Video captures officers using stun gun on sitting man
Source: Associated Press
CRIMESIDER STAFF CBS/AP June 29, 2018, 11:16 AM
Video captures officers using stun gun on sitting man
LANCASTER, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania police officer is seen on video using a stun gun on a man as he's sitting on a curb. Lancaster police says officers were called around 10 a.m. Thursday and told a man was confronting people with a bat.
Video posted to Facebook captured Officer Philip Bernot telling 27-year-old Sean Williams to sit on a sidewalk and stick his legs out. Bernot then uses his stun gun on Williams while the man is sitting, facing away from the officer.
Police told Lancaster Online another officer, Shannon Mazzante, arrived on the scene just after 10 a.m. and repeatedly told Williams to sit down on the sidewalk, but Williams didn't comply. Bernot then arrived to assist Williams. Williams is seen sitting on the curb as the video begins.
Police said Bernot warned Williams that if he continued to refuse commands, the Taser would be used on him, according to Lancaster Online. Williams appears to move his legs closer to his body before he is Tased. Williams tells WGAL-TV he followed all directions and doesn't know why he was shocked.
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Every time one of these incidents happen this song pops into my head.
I never even knew of this song until he did it in concert last year.
Thankfully, this video is NOT the one he showed in the concert. In the live show, he had footage of police shooting people and dogs. It was horrible.
