Officer suspended after tasering 95-year-old woman

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Officer suspended after tasering 95-year-old woman
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The police officer who Tasered a 95-year-old woman at an Australian care home has been suspended from duty. Clare Nowland was critically injured when police responded to reports she was wandering her care home with a knife around 4am on Wednesday. Amid public outcry, critics have called the response by police and care home staff disproportionate. Investigations into the response by police and care home staff are under way, with the homicide squad involved.

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