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Naked Woman Swimming in Greenlake

News   March 3, 2010 at 8:38 am Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

Police are on their way to Greenlake to deal with a woman who stripped down and jumped in the lake at about 8:30 am.

Officers have called for a medic unit and an officer equipped with a Taser.

We’ll let you know what happens.

Update @ 8:54: Police have located the Lady of the Lake but have not found her clothes. She wouldn’t talk to officers and is being sent to Harborview.

 

Thanks to Silver for the tip




  • mb

    well, it has been an unseasonably warm winter…

  • Charlotte Thistle

    A TASER to subdue a naked woman? What’s she going to do to them, hit them in the face with a boob? Can we say UNNECESSARY USE OF FORCE, folks?

  • Josh

    She had really long fingernails and sharp teeth…

  • Charlie

    Where else but Green Lake?

  • Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

    I believe the Taser was precautionary. It sounds like this woman wasn’t all there and officers were just keeping their options open if things went south. I’m not endorsing Tasering, but it is a much more humane tool for dealing with an out-of-control person than a gun.

  • naked in the sky

    A society that gets interrupted by a naked body is a mentally ill society. Police and taxpayer money should not be used to enable a mentally ill society.