Geneva Smith, from Muskogee, Oklahoma, is considering legal action against Muskogee Police Force after they forced their way in to her home and pepper-sprayed the 84-year-old while searching for her son.
Horrifying Body Cam Footage Shows Cops Using Pepper-Spray On An 84-Year-Old Woman
By
Editorial Staff in
Bizarre
On 30th August 2016
advertisement
#1
Fox 23 reports that two Muskogee police officers followed Arthur Paul Blackman to his mother's house after he ran a stop sign. After arriving, the officers asked Blackman to exit. He refused, claiming he did not realize they were police.
Five more officers arrived and they forced their way into the home. One officer then shot Blackman with an electrical stun gun.
Hearing the noise in the early hours of the morning, Smith left her bedroom and entered the living room to find out what was happening.
Smith was told to go back into her bedroom and after failing to turn around, she was pepper sprayed for "a second" and then handcuffed.
#2
Smith was taken to jail with her son. Shortly after arriving she had a panic attack and was taken to hospital. Smith has since demanded an apology and intends to launch legal proceedings.
Muskogee Police, who are carrying out an internal investigation, don't know whether officers entered the home without a search warrant.
Their lawyer, Scott Wood, said the use of pepper spray was understandable "given the totality of the circumstances." But warned that the forced entry "could have been a home invasion."
advertisement
#3 Rex Eskridge, Muskogee’s chief of police, said:
"There is nothing more serious than to breach a home without a proper search warrant."
"We want to make sure that we were in compliance with not just policy, but the law."
"There's a lot of misinformation out there. There is a lot of prejudgment out there and a lot of concern."
