Police taser man after toilet paper argument in Big W store
By Emily McPherson
5:40pm Mar 5, 2020 6park.com
因为卫生纸库存不足，一名50岁的男子开始与一名工作人员和另一名顾客争吵。当一名女顾客走近该男子时，据称他在得到另一名顾客协助之前抓住她的喉咙。
警察赶到，该名男子随后离开商店，在另一家超市购买物品，警察在那里接近他。这个五十岁男子在拘捕时，企图击倒警察。他被被控，抗拒人员执行职务及攻击官员。 6park.com
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A NSW man has been tasered by police after getting into an argument with staff over toilet paper at a Big W store.
Police were called to the Tamworth Shoppingworld store about 10am after reports the man had assaulted two people at the store in Bridge Street.
Police were told the man became aggressive over stock unavailability and threw boxes of tissues at a female staff member and walked off.
"Police have been told a 50-year-old man began to argue with a staff members and another customer," a NSW Police spokesperson told nine.com.au.
When a female customer approached the man, he allegedly grabbed her around the throat before she was assisted by another customer. No injuries have been reported.
Nine.com.au understands the argument was over toilet paper, which has become a scarce commodity with stocks wiped out across the country due to coronavirus fears.
The man then left the store and purchased items from a supermarket, where police approached him. 6park.com
As officers attempted to arrest the man, he allegedly resisted and attempted to put one of the officers into a headlock and grasped at another officer's service firearm.
After police used a taser to take him down, he was taken to Tamworth Police Station, where he was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics as a precaution.
The 50-year-old man was charged with two counts each of common assault, resist officer in execution of duty, and assault officer in execution of duty. 6park.com
In a bid to combat the toilet paper shortage, Coles and Woolworths have both introduced limits on how many packets customers can buy.
Coles had previously said it would not impose restrictions, but today updated its position to align with Woolworths.
Both supermarket chains are restricting customers to four packets per purchase. 6park.com