'I thought I was going to be stabbed': Police officer tells court of failed attempts to disarm 95yo
www.abc.net.au
A NSW police officer tells a jury she attempted twice to grab a knife out of Clare Nowland's hands in the moments before the aged care resident was tasered by her colleague Senior Constable Kristian White.

cross-posted from: https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/684096

Day 4 of trial of Kristian White who definitely didn’t straight up murder a 95 year old woman armed with a walker and a fruit knife.

Sure looks like the sort of life-or-death scenario that possibly justifies deploying a torture device from that cctv footage.

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    9 days ago

    The incident involved two knives. Here’s a picture of them (from the linked article):

    The officer tased a 95-year old woman, who needed a walker to move about, because she was holding a steak knife.
    Ya, I get not wanted to get a bit of a ragged cut, but Jesus Zombie Christ, that situation sounds less threatening than a box full of kittens.

    • shottymcb@lemm.ee
      3·
      9 days ago

      Yeah, but we have to assume that a person wielding a knife can instantly stab you from 100 yards away, because uhh… I can’t walk backwards?