Officer shot blind man with Taser after mistaking white stick for samurai sword

A British police officer has been asked to apologise to a blind man whom he shot with a Taser when he mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.

Officer shot blind man with Taser after mistaking white stick for samurai sword

A British police officer has been asked to apologise to a blind man whom he shot with a Taser when he mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.

Colin Farmer, 64, was hit with the stun gun in Chorley, Lancashire, by Pc Stuart Wright in October 2012 as he walked to his local pub.

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