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

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 8 points 2 months ago

Police risk their lives every day and this is how we repay them? A blood thirsty woman who had nothing to lose was coming at him with a knife. She was old enough to know better than that!

[+] [email protected] -35 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I think this is wrong.

Any one with a knife is dangerous, a tazer is a reasonable use of force.

It's unfortunate she fell and died, but that could happen any time anyone is tazered.

[–] [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?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Carful not to choke on that boot.. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

It's reasonable force in face of threat.

A 96 year old whose frenzied attack speed is slower than walking pace is not a fucking threat

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Mr Hatfield said White's use of the taser in his role as a police officer was unnecessary and excessive, given Mrs Nowland's advanced age, her reliance on a walker, her demented state, her fall risk, and that the officers present were able to move away from her.

Yep.

[–] ms_lane 6 points 2 months ago

Have you seen the video, she wasn't dangerous in the slightest.

You should probably head over to America and stay there if you want that level of 'safety'

[–] TheEntity 5 points 2 months ago

Why stop there? Anyone even without a knife is potentially dangerous!

[–] TheTechnician27 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

By that token, isn't anyone with a taser dangerous (shown here), so you should be allowed to murder them? Or does nuance suddenly matter when it's in defense of this fucking clown who killed a poor, confused old lady out of impatience?

[–] ChronosTriggerWarning 3 points 2 months ago

Gross. No matter how much you lick and love that boot, it will never love you back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The only part of your comment that's sane:

It's unfortunate she fell and died, but that could happen any time anyone is tazered.

As the court notes, they had the option to retreat, they could wait and attempt other things. Nobody was in danger, it was against police policy to use a taser in that situation. Even the police training thinks it was excessive.

You are just wrong.