Video shows Seattle cop arresting elderly black man using golf club as cane

http://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | January 29 at 7:53 PM | By Elahe Izadi

[Georgia Girl 2]

is she the same cop who pepper sprayed the guy at the MLK rally?

[houeto]

There was NO REASON for him to react like he did.

But I'm sure glad that he did. Now this power-tripping POS dyke with a badge, a gun and an attitude is off the streets, hopefully for good!

[tbpiper]

She also said she had video of him waving it at her. Somehow that segment failed to make the release.

[SW6906]

Give me a break, newbie. Are you seriously equating a cop asking you to put down your "cane" to being herded onto cattle cars for the gas chambers? Hyperbole much?

Ever heard of Godwin's Law?

[BenLurkin]

Considering that homosexuals already have a severe psychological problem — how is it that PD’s hire any?

[SW6906]

"But I'm sure glad that he did. Now this power-tripping POS dyke with a badge, a gun and an attitude is off the streets, hopefully for good! "

I definitely agree with that aspect of it, but I still believe it all could have been over in minutes if he just obeyed a simple lawful order from a police officer.

[muir_redwoods]

The funny thing is that for the ten years I taught martial arts, I taught a whole set of cane techniques designed to maim and injure. I never did learn any using a golf club. For me, a cane would be a preferable weapon to a golf club and the cops would have no issue with a cane. Except perhaps the Seattle cops.

This cop is deranged. Fit for duty, perhaps in that department but seriously deranged.

[petercooper]

Beast.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

If he had a cane, that couldn’t be used as a weapon?

Not balanced right and the degree of loft is all wrong.

[muir_redwoods]

Maybe he could have licked her boots at the same time. Just to be sure he didn’t offend his rulers.

[trisham]

Of course it could. Anything can be used as a weapon. Some things simply make better weapons.

[ansel12]

She claims he waved it at her as she drove by in a police car.

He’s lucky she didn’t come back and gun him, instead she got a false conviction which was later learned to be false.

[momtothree]

A 70 year old man. A veteran. Worked as a bus driver for 35 years. Never been arrested. He spent a night in jail for a golf club. Shameful... absolutely shameful.

[ansel12]

Not balanced right and the degree of loft is all wrong.

Bull, the cane is an excellent fighting weapon. I got so confident with one that I used to play old man in the alleys, looking for muggers to practice with.

They even make tweaked fighting canes.

[9YearLurker]

The dude uses it as a cane. (And probably in a pinch as self-defense, too.)

[9YearLurker]

Bingo.

[PGR88]

Of course it could. Anything can be used as a weapon. Some things simply make better weapons.

Exactly - so the cop is just harassing him. If the old guy had a cane - it could be a weapon. If he had car keys, they could be a weapon, if he had a sharp pencil, it could be a weapon, etc...

[trisham]

Yes, exactly right. She’s an incompetent bully.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

If the elderly man was using the golf club as a cane, and put the “effing” club down as you mentioned, the elderly man might have fallen down and seriously injured himself.

I doubt the female cop would have cared.

[skinkinthegrass]

a cane made out of 1/2 inch
sch. 80 stainless steel pipe.I'd love of those..
Maybe use some #5 stl. rebar. w/a good hook.