Even Grannies Can Suck

D.C. Comic's "Granny Goodness"

The word "grandmother" is often stuck into headlines to garner sympathy for whoever is being discussed, like we should feel so sad because the poor granny couldn't possibly have meant any harm. Granny had little grandchildren! They loved her. She brought them candy and toys and knitted things for them. Every granny is sweet and loving, at least to headlines writers.

Yesterday a 54-year-old California woman was fatally shot after leading police on a car chase following her ramming into an officer's SUV and refusing to stop. Sorry, but even if she hit the cop car accidentally, fleeing the scene was not a good idea. Then backing into the very same cop car when he caught up with her was a second bit of poor judgement. And refusing to exit the vehicle was her third mistake. Now she's dead after the cops fired 30 rounds of ammo into her vehicle.

Sounds bad, right? But here's what makes it a news story: the woman was black. Better yet, or even worse, she was a grandmother!!!!! The headline I saw was, "Black grandmother fatally shot by cops." 

Well guess what! Biologically, woman can become a "granny" at the age of 24 or 25, as is often the case in poor or minority families. And here's another fact: Grannies can be mean bitches, just like everyone else. Just because you had a kid who had a kid, it doesn't mean you are a nice old lady, or even old or even a lady and certainly not a nice one. I had one of those mean ones, and although she never rammed a cop car she did plenty of emotional damage during her lifetime, believe me.