Police Officer ‘Joked’ After 92-Year-Old Amputee Was Pepper-Sprayed and Tasered in Care Home, Court Hears

“With the benefit of hindsight, people might say they would have done this or that — but we don’t know,” Mills said.

“The officer made a decision to take viable action and use the taser.”

Trial Ongoing

The court has yet to determine whether the officers’ actions were a reasonable response to a potential threat — or an avoidable escalation that endangered the life of an elderly man.

The trial continues.

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