Former Australian police officer avoids prison after killing 95-year-old woman with a stun gun
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“It is … at the lower end of seriousness of crimes amounting to wrongful death,” Harrison said.
Explain to me how electrocuting a frail 95 y/o demented woman to death ranks 'on the lower end' of crimes involving fatalities. Seriously, explain it to me like I'm 3, because I can't believe that this statement was issued by a judge.
The whole point of a TAZER is it incapacitates without killing, are you seriously suggesting this was intentional?
Remember, it wasn't the shock that killed her, it was the subsequent fall.
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Easy for you to say.
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Given that the whole point of a device like that is they incapacitate without doing permanent harm, that sounds entirely reasonable at first glance.
Tazers and other less lethal means can still kill, and old people are fragile as hell. If you tazed 100 95 year olds I would bet money on more than half of them dying directly or shortly thereafter.
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Tazers and other less lethal means can still kill, and old people are fragile as hell. If you tazed 100 95 year olds I would bet money on more than half of them dying directly or shortly thereafter.
I definitely wouldn't put money on 50/50.
Also, it was falling that hurt her, not the actual shock.
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I definitely wouldn't put money on 50/50.
Also, it was falling that hurt her, not the actual shock.
it was falling that hurt her
Is that not a direct and normal consequence of being tazed?
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it was falling that hurt her
Is that not a direct and normal consequence of being tazed?
Often, yes. But the TAZER didn't directly kill her, which is a subtle difference, but worth pointing out.
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Easy for you to say.
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I heard about an aussie officer serving a few years for shooting a running suspect in the back with a taser.
I'd like to see a source for that, because that definitely sounds like nonsense.
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Kristian White was sentenced to 450 hours of community service and placed under the supervision of a corrections officer for two years for manslaughter.
“Mr. White made by what any measure was a terrible mistake,” Justice Ian Harrison said in the New South Wales state Supreme Court.
Prosecutors had called for a prison term in the killing of Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who suffered dementia, but the judge said such a punishment was disproportionate.
“It is ... at the lower end of seriousness of crimes amounting to wrongful death,” Harrison said.
There was this one time that a guy on a wheel chair was gonna run me over. I was totally afraid of getting run over like that. I kept being afraid for a little while, waiting for inevitable death. A few minutes later as the guy approached at velocities I couldn't comprehend, I kept thinking several tomes of a novel I was gonna write about the incident. So I began typing away and he kept approaching, closer and closer, any day now. I went home for the night, but I'll be back tomorrow and the day after unit the day I hue). In the end I had to defend myself, so I beat him up. Lol not true.
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Kristian White was sentenced to 450 hours of community service and placed under the supervision of a corrections officer for two years for manslaughter.
“Mr. White made by what any measure was a terrible mistake,” Justice Ian Harrison said in the New South Wales state Supreme Court.
Prosecutors had called for a prison term in the killing of Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who suffered dementia, but the judge said such a punishment was disproportionate.
“It is ... at the lower end of seriousness of crimes amounting to wrongful death,” Harrison said.
Could have easily used one hand to keep her at a safe distance risking only some cuts to his hand.
Or you know, just slowly walk in a circle or whatever.
But no, fun is fun, and having fun at work is a nice perk I guess. /s
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Kristian White was sentenced to 450 hours of community service and placed under the supervision of a corrections officer for two years for manslaughter.
“Mr. White made by what any measure was a terrible mistake,” Justice Ian Harrison said in the New South Wales state Supreme Court.
Prosecutors had called for a prison term in the killing of Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who suffered dementia, but the judge said such a punishment was disproportionate.
“It is ... at the lower end of seriousness of crimes amounting to wrongful death,” Harrison said.
Australia is as bad as USA and gets even less recognition, love me a neolibs paradise
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Anyone with a heavy blanket could do it, though the fall and head injury risk might be kinda similar.
They use big mattress things in Japan I think.
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Kristian White was sentenced to 450 hours of community service and placed under the supervision of a corrections officer for two years for manslaughter.
“Mr. White made by what any measure was a terrible mistake,” Justice Ian Harrison said in the New South Wales state Supreme Court.
Prosecutors had called for a prison term in the killing of Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who suffered dementia, but the judge said such a punishment was disproportionate.
“It is ... at the lower end of seriousness of crimes amounting to wrongful death,” Harrison said.
Let me guess, he felt threatened by the 95 year old woman.
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