95-year-old Australian woman with dementia in critical condition after being Tasered by police
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Australian police used a Taser on a 95-year-old woman suffering from dementia who approached them with a steak knife and a walker in a nursing home. The woman, Clare Nowland, is now in critical condition. The incident has sparked debate about the use of Tasers by police, which have occasionally proved more dangerous than other policing options. The officer who fired the Taser is off-duty pending a high-level internal police investigation.
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