86 year old woman pepper-sprayed, stripped at Wal-Mart


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Ethel Waters, an 86 year old great-grandmother from Monroe, Louisiana, was pepper-sprayed by police upon exiting the public restroom at her local Wal-Mart store. Her crime? Shoplifting adult diapers.

Waters was standing in line for the doors to open at midnight on Black Friday when, unable to control her bladder, soiled her adult diaper. The great-grandmother had her sights set on a Nintendo Wii for Julius, her 5 year old great-grandson. Unfortunately for Waters, she had left her diapers in her car. Not wanting to lose her place in line, she endured the wet diaper. As midnight approached, Waters was verbally berated by fellow shoppers for ?stinking like ****.?

Once Wal-Mart?s doors opened at midnight, Waters made a bee-line for the Nintendo Wii. Unable to keep up with the crowd, Waters was barely able to grab the last Wii. Much to her consternation, Waters was harassed by several fellow shoppers for taking the last of the game consoles. One morbidly obese woman in an electric scooter referred to Waters as a ?stinky old **** bag.? Humiliated, Waters went to the pharmacy section to buy some adult diapers. The shopper in the scooter followed her.

Waters grabbed a box of adult diapers and took them into the restroom with her, along with the Wii.

The woman in the scooter alerted a nearby female police officer that Waters was shoplifting merchandise. Once Waters had exited the bathroom, the police officer noted that the box of diapers had been opened. When Waters was asked if she had shoplifted a diaper, she started to ?get defensive? according to the police report. Unresponsive to the question, the police officer hit Waters with pepper spray. Once on the ground, the officer reached under Waters? skirt and removed her diaper as evidence. Waters was handcuffed and is being held on $5,000 bail.

While being escorted out of the store, witnesses claim that Waters kept screaming that she was going to pay for the diapers as a trail of urine followed her out of the store. :s

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We've really degenerated to the point where we have no more compassion, humanity, or respect for people's dignity anymore.

Hooray for progress :rolleyes:

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What happened to having respect for your elders? This is absolutely disgraceful. The scooter rider should be charged with harassment and the "officers", if you could describe them as such, should be charged with dereliction of duty. Also, as far as I understand it, you cannot be charged with shoplifting until you actually leave the premises, she had not, because, as she stated, she intended to pay for the item.

Whole thing makes me sick to my stomach but, as Charisma says, that's "progress".

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This thing here is absolutely intolerable.

Disgusting.

I mean if I were there, I would've given my place to the old lady, even if it had me at the end of the line.

I mean come one, she was 86, God damnit

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Once on the ground, the officer reached under Waters? skirt and removed her diaper as evidence.

career in police department crossed :pinch:

all kidding aside i felt more angry towards the woman in scooter than the cop.i wonder how she would react if a thin person embarrasses her for her weight

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That officer should be fired. If she needs pepper spray to contain a 86 year old women, she has no business being a police officer. If it was say a 21 year old male would she have shot him?

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Just so everyone knows different states have different rules for shoplifting, in some states "concealment of merchandise" is shop lifting. You do not have to actually leave the store to be arrested. Hiding stuff in your skirt is shoplifting, trying on clothes/items in dressing rooms is not.

I guess if getting it's customers trampled for a big black friday sales day, this isn't going to bother walmart too much.

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Isn't this a satirical website?

I don't think anyone would make up a story like that and dress it as satire. That's not satire.

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Isn't this a satirical website?

I'm wondering the same... other "articles" on the site. "Gay soldiers to be issued pink rifles", "Planned Parenthood celebrates 10 Millionth abortion", "?Elephant Man? sues sign twirling company" and "Exclusive: NetFlix to produce Casey Anthony documentary"

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Pink rifle story - "Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell is out for the United States Military, but pink rifles are in. The Pentagon has placed an order for 100,000 pink tactical rifles which will be made available to all gay servicemen.

Citing the need to promote a ?gay-friendly environment?, gay military personnel will have the option of carrying a pink rifle into battle with them. With a price tag of $2,500 each, the total cost to the Department of Defense will be $250 million for the initial order of pink rifles, which will be offset by an identical cut in job placement assistance for veterans."

Planned parenthood story - "Consuela, a 16 year old unwed teen from Pico Rivera, California, was awarded a new 2012 Ford Mustang convertible and a trip to Disneyland to commemorate the landmark event. Tyrone, her 25 year old crack dealing boyfriend, stated that he would drive the car home since Consuela did not have her driver?s license."

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Isn't this a satirical website?

Good pick up. I did not check the source. The shame is on the website, this satire is not funny, at all.

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Based on what ?

OK I read the About:

Dead Serious News is a satirical website that is updated on an irregular basis. With the exception of the names of public figures, all names are fictional.

Still, such a story could very well happen.

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Glad it's a fake story. That being said, no Kirkburn, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if something like that actually happened. Unfortunately.

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Sorry, I just think it's really sad for anyone to think this really would happen. It's just way, way too cynical and pessimistic to do so. Have a little faith in humanity.

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