An old American woman arrested for not watering her lawn...

Could only happen in America some say? Hello?

Woman jailed for not watering her lawn.

A 70-year-old US woman has been left bruised and bloody after an unexpected clash with police who came to arrest her because her lawn was dry and brown. Trouble flared when Utah pensioner Betty Perry, 70, refused to give her name to an officer trying to caution her for not watering her lawn. She says the officer hit her with handcuffs, cutting her nose, although police insist she slipped and fell. Ms Perry said she was "distraught" after the incident. She denied that she was resisting arrest, maintaining that she turned to go inside to call her son to fix the confusing dispute. "I tried to sit down and get away from him," she told Utah newspaper the Daily Herald. "I don't know what he's doing. I said: 'What are you doing?' And he hit me with those handcuffs in my face," she said. "He's just trying to cover his tracks, as far as I'm concerned." A 70 year old woman beaten up by the Police for not watering her lawn, only in the land of the free, the home of the brave.

Airnavigator's picture

She should move to California

I understand in parts of California it is illegal to water one's lawn during certain times, so if she lived there she would be in compliance with the law.

The problem in the U.S. is that the knee jerk reactions of our politicians is to automatically pass a law every time they think they see a problem. Of course the police are then expected to enforce all this nonsense and, let's face it, arresting old ladies for not watering their lawns is a lot easier than going after real criminals and when presenting their statistics to justify their requested budget increases the arrest of an old lady counts just a much as the arrest of a drug dealer.

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huttriver12's picture

You're right...

easier to lock up some old folks than some real gangster types armed with the latest military hardware.

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Apparently it happened in ...

Utah. Thought they were mostly Mormon there?

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Someone will most likely get in on it

There's another thing we have here in America beside potential police abuse. We have folks looking for deep pockets to sue, and we have and a surplus of laywers, many of which hope to score big.

I saw this

and she did have a cut on the bridge of her nose. How awful is this? There is something wrong when a cop abuses his authority.

Where in America did this happen, Huttriver,

I would think the ACLU would be right there helping her sue for damages. I hadn't heard of this one.