Quote from: Cain on June 29, 2010, 01:23:19 AM80 year olds also have poor reflexes, sight and grip. One cop could easily distract her while the other controls the weapon hand, applying enough force to cause her to drop it or, if she was unexpectedly strong, break the wrist. Especially when she's in bed.This is at least what I'm looking for, an actual method to disarm her. Although I admit I'm not sure if flesh wounds are an acceptable risk and I don't have much sympathy if somebody gets hurt after threatening another person. I'm also not sure if the effects of the taser are worse than a broken wrist.
I mean, lets think about this. In bed, you cant put weight behind a weapon, and your attack vectors are highly limited. At the worst, she could likely inflict flesh wounds via slashing attacks and while that would spread a lot of blood around the place, it is hardly fatal.
QuoteAnd this is assuming she had a knife. I remember only too well how the cops over here lied repeatedly when they capped a Brazilian guy on the subway because he might've been a terrorist. They lied about the clothes he was wearing and his actions immediately before his death, spinning it to look like he acted suspiciously enough to allow a copper to empty a clip into his head. Cops lie, and cover up, and distort, and one of the main reasons for doing such things is negative media attention due to acting like a thug.Lying is a very real possibility, I can't discount it happening. I'm going to have to reserve judgment on that front for now.