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A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple assault and battery charges for allegedly releasing a swarm of bees on a group of sheriff’s deputies, some of them allergic to bee stings, as they tried to serve an eviction notice, authorities said.

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The Hampden County Sheriff’s Department deputies went to a home in Longmeadow on the morning of Oct. 12 and were met by protesters, according to the official department report.

Woods, who lives in Hadley, soon arrived in an SUV towing a trailer carrying beehives, the report said. She started “shaking” the hives, broke the cover off one, causing hundreds of bees to swarm out and initially sting one deputy, according to the report.

Woods, who put on a beekeeper’s suit to protect herself, was eventually handcuffed but not before several more sheriff’s department employees were stung, including three who are allergic to bees, the report said.

Women’s Final Four live updates: South Carolina defeats NC State ahead of Iowa vs. UConn When Woods was told that several officers were allergic to bees, she said “Oh, you’re allergic? Good,” according to the report.

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[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This woman just jumped to the top of the list of people who I want to recruit for my anarchist commune

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 32 points 7 months ago

She has pollinators and she hates cops. Great addition.

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This woman is awesome. Also, fuck the police.

Edit: fuck landlords too.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 20 points 7 months ago

Direct action bees 💪🐝

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Where is her legal defense fund? This woman's a goddamn American hero.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Well, I found this. It’s paused. And it leads to a weird video on Rumble if you read the description…

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 11 points 7 months ago

Good for her. Let the gang members get stung.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

What a bad ass

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

WWCD? (What would Candyman do?)

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago

This sounds like part of a Disney movie.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago

People come on, the police got stung. It really hurts.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago

I'm not a radical by any means but this seems like a gigachad move

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

YOU CAN DO IT WOODSIE!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


— A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple assault and battery charges for allegedly releasing a swarm of bees on a group of sheriff’s deputies, some of them allergic to bee stings, as they tried to serve an eviction notice, authorities said.

Her lawyer did not immediately respond to a voicemail left by The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Woods, who lives in Hadley, soon arrived in an SUV towing a trailer carrying beehives, the report said.

She started “shaking” the hives, broke the cover off one, causing hundreds of bees to swarm out and initially sting one deputy, according to the report.

Woods, who put on a beekeeper’s suit to protect herself, was eventually handcuffed but not before several more sheriff’s department employees were stung, including three who are allergic to bees, the report said.

Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi said Woods could have faced more serious charges if anything worse had happened to those stung.


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