Of course, Australian Police are not immune to overreacting either. An elderly lady in an aged care facility has died after being tasered by a police officer as she was using a walking frame to advance on him “holding a steak knife:” FFS, I’m 71, overweight, unfit, and I am confident I could have held her off without needing any weapons.
Seems UK Policing has a pattern of using violence against relatively defenceless people. Dog forfend they ever encounter a real threat.
https://twitter.com/RaggedTP/status/1689629556552998912
Of course, Australian Police are not immune to overreacting either. An elderly lady in an aged care facility has died after being tasered by a police officer as she was using a walking frame to advance on him “holding a steak knife:” FFS, I’m 71, overweight, unfit, and I am confident I could have held her off without needing any weapons.
https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/three-words-police-officer-allegedly-said-before-clare-nowland-was-tasered/news-story/3474b2b385b1d0b0e20220684fb9b3ad
Jeeezus.