A Fairfax County, Virginia cop is caught on a cellphone video tasering a man who appears to be obeying his commands
Here we have another cellphone video of a cop going viral all over the internet. The video shows a Fairfax County police officer arresting a man and ordering him to place his hands on the hood of a police car. The man appears to comply when suddenly the cop tasers him, dropping the man to the ground. Nothing on the video indicates that the man was not obeying the orders or that he posed any kind of threat to the officer.
The man who shot the cellphone video told Fox 5: “He [the officer] told him to turn around. He turned around he complied. And boom he popped out his Taser and he shot at him.”
Other witnesses said they could see no reason for the cop to taser the man. All of them said the man did not try to run and complied with the cop’s commands.
It did not take long for the Chief of the Fairfax County Police to become aware of the video. He ordered Internal Affairs to investigate the incicent.
This is just one of several publicized incidents in which cops tasered people for no apparent reason. The Taser is issued to officers as an alternative to the use of deadly force. Non-lethal weapons are a good idea, but they do not give cops carte blanche to use them when it's not necessary.
During roll call at the beginning of each shift, the last instructions given should be: "Be safe and remember those cellphone cameras are watching your every move!"
1 comment:
Yep. All the witnesses said Michael Brown was shot for no reason. Eyewitness testimony is prejudiced, tainted and unreliable. Especially toward the police.
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