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Officers had a brief standoff with a woman who circled a police department with a fake gun and pointed it at officers.
"What are you doing? Shoot me!" Elaine Rothenberg told the Torrington police. "Boom, boom, boom."
On Christmas Eve, Rothenberg, 66, was seen circling the perimeter of the Torrington police station. She pointed what appeared to be a gun at two civilians and asked if they were police officers. The civilians were able to get away unharmed.
Rothenberg then stood in front of an employee only entrance way and stood with the handgun raised in a shooting stance. After pointing it at officers she threw the gun and was taken into custody.
Source: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Boom-Boom-Boom-Woman-Points-Fake-Gun-at-Police-in-Torrington-363536941.html
ecstatic
(32,725 posts)SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,962 posts)so, no, it doesn't need to be said.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)if not for that meddlesome melanin content.
TipTok
(2,474 posts)Would you feel better and all around more equal if she was dead?
Demit
(11,238 posts)I think it's very clear what the poster meant. White people get talked down, black people (including children) get shot immediately.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)Just stating, in my case at least, the first thing that popped into my head, with, I believe, good reason.
Of course I'm happy they didn't shoot her and of course I hope she gets help.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)if she had been Black, she would have been shot dead. No way a Black person waves around a gun (toy or not) and doesn't get shot to death by the police.
The comment is a satiric call back to Scooby Doo.
TipTok
(2,474 posts)In any case, you should watch your tone. Doesn't really help your case to speak like that.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)The "no win situaton" is a daily reality in the Black community. If they run from police they are shot, if the stay they are shot. When the police treat Blacks and other non-whites like white people, I will cut them some slack.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)pipoman
(16,038 posts)will she be thrown back until she kills herself or someone else?
draa
(975 posts)and wondered why the Pittsburg Steelers quarterback would go crazy like that.
Sad news anyway. Thanks.
tblue37
(65,459 posts)leveymg
(36,418 posts)that. Better luck next time.
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)It's so painful when the mind gets off balance and unleashes its fury.