Why this single image of an old lady outside Coles is making Australians angry: ... trends now
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A picture shared to social media which appears to show police officers going through an elderly woman's grocery shopping has outraged Australians.
'I just saw this poor old lady get arrested by police for shoplifting food,' the post shared on X read.
'I told them that I'll pay for her food and let her go and then I got threatened with being arrested for obstructing police. Boycott Coles and Woolworths.'
The pictures show the woman talking with police in the Melbourne CBD as a number of items from her shopping are placed on the ground but do not show her being escorted away by officers.
Victoria Police have been contacted for comment about the incident.
An image posted to X showed officers rifling through the woman's shopping
Commenters online were mixed with some saying she broke the law and others slamming the
