{"id":19030,"date":"2014-10-13T16:08:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T23:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=19030"},"modified":"2014-10-13T16:08:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T23:08:20","slug":"woman-locks-cop-in-basement-wins-lawsuit-against-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/13\/woman-locks-cop-in-basement-wins-lawsuit-against-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman locks cop in basement; wins lawsuit against city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From MJR comes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/i-team\/Woman-90-locked-officer-in-basement-settles-with-police\/11028044#ixzz1sORt9fM6\" target=\"_blank\">today&#8217;s biggest grin<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An elderly woman got the last word after locking a police officer in her basement, and later suing the police.<\/p>\n<p>Venus Green, who was 87 when she was handcuffed, roughed up and injured by police, will receive $95,000 as part of a settlement with Baltimore City. The city chose to settle the case instead of taking a chance in front of a jury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We thought we would have a difficult time in front of a city jury, or any jury,&#8221; Baltimore City solicitor George Nilson said.<\/p>\n<p>Green was so put out by what police officers did, the city said she locked one of them in her basement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at the link. It just gets better. Yes, cops treated Venus Green like cr*p. But she never bent an inch, and clearly she won this case because city officials were not about to go to court and say their armed agents brutalized an 87-year-old retired schoolteacher because they &#8220;felt threatened&#8221; by her. Even though she is obviously one tough &#8212; and well-informed &#8212; lady.<\/p>\n<p>Somebody should send this lady one of those <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00020O572\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00020O572&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=livifree07-20&#038;linkId=YM4FQ5Q6B6WG424O\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Come Back with a Warrant&#8221; doormats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always said that being an old lady is one of the best disguises an Outlaw can &#8220;wear.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From MJR comes today&#8217;s biggest grin: An elderly woman got the last word after locking a police officer in her basement, and later suing the police. Venus Green, who was 87 when she was handcuffed, roughed up and injured by police, will receive $95,000 as part of a settlement with Baltimore City. The city chose to settle the case instead of taking a chance in front of a jury. &#8220;We thought we would have a difficult time in front of a city jury, or any jury,&#8221; Baltimore City solicitor George Nilson said. Green was so put out by what police&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/13\/woman-locks-cop-in-basement-wins-lawsuit-against-city\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Woman locks cop in basement; wins lawsuit against city<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,23,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mind-and-spirit","category-thuggery-and-bad-law","category-resistance","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}