RideTheWind
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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 at the R.J. Squirrel Airport in
Frostbite Falls, Minnesota. "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 ##### and running like a
puppy that someone kicked."
"It was amazing," said another witness, Scott Ryan,
also of Cuyahoga Falls, a professor of music at Ohio
Express University and author of Yusef Islam: Cat
Stevens Declawed. "The whole crowd just stood there
cheering and clapping. I mean, she was whupping
#####."
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
sum#####, 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."
All six guards, employees of the Bullwinkle Security
Company, were taken to Badanov Hospital, treated for
minor injuries, and released. "All of them are okay,"
said their doctor, who identified herself only as
Natasha. "Just very minor injuries."
The owner of the security firm, a Mr. Big, said he
considered his employees to be "fearless leaders.
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 at the R.J. Squirrel Airport in
Frostbite Falls, Minnesota. "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 ##### and running like a
puppy that someone kicked."
"It was amazing," said another witness, Scott Ryan,
also of Cuyahoga Falls, a professor of music at Ohio
Express University and author of Yusef Islam: Cat
Stevens Declawed. "The whole crowd just stood there
cheering and clapping. I mean, she was whupping
#####."
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
sum#####, 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."
All six guards, employees of the Bullwinkle Security
Company, were taken to Badanov Hospital, treated for
minor injuries, and released. "All of them are okay,"
said their doctor, who identified herself only as
Natasha. "Just very minor injuries."
The owner of the security firm, a Mr. Big, said he
considered his employees to be "fearless leaders.
