Delane Gordon, a food delivery man, recorded the officer attempting to physically pull him out of his car after stopped for alleged speeding. He was then hit with a stun gun.
Wheeler said Gordon was a few hundred feet away from where he was delivering food for DoorDash when an officer made a U-turn and pulled him over. Gordon questioned why he was getting pulled over, the attorney said.The recording picks up as the officer is pointing the taser at Gordon, who is holding his driver’s license and sitting in the car.
The officer stopped grabbing Gordon, and as Gordon said what the officer was doing was “not lawful,” the officer fired the taser, striking Gordon.“Oh my God, that’s not lawful sir. That’s not lawful,” Gordon said after he was hit. The video then ends.The Collegedale Police Department has not put the officer on leave, said Lt. Jamie Heath.
The Hamilton County district attorney’s office announced Tuesday that it asked the county sheriff’s office to investigate a traffic stop on March 10 by the Collegedale Police Department in which the driver was charged with speeding, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.