Subject: Grandma Beats Up Airport Security Guards by Bob Wallace
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 23:37:22 +0100


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Grandma Beats Up Airport Security Guards by Bob Wallace

Charges were dropped yesterday against Ruth "Grammy" Gordon, an
83-year-old wheelchair-bound grandmother, who was originally charged with
assault and battery, and assault with a deadly weapon, because an
altercation she had last week with six airport security guards, that left
all six hospitalized.

"Justice has been served," said the 95-pound mother of three and grandmother
of six, as she sat in her wheelchair, aided in her breathing by an oxygen
bottle. "Now I'm going to sue every fool in the federal government for
ignorance, stupidity, and just plain general incompetence. I'm an American,
and I won't be treated like this."

The problem began last month as Gordon was attempting to board an airplane.
"These guys are supposed to be some kind of professionals," she said, "but
they're dumber than rocks. Here they were letting guys who looked just like
terrorists walk through without searching them, and then they pull me aside
and tell me they're going to search me? I don't think so."

According to one witness, Bud Cort of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, one guard, "who
weighed about 300 pounds, looked like he was drunk, and had his shirt out,
told this woman she couldn't board the plane unless they searched her. He
was really rude. That's when the trouble started."

Videotapes showed that Gordon ran the guard down with her motorized
wheelchair, then sat on top of the screaming man while spinning her chair in
circles. "Doofus was so fat he couldn't get up," said Gordon with a giggle.

One guard who attempted to pull Gordon's wheelchair off of the screaming man
from behind was hit over the head with an oxygen bottle and knocked
unconscious. A third guard, who approached Gordon from the front, was also
left dazed on the floor. Witnesses said she was cackling, "Put your hands on
an old lady, will you?" as she bashed both guards.

The tape also showed a fourth guard attempting to grab Gordon's wheelchair.
Gordon removed a knitting needle from her purse and stabbed him in his left
buttock. "What a wimp," she told reporters. "He started screaming and
grabbing his butt and running like a puppy that someone kicked."

"It was amazing," said another witness, a Scott Ryan. "The whole crowd just
stood there cheering and clapping. I mean, she was whupping butt."

A fifth guard that attempted to grab Gordon had the seat of his pants set on
fire with a cigarette lighter than had escaped detection. "He just went
whoosh across the concourse, screaming and slapping at all these flames
flying out of his rear," said Ryan.

A sixth guard did finally manage to get Gordon in a body hug. "I think that
was the wrong thing to do," said another witness, who declined to be
identified. "She just grabbed him by his greasy hair with one hand and
cracked him across the jaw with her skinny fist. And down and out he went."

After all this, Gordon's chair was still sitting on top of the first guard.
The tapes clearly showed her leaning over and yelling, "Apologize to me, you
fat sumbitch, or when I'm done with you you'll just be a greasy spot on the
floor!"

As the crowd roared, the guard cried, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Uncle! I won't
do it again!"

Finally, Gordon surrendered without further incident, and was taken to jail
and released on her own recognizance. "We didn't have any choice," said an
unidentified officer of the court. "Over 200 people showed up to support
her. I think if we had demanded bail, there would have been a riot."

Over 20 lawyers offered to defend her for free. However, realizing the
precariousness of the case, Gordon was not charged with anything. "I doubt
there's a jury in the whole country that would have found her guilty of
anything," said one of the lawyers.

"I'm flying again tomorrow," Gordon told reporters. "And I suggest no one at
the airport so much as look at me wrong."
"civil disobedience. . . is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience.
Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the
dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and
millions have been killed because of this obedience. . . Our problem is that
people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation
and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient
while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while the grand
thieves are running the country. That's our problem." [Howard Zinn, Failure
to Quit, p. 45]

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who
could not hear the music."-Friedrich Nietzsche-

Thig an latha.

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