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Police officer Kristian White found guilty of manslaughter after tasering 95yo Clare Nowland (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

A NSW Supreme Court jury has found Kristian White guilty of the manslaughter of Clare Nowland, who he tasered at her aged care home in May 2023.

Mrs Nowland fell and hit her head and died in Cooma Hospital one week later.

What's next?

White's bail has been continued and the proceedings have been adjourned to tomorrow to consider the Crown's detention application.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago

Are you out of your fucking mind?

She was 95 and using a walker... that's not threatening to an adult in their thirties, let alone the FIVE adults (police + paramedics) that were responding.

You can watch her walking around in the CCTV footage in the article.

The officer that used the Taser was not in any danger, he was impatient.

She was later found by paramedics and police officers, including White, in a nurses' room at the facility with one steak knife.

An exchange lasted for about three minutes where officers attempted to get Mrs Nowland to drop the knife and stop moving, before White said "bugger it" and deployed his taser.

Seriously, are you trolling? Or did you stop to read and understand the article for exactly zero seconds before posting this?