Police officer Kristian White found guilty of manslaughter after tasering 95yo Clare Nowland

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/kristian-white-clare-nowland-trial-verdict/104607474

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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DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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!

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Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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.

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- ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Carful not to choke on that boot… 🙄
  
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- Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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
  
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- octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.
  
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- ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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’
  
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- TheEntity@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Why stop there? Anyone even without a knife is potentially dangerous!
  
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- ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Gross. No matter how much you lick and love that boot, it will never love you back.
  
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- TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  By that token, isn’t anyone with a tazer dangerous (shown here), so you should be allowed to murder them?
  
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- NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.
  
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