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Police officer tells court of failed attempts to disarm 95yo holding knife (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 8 months ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/world@quokk.au

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cross-posted from: https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/684096

Day 4 of trial of Kristian White who definitely didn't straight up murder a 95 year old woman armed with a walker and a fruit knife.

Sure looks like the sort of life-or-death scenario that possibly justifies deploying a torture device from that cctv footage.

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[–] shottymcb@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but we have to assume that a person wielding a knife can instantly stab you from 100 yards away, because uhh... I can't walk backwards?