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Keith Allen
Aug. 16, 2018
Martha Al-Bishara, an 87-year-old grandmother, was tased by police after authorities said she refused to drop a knife. Al-Bishara's family said she was out cutting dandelions.
(CNN)An 87-year-old grandmother using a knife to cut dandelions in the woods near her rural Georgia home last week was taken down by a police Taser and arrested, according a police report.
Martha Al-Bishara was arrested for criminal trespass and obstruction of a police officer, according to the report. Chatsworth Police said Al-Bishara did not drop a steak knife despite several commands and a demonstration by officers. At one point, she walked toward officers with the knife, police said.
Police had gone to a wooded area near a Boys and Girls Club last Friday after an employee called 911 to report that an elderly woman was walking around with a knife in the community, around 80 miles north of Atlanta.
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/us/georgia-police-taser-woman-dandelions-knife/index.htmlThe silence of the dandelambs.