A senior woman I know was arrested for being next to the goodwill store . here is the circumstance. several trucks and vans were salvaging things that were unsaleable lying out in the alley way during the end of the day but store still open. Someone had pulled up and didnt want to unload their donations because the donation acceptance was closed and junk was overturned and wrecked and being scavenged by several peoples , both on foot and in vehicles. she asked the person if she could have a couple of containers and a beat up tool box that he had IN HIS pickup. He carried them to her car which was adjacent to the building as she has stopped there to shop for her grandchildren. this woman is disabled. she then prepared to enter the store when accosted by police, detained , and physically harmed by police by too tight handcuffs and they deliberately twisted her hand. they thought she was resisting because due to severe rhumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis cannot pull her arms all the way back nor readily put her hands on top of her head! The stores owner and her lover both claimed that a broken tool box and a couple of broken plastic items the police found in her vehicle were actually donations already donated. She was harassed for a bumper sticker which read gun control means both hands and let there be trees. they called backup . 4 police cars total to terrify this woman. the police officer finally released her after holding her in a squad car for an hour in a painful torqued twisted position. after dismissing the other officers HE patted HER down, accusing her of hiding weapons. also she is a medical cannibus patient and they raised hell about that too, although she had her card on her. they ridiculed her and laughed when her hand was twisted and bent back and she told them it hurt so much, saying" hahaha dont resist and it wont hurt". They made jokes about the personal items they found in her vehicle, read her mail and bank statements, and totally searched her vehicle turning all her important papers into a mountain of chaos. lotion containers were opened and poured out. afterwards she went to the hospital and was told she had acute tendonitis from the incident. this all happened last nite and even with vicodin she has been unable to sleep as yet. she has a court date for the 21st of february. the arresting officer did not sign his name or badge number on the citation. suggestions anyone? please no scolding about her being at the side of the building. she did not take anything that belonged to the store. she was asking for someone to come and take an engine block for salvage from her garage , so that took some minutes. since she was the only one there when the police came she was blamed and charged with petty left. the female store manager and her female lover were both obviously under influence of methamphetamine or similar substance. how can we help this woman out. She still has visible welts from last night on both wrists from the cuffs! yes someone took photos of the welts. She is very shaken up, she also has a severe depression condition for which she takes medications.