Australian police officer who tasered 95-year-old woman, causing her death, guilty of manslaughter

The prosecutor argued that White's use of the Taser was was “utterly unnecessary and obviously excessive

Absolutely. Good to see the jury was clear-headed and rational.

after the officers told Nowland 21 times to put the knife down

what an underpaid profession

a grown man scared of a 95 year-old with a kitchen knife

Utterly pathetic.

I watch a parts of a video released. The very old lady was hiding down a hallway when the copper walk pass pass this hallway. Then this frail old lady appear using her walker preceded in the opposite way of the cop at 3 minute per 10 meters, just shuffling along at sail pace. When the hand holding the knife slipped of the walker she was very unsteady and it was very hard to keep her balance. The lady was Aboriginal elder and for corrective. servicer to house this prisoner it will have very limited options.

Some body needs to teach some people the difference between Protect the public and Kill innocent people are two different things

officers told 95-year-old nowland (an aboriginal elder) twenty-one times to put the knife down

does a white australian police officer really need diversity training to understand why some people just don't want to even listen to what he's saying?

serving the community means serving the whole community, even the ones that don't like you...

because it's not their fault!!

Correct decision.

If you cannot disarm an incapacitated 95-year-old woman using a walker without tasering her, you are clearly in the wrong job.

The lady was Aboriginal elder and for corrective. servicer to house this prisoner it will have very limited options.

The old woman was not Aboriginal.

Correct Fighto. Sorry, The local ABC news was referring that when it first happened

Correct Fighto. Sorry, The local ABC news was referring that when it first happened

Your point stands though : putting a cop in a prison would be a dangerous, logistical nightmare.

I hate to see police go through this. Hate them or love them this bloke as been exposed to the worst of society. Most common is idiots drunk/drugged driving killing children on the roads. Imagine arresting some idiot who was behind the wheel nodding off at the wheel and when he get to the police vehicle he turn it on and refusing yelling I have done nothing wrong. You being the arresting office has seen the worst 30 years on the force having to be the one turning up to tell the family bad news. So you try choking out the drugged out offender but he dies. The police office was charge with murder and serving 20 plus year in prison. No way he should have got murder. He should have got 3 years max for manslaughter if he had decent legal. If you take in the roll the police are expose to daily has on their control decision making yes sometime they make mistake. Is should be taken into consideration when sentencing. The dead drugged out offender name was Floyd I think.

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I hate to see police go through this. Hate them or love them this bloke as been exposed to the worst of society. Most common is idiots drunk/drugged driving killing children on the roads. Imagine arresting some idiot who was behind the wheel nodding off at the wheel and when he get to the police vehicle he turn it on and refusing yelling I have done nothing wrong. You being the arresting office has seen the worst 30 years on the force having to be the one turning up to tell the family bad news. So you try choking out the drugged out offender but he dies. The police office was charge with murder and serving 20 plus year in prison. No way he should have got murder. He should have got 3 years max for manslaughter if he had decent legal. If you take in the roll the police are expose to daily has on their control decision making yes sometime they make mistake. Is should be taken into consideration when sentencing. The dead drugged out offender name was Floyd I think.

Should have tasered him

Poor old woman. Shocking case

White being a large able bodied professional officer with years of experience, it is beyond comprehension that he - and his fellow officer - couldn't safely dis-arm a 95 year old very frail women moving (just) using a walking frame.

It beggars belief.

There's no ifs or buts in this case. Just do your job.

Hold the old lady - gently - and take away the weapon.

The two of them could have sorted it out without tasering the near incapacitated nonagenarian.

Geeez!

Clear cut case of professional negligence causing death.