Police in Oklahoma pepper-sprayed an 84-year-old black woman in the face, inside her home.
Ms. Geneva Smith of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was pepper-sprayed in the face by police in her own home. Two Muskogee police officers entered her house to arrest her grandson, Arthur Paul Blackman, after he ran a stop sign.
The car was not registered to Mr. Blackman, later investigation revealed.
From The Independent:
On arriving, the officers asked Mr Blackmon to come outside. The 56-year-old man refused, allegedly claiming he did not realise they were police.
Once five more officers arrived, the police forced entry. Seeing Mr Blackmon standing in the living room, one officer shot him with an electrical stun gun.
Ms Smith, who was confused by the noise being made in the early hours of the morning, entered the room to find out what was happening.
After failing to turn around when asked to by an officer, she was pepper-sprayed in the face.
Ms Smith was then handcuffed and taken to jail with her son. In jail, she had a panic attack and was taken to hospital.
