This Week's WTH: Waterboarding Edition

(CBS ATLANTA) - Police in Clayton County have accused two women of holding down a sick 89-year-old woman and waterboarding her.


The arrest warrants paint an ugly picture on how two care-givers treated 89-year-old Anna Foley, who suffered from dementia.

It allegedly happened at an elderly care facility on Mount Zion Boulevard in Jonesboro back in 2008 -- and it's unbelievable how police said it all started.

The arrest warrants said Jermeller Steed and Cicely Reed engaged in an argument with Foley over ice cream and locked her in a shower room, held her down against her will using a shower curtain and held her wrists and arms.

It goes on to say they sprayed water in Foley's face with a shower nozzle, purposely obstructing her breathing, in a manner similar to waterboarding.

There's just no words.  These women shouldn't just be banned from that facility, but from healthcare in any means, and from any patients or dependents who may come into contact with them.  Judgment like this is beyond education or even punishment in terms of rehabilitation.  Over ice cream?  With an elderly person who suffers from dementia?  Throw the book at them, and keep them away from the general population.