Great-grandma Betty pleads innocent to resisting arrest over dead grass

[motivez]

OREM - Betty Perry pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges she failed to water her lawn and resisted arrest when an officer attempted to cite her.
Perry appeared in 4th District Court in Orem to enter her plea in a case prominent Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred described as a gross injustice.
"Today, law enforcement in Orem has enshrined itself as the laughing stock of our country by prosecuting a 70-year-old great-grandmother for allegedly not watering her lawn," Allred said. "This ill-conceived action ensures Orem's law enforcement authorities first place in the [Guinness World Records] for stupidity."
Perry's next appearance will be on Oct. 11 for a pre-trial conference.
In July, Perry was cited by Officer James Flygare of the police's Neighborhood Preservation Unit for failing to water her lawn. Perry refused to give her name to the officer and, when Flygare tried to stop her from going back inside her house, she reportedly tripped and injured her nose.
She was arrested and taken to police station but released shortly afterwards.
An investigation by the state Department of Public Safety cleared Flygare of any wrongdoing, and city officials pressed charges against Perry on the landscape violation, a class C misdemeanor, and interfering with a police officer, a class B misdemeanor.
Allred, a high-profile Los Angeles attorney who has represented the family of Nicole Brown Simpson, O.J. Simpson's murdered wife, said she was there to provide support for Perry, whose criminal defense is being handled by M. Paige Benjamin, a Provo attorney.

Salt Lake Tribune - Great-grandma Betty pleads innocent to resisting arrest over dead grass

So basically these cops go around harassing people for not watering their lawn? How is this appropriate use of the police at all?

I really can't believe that with everything else they could be working on, they actually have people getting paid to monitor whether or not people actually water their yards.. and considering there are many places in the country where there has been heavy drought, forcing people to take care of their yard seems stupid

If anything, it seems like something for a Homeowners' Association to deal with, not the police.

Here's a video: Breitbart.tv » Bloodied 70-Year-Old Woman Cuffed, Arrested for Brown Lawn

[SoFlaJDM]

resisting... gotta love those blanket charges

[Stylerod]

Amazing. Who the hell made a law where you have to water your lawn? I remember reading the story when it happened and she said she didn't water her lawn because she can't afford to.

[Linzyhop]

there's got to be something else to this story.


on a sort of tangent, these rain barrel thingys for lawns are simply ingenious!



Using Rain Barrels for Water Collection

[kinggovernor]

I think its bullshit but are they trying to prevent forest fires

I am trying to come up with a reason there are police officers looking for dead grass, and I am coming up short on answers

[RMNIXON]

"In July, Perry was cited by Officer James Flygare of the police's Neighborhood Preservation Unit for failing to water her lawn."


You have got to be kidding me?


They have Special Forces for this!

[Linzyhop]

Originally Posted by RMNIXON

"In July, Perry was cited by Officer James Flygare of the police's Neighborhood Preservation Unit for failing to water her lawn."


You have got to be kidding me?


They have Special Forces for this!

way to use tax payers money in a productive way!!!!

forget about that bank robbery, we've got some dead grass!!!!!

[Stylerod]

Originally Posted by Linzyhop

there's got to be something else to this story.


on a sort of tangent, these rain barrel thingys for lawns are simply ingenious!



Using Rain Barrels for Water Collection

Those are great for watering plants. Not so much lawns. And hell, if we had one of those at our house it would be empty. Almost no rain for months.