A nonagenarian with dementia between life and death after a muscular intervention by the police

Clare Nowland, 95, was the victim of a muscular intervention police at the Yallambee Lodge nursing home in southern New South Wales, Australia. This mother of eight children was dementia. The day of the incidentnursing home staff had found Clare Nowland with a knife in hand. Unsurprisingly, the police were contacted to disarm the patient. Only Clare Nowland received two tasers police came to solve the problem.

“Police Shot This Woman Twice, Once In Front Of Her Chest And Once In The Back, Then She Fell And Hit Her Head“family friend Andrew Thaler told Guardian Australia. “Family is in mourning because she does not expect their grandmother to spend the day, or at the latest tomorrow“, had added the insider. For his part, the police explained thatAn investigation has been opened facing this incident. “A critical incident team will now investigate the circumstances of the incident“police said in a statement.

“Stop using tasers on vulnerable people”

Clare Nowland lost her husband five years ago. It was at this time thatshe decided to settle down in the retirement home, because she was not better able to take care of themselvesexplain Mirror. Josh Pallas, chairman of the New South Wales Civil Liberties Council, has asked police to stop using tasers on vulnerable people after this incident. “Surely there must be more appropriate ways to deal with people who break the rules and suffer“adds Josh Pallas.