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Ugh. I'm going to get downvoted ... but I kind of agree with the ruling.
We don't know the whole story. A 95 year old dementia patient with a butcher knife hits her head and dies after being tazed... that's the summary. The courts had all the details and likely made the best decision.
One dumb unfortunate mistake should not put an officer in prison for 10+ years. This man served his community for years only to make one regretful split second decision ... his years of service have to count for something and balance out the mistake.
Here's what happened. It was a steak knife (not a butcher knife), she was using a walker, and she was 5' 2" tall.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/australia-police-taser-stun-gun-woman-dementia-clare-nowland-95-rcna85212
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.
I definitely wouldn't put money on 50/50.
Also, it was falling that hurt her, not the actual shock.
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.
Yep plus people with dementia can have a lot of strength and speed. It depends on how close they were, furniture in the room, other people there etc.