The two officers aggressively pulled a couple out of a car and tased a man that did not appear to be resisting.
came after reviewing body camera footage, with the investigation spurred by a video of the incident being posted online.
That video shows officers stopping a car with a young black couple inside, who did not seem to be resisting officers. Still, the officers responded aggressively, breaking the car’s windows, tasing the man and wrangling the couple to the ground, before handcuffing the two with zip ties.Like many cities that had protests Saturday, those protests turned into destructive riots in the overnight hours, though it doesn’t appear the couple that were arrested had any involvement in the riots.
President Donald Trump has done little to quell the tensions or make calls for national unity, instead warning he’d bring in more firepower—perhaps calling in the
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