Officer feared for his life when he used his Taser to shock Ashley Charles Washington who later died in hospital, inquest hears
police officer has told an inquest he had no option but to repeatedly fire a Taser while apprehending an Indigenous man who died soon after.
Ashley’s immediate family, who listened to Tuesday’s proceedings via phone, requested the inquest use his first name. In the footage, Ashley can be heard yelling incoherently and screaming before Williams attempts to grab him, then deploys the police dog.
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