Nonagenarian great-grandmother Clare Nowland is five foot two and weighs 43 kilograms.
At the time she was tasered, she was approaching police. It is fair to say at a slow pace. She had a walking frame. But she had a [serrated steak] knife.”
– NSW Deputy Police Commissioner and imbecile Peter Cotter
“She’s either one hell of an agile, fit, fast and intimidating 95-year-old woman, or there’s a very poor lack of judgement by those police officers…”
– President of People with Disability Australia Nicole Lee
Dementia patient tasered by police officer dies in hospital