Police officers pepper-spray 84 year-old black woman
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Video released by police in Oklahoma shows an officer pepper-spraying an 84-year-old woman after authorities entered her home to search for her son.
The footage — captured Aug. 7 on a Muskogee Police Department body camera — shows police kicking open Geneva Smith’s front door in pursuit of her 56-year-old son, Arthur Blackmon, who had entered the house after refusing to pull over during an attempted traffic stop.
An officer fired a stun gun at Blackmon, who appeared to be holding up his hands after ignoring multiple commands to approach police.
Some heavily edited videos shown on TV news outlets and circulating on social media show police approaching Blackmon’s mother after he’s Tasered, and pepper-spraying the frazzled woman as she stumbles backward.
But a full, uncut video released by police last week reveals that a more complicated sequence played out before a white police officer discharged her pepper spray into Smith’s face, prompting the elderly black woman to turn her head, raise her arms and fall to the ground.
Smith is seen on the uncut video cussing at officers and ignoring their commands to turn around.
“Get out of my god—- face!” she yells at officers as she faces them near her front door. “I’m 84 years old, f——, don’t f— with me! I ain’t turning around for s—!”
“Turn around and face that way or I’ll spray you,” a female officer is heard shouting at Smith seconds later.
Then, as several officers move past Smith to sweep the home, the octogenarian takes several steps backward with her hands down before she is pepper-sprayed.
“My mother’s 84 years old, motherf—–,” Blackmon can be heard yelling.
“Oh, Lord, help me, Jesus,” Smith says after collapsing.
Over use of force. She didn't deserve that. Police have no idea how to handle the public and they get overtly angry and cocky whenever citizens don't kiss their ass.
This sounds extremely excessive given her age, but she should have pulled over. Resisting the police gives them the idea that you're guilty of something. Even if she was speeding or something minor, if everyone was able to simply drive back to their homes ignoring the police laws would not get enforced.
However, they should have just gotten her license and charged her with crime she was guilty of PLUS resisting police (or whatever law falls along those lines).
This sounds extremely excessive given her age, but she should have pulled over. Resisting the police gives them the idea that you're guilty of something. Even if she was speeding or something minor, if everyone was able to simply drive back to their homes ignoring the police laws would not get enforced.
However, they should have just gotten her license and charged her with crime she was guilty of PLUS resisting police (or whatever law falls along those lines).
You misread the story. She wasn't the one who didn't pull over, it was her son. The son went into her house and that's when her encounter with the police started.
She refuses to comply with the officers order and was being disrespectful. I'm sorry but age and race doesn't give you a pass, people need to learn to respect officers and not be shocked when a cop does what they have to do.
She refuses to comply with the officers order and was being disrespectful. I'm sorry but age and race doesn't give you a pass, people need to learn to respect officers and not be shocked when a cop does what they have to do.
Its not against the law to talk back to officers. And no one has to respect them. The overt use of force is illegal though. If they can't handle disgruntled civilians, they don't need to sign up for the force.
Over use of force. She didn't deserve that. Police have no idea how to handle the public and they get overtly angry and cocky whenever citizens don't kiss their ass.
No, they don't know how to "handle" black people. Police better stop this before they have a situation on their hands they cant control.
Step on your foot with her walker and gum you to death? 
