this would qualify as excessive force...

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      1. Linda NewmanBoughton‏ @LindaNBoughton Aug 17
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        There IS no defense for that.

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      2. Nazim Hasan Khan‏ @Nazimhk Aug 17
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        Disgusting ! Police is getting more violent and trigger happy & have lost the faculty of differentiation between a criminal & an innocent person. A little gesture can invite a bullet or a Taser. What kind of a police is it? Police is a friend in need & not an executioner in deed.

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      2. Alan m frost‏ @Alanmfrost1 Aug 17
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        It’s just pure luck, this so called Police Officer didn’t kill her. Is there no common sense anymore!!!!

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      2. WideAwake&Furious‏ @innerspacegirl Aug 17
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        Not an ounce on common sense behind this cop's choice. Not one.

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