95-year-old Clare Nowland tasered by police and ‘fighting for life

[Gene Krupa]

WTAF.

The cops should be sacked

An elderly woman with dementia has been rushed to hospital after she was tasered by police inside her aged care home.

The 95-year-old woman is believed to have been found holding a knife at the Yallambee Lodge in Cooma, sparking a call to police before the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon.

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/investigation-launched-after-elderly-woman-tasered-at-aged-care-homby-police/news-story/617055bdd08b9aedfdaf2d326c022694

 

[Raysie]

Quite heartbreaking, but you can't really fault the Police in this case. What are you supposed to do when you have someone not themselves and refusing to disarm? 95 or not, a knife is a knife.

Bigger issue is how a 95 year old with dementia was in possession of a knife in the first place.

 

[wendog33]

If cops can't deal with a 95 yesr old female dementia patient without tasering...wow...that's totally off the charts.

 

[Heckler]

Straight outta Murika

 

[T.R]

that’s terrible..how could some as frail ( I assume) as she would be need to be tasered..surely they could have used other means.

 

[Rockford]

She was standing with her walking frame as well, could have used that in a 1-2 knife, frame attack. Surely someone with a broom/mop could have knocked it out of her arm, how fast does a 95yo move?

Not to mention knowing what a taser does to bullish young men, to even consider using it on a 95yo female..

 

[Gene Krupa]

Quite heartbreaking, but you can't really fault the Police in this case. What are you supposed to do when you have someone not themselves and refusing to disarm? 95 or not, a knife is a knife.

Bigger issue is how a 95 year old with dementia was in possession of a knife in the first place.

She may have only been diagnosed with dementia. She wasn't in a locked ward by the sounds of it.

So wasn't under 24/7 supervision.

 

[Gene Krupa]

She was standing with her walking frame as well, could have used that in a 1-2 knife, frame attack. Surely someone with a broom/mop could have knocked it out of her arm, how fast does a 95yo move?

Maybe she was Usain Bolt with a zimmer frame.

 

[dogzofwar]

If if looks could kill! good on you nsw police she looks like a real threat to the community

 

[B-Train]

Shocking story. Knife or not, there would have been a million ways to diffuse the situation without tasering her.

 

[Memberberries]

Cops are flops

 

[Natboy]

Poor lady. How embarrassing for the cops. Feel so bad for her and her family

 

[ASSASSIN]

View attachment 71768If if looks could kill! good on you nsw police she looks like a real threat to the community

Lucky she is white, if she were black they would of shot her instead.

 

[belmore_utd]

Parkinsons and knife is deadly combo tbf. It's like putting a bump stock on a rifle

 

[Gene Krupa]

Lucky she is white, if she were black they would of shot her instead.

And their body worn camera's weren't on at the time.

 

[Alan79]

Quite heartbreaking, but you can't really fault the Police in this case. What are you supposed to do when you have someone not themselves and refusing to disarm? 95 or not, a knife is a knife.

Bigger issue is how a 95 year old with dementia was in possession of a knife in the first place.

You absolutely can fault the police on this. An electric shock like that could easily cause a heart attack in someone that age. It's the definition of excessive force. If the cop that did this doesn't lose his job there's a problem with the system.

 

[Cryptic Ghost]

This is fucked up on so many levels. If cops can't take down a 95 year old woman without having to use a taser, they are definitely in the wrong industry.

That's just piss weak tbh. Seems like the cops they hire these days just seem to be "soft".

 

[GoTheDoggies]

The cops did nothing wrong, the investigation will conclude.

 

[GA45]

Was it male or female cops?

 

[Disposable Hero]

She didn do nuttin. She was a good girl trying to finish college. How could they.


On a serious note. Whoever tazed the poor lady needs a good beating with a baton.