Clare Nowland: Officer who tasered 95-year-old woman suspended
Clare Nowland - who has dementia - was critically injured after she was tasered at an Australian care home.
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Clare Nowland - who has dementia - was critically injured after she was tasered at an Australian care home.
A police officer who Tasered a 95-year-old great-grandma living with dementia in Australia has been suspended.
A mass has been held by the bedside of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who was tasered by a police officer, as she receives end-of-life care.
Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them using a walker and carrying a steak knife in an Australian nursing home, sending her to the hospital in critical condition after her head hit the floor. The extraordinary police takedown of Clare Nowland, who has dementia, on Wednesday prompted a high-level…
The 2020 incident, in which a suspect was unlawfully detained by two NSW Police officers, was condemned by a “horrified” magistrate.