unnecessary use of force by this law ENFORCEMENT officer.
All I'm saying is that we still have strong secret stigmas against "mental" health disorders, serious personality disorders, and mind disease, inappropriate care boundaries that by other names would seem to be "love" outside the four walls of reality, and that many have made control through manipulation that doesn't come from authentic concern, empathy, or compassion a common practice--mostly to children and to the elderly. We do a lot of blaming the frustrations of those elderly survivors in the progression of disease who once faced so many traumas of loss or activities that make them once again invincible safe children who just want to go home but who will speak to their relatives and others with that untouchable independent spunk, the one that says, "I'm fine dear; I don't need any help yet. You know, no news is good news...silence. Not an excuse for the cop, but think if this shoplifting person had also taken the car keys instead of a walk and remembered driving the Dodge-em at the amusement park...where would the cop have taken aim? Yes, I'm also quite aware that did not happen in this situation as well as the likely reason it would not have - still, an unacceptable use of force!!!
I also realize there are many elderly at home without daily social communications from family and/or friends. Maybe their dis-ease chases everyone away? My state mandates familial financial assistance that is rarely enforced for good reason; it's rarely wanted by either of the parties--I'm a senior that is as frantic as the kids about costs - activities of daily living are now financially rougher - we had a good plan I think but others had theirs. What was lost over the mainly GOP years of "nothing personal; just business," meeting the costs when one marries an "only adult child"...haha, 
,now he's just an adult child orphan (51st anniversary coming up in late fall) but we no longer own a home, we make one of a rental, inflexible bad role models on both family sides; meeting the exponential costs of higher education, and the ridiculous need for retirement savings. I work everyday to dispel bitterness and find, at last, a little hope...that we'll be able to leave behind disrespect, frustration, ego, and hate!
Haven't run into taking away the car keys yet...just wait a bit. Caveat: I sure hope YEMV!
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