.....To alsso:
.........Yes, she used a knife to cut something. A rather common occurance, undoors or out. It appears from what I read there was not an animal or a person who was being physically threatened by what she was doing, Only the person who called it in and the cops.................
..........To help clarifiy something I will try to describe the tool that was designed by an engineer (I'm sure)......It is a piece of sold round steel with a comfort handle, wood, or cork, it is 14 - 16 inches long, with a bend in it to assist in getting leverage. At the working end it has been flattened out to maybe 1 1/2 inches (I own 2, both a little different) in the flatened part it has a V shaped cut in it that has been factory sharped to a high degree. It's purpose is to sever the dandylion root as far below the surface of the soil as possiable and then to dig around the flower stem to pull the remainder completly out of the groundn by hand........,.
..........If this tool was to be used by someone as a weapon, I think I would fear it more than I would by a knife. (an 87 year old woman as the aggressor, of course).....................
..........From what I have read here in the forum on this subject I think I can safely say that you are an alarmist of the first degree. my nickle