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There's No Senior Exemption From The Law
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Yes, she did hit her adult daughter in the face with a slipper. Yes, it was kind of goofy that she called 911 to complain about the daughter not leaving the house and soaking up the air conditioning. Yes, calling 911 with a frivolous complaint is not legal. But was it right for the cops to arrest and book a 95-year-old great grandmother for that? The cops say that once a domestic violence situation is involved, they have no discretion, but there is a thing called common sense policing that could have been invoked. They chose to play things by the book, and the topic is whether that was appropriate. (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
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