Officers in Australia stunned the woman as she approached them in a nursing home using a walker. She was hospitalized after hitting her head on the floor.
CANBERRA, Australia — Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them using a walker and carrying a steak knife in an Australian nursing home, sending her to the hospital in critical condition after her head hit the floor.
Stun guns are a less lethal option than firearms but have occasionally proved more dangerous than other policing options.Two police officers went to Yallambee Lodge, a nursing home in the town of Cooma that specializes in residents with higher care needs including dementia, after staff reported that Nowland had taken a serrated steak knife from the kitchen.
Nicole Lee, president of the advocacy group People with Disability Australia, said she was shocked by the police response.
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