A 95-year old grandmother is in hospital and in a serious
condition, after she was tasered twice by a police officer in a nursing home in
Cooma, New South Wales, Australia.
The police say that they were called to Yallambee Lodge in
Cooma, when Clare Nowland, had picked up a steak knife and refused to drop it.
The mother of eight, who suffers from dementia, and is 5' 2" tall and
weighs 6' 7 pounds, was using a Zimmer Frame at the time and was walking
slowly. She fell to the floor sustaining severe head injuries. Her family say
that she's in a critical condition and on end of life care in Cooma Hospital.
The police officer who fired the taser, joined the police
twelve years ago. He's now been suspended pending an investigation. Assistant
Commissioner, Peter Cotter, declined to say if the officer had used excessive
force but said he'd seen video footage from a body camera that was
"confronting" to watch. He declined to release it publicly.
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