cop stun guns unarmed man sitting on sidewalk with back to cop. police investigating

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https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/07/01/unarmed-man-tased-police-sidewalk-pennsylvania-vpx.hln

Cop stun-guns man sitting on sidewalk
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, police are investigating a video showing an officer using a stun-gun on an unarmed man sitting on a sidewalk. Source: HLN

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cop-uses-stun-gun-man-171127300.html

In the video, Bernot repeatedly asks Williams to sit on the curb and stretch his legs "straight out." Williams stretches his legs, though his knees are still slightly bent, to which an officer tells him "legs straight out or you’re getting tased."

A second officer can be hear saying “put your legs straight out and cross them now.”

Williams moves his legs out and then brings them closer to the curb. Bernot can then be seen using a taser aimed at Williams's back, causing him to writhe on the ground in pain.

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Williams told the network that he doesn't know why he was tased.

Mayor Danene Sorace told Lancaster Online that she was upset by the incident and that an investigation into the officer's use of force is underway.

“Like you, when I saw the video I was upset by it and it is of great concern to me. We take the use of force very seriously,” Sorace said in a statement.

The incident comes as police departments around the nation face heightened scrutiny over their use of excessive force, particularly on black men.