Great Grandmother arrested and roughed up!

A 70-year-old woman arrested in a dispute over her brown lawn pleaded not guilty yesterday, then stood by as a Los Angeles lawyer waved handcuffs for the cameras outside court.

All because she wouldn't give her name to a cop at her door!

Betty Perry, left, sits with attorney Gloria Allred in Utah's Fourth District Court on Tuesday in Orem, Utah.

She is charged with resisting arrest and failing to maintain her landscaping, both misdemeanors.

She was arrested July 6 after failing to give her name to a police officer who visited her home. During a struggle, Perry fell and injured her nose.

She spent more than an hour in a holding cell before police released her.

"I ask the citizens of Orem: How many of you would like to have your great-grandmother taken from her home with bruises and blood and placed in handcuffs for failing to water her lawn?" attorney Gloria Allred said.

"Let's bring sanity back to law enforcement," she said.

The mayor and City Council apologized, and the police department said the situation could have been handled differently.

But, the city attorney still is pressing charges, and Perry is due back in court next month.

A state investigation found that Officer James Flygare acted properly in arresting Perry after trying to get her to cooperate.

Perry's water had been turned off for about nine months, at her request, although she was living back at the house at the time of the arrest. Orem has a shutoff policy for people who are away for extended periods.

Whatever the outcome, this proves once again that District Attorneys (or Crown Attorneys in Canada) don't give a shit about the law, they just want their convictions! The whole legal system in North America sucks!

Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God at www.God-101.com and the blog "Perspective" at http://God-101.blogspot.com