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(62,093 posts) Sat Dec 3, 2022, 12:25 PM Dec 2022

Police arrest elderly Alabama woman over unpaid $77 trash bill [View all]

Source: BBC

Police arrest elderly Alabama woman over unpaid $77 trash bill

3 December 2022

Police in the US state of Alabama have arrested an 82-year-old woman over an outstanding rubbish bill.

Martha Louis Menefield said she was confused as officers handcuffed her and arrested her on Sunday.

The amount that led to her arrest was reportedly $77.80 (£63.28).

In a statement on Facebook, City of Valley police said they treated Ms Menefield respectfully and that they had notified her several times that she had not paid the bill for three months.

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People from Alabama and across the country denounced the police department in the comments section.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63829128

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Police arrest elderly Alabama woman over unpaid $77 trash bill [View all] Eugene Dec 2022 OP

82-year-old black woman dalton99a Dec 2022 #1

Ahhhh. Of course. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #4

Knew it before you said it. Alabama. What else to say? BWdem4life Dec 2022 #32

Go fund me for this poor lady !!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #44

ah uponit7771 Dec 2022 #48

I feel so much safer! PuraVidaDreamin Dec 2022 #2

because.....America. JuJuChen Dec 2022 #3

$77 for three months. $25.6 per month. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #5

It should be in the property taxes. That's how ours does and every state I've jimfields33 Dec 2022 #6

In my city it's included in the water bill along with recycling fees. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #13

Yeah, that's a bunch of BS. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #20

Here, they'll eventually cut off your water and stop picking up your trash, Ocelot II Dec 2022 #31

She didn't show up for the court hearing MichMan Dec 2022 #45

Same here in STLMO...and to be honest, I'm not sure what happens if someone is unable to pay SWBTATTReg Dec 2022 #38

You still have to pay it either way MichMan Dec 2022 #41

Good point PatSeg Dec 2022 #7

Did the SWAT Team surround her house at 4 AM? lpbk2713 Dec 2022 #8

Since when have police officers become bill collectors? msfiddlestix Dec 2022 #9

Real brave for them purr-rat beauty Dec 2022 #10

Equality under the law for all adults. If she's mentally competent, Hortensis Dec 2022 #11

What do you think of Affirmative Action Policies ? delisen Dec 2022 #27

:) Big leap here? No conflict, though. I'm for in principle, and Hortensis Dec 2022 #30

Sorry. Not much of a leap kcr Dec 2022 #33

That is the answer to a DIFFERENT question from the Hortensis Dec 2022 #37

I agree that aged should not presume object of pity. NT delisen Dec 2022 #40

:) So wonderfully succinctly stated. Hortensis Dec 2022 #43

How very Kafkaesque Picaro Dec 2022 #12

Trump has many DOCUMENTED UNPAID BILLS, for MUCH HIGHER SUMS. raging moderate Dec 2022 #14

He must pay the garbage bill. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #21

Because he is white and "rich" NameAlreadyTaken Dec 2022 #24

Because TFG does not own any property individually - they are all corporate owned csziggy Dec 2022 #39

Only Timewas Dec 2022 #23

Alabama has renewed its reputation as one of the..."Worst Places To Live In the U.S.A". Stuart G Dec 2022 #15

Could have anything to do with the woman Javaman Dec 2022 #16

How is this a criminal matter? NowISeetheLight Dec 2022 #17

Don't give the state of Alabama ideas now ck4829 Dec 2022 #19

She failed to appear for a court hearing MichMan Dec 2022 #26

Not a guy with an AR15 running into a school? They get to play big men! ck4829 Dec 2022 #18

Whoever gave the ARREST order should bluestarone Dec 2022 #22

The first word that came to mind was "unbelievable". chriscan64 Dec 2022 #25

So when did we start the "Debtor's Prison" system back up. mackdaddy Dec 2022 #28

Look, pigs; if there's no crime going on, don't invent crimes so you can throw Aristus Dec 2022 #29

Unreformable. Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #34

haven't read the article but onethatcares Dec 2022 #35

Greatest country in the world!!!! Mysterian Dec 2022 #36

she should have skipped paying a 77 million dollar bill instead Takket Dec 2022 #42

Seriously?? INSANE, what the hell is wrong with them. 🤬 a kennedy Dec 2022 #46

Debtors Prisons - Not far off. n/t Liberal In Texas Dec 2022 #47