Dec 11, 2023
UPDATE: Black Man Tased & Taunted By Cop Speaks Out
UPDATE: Black Man Tased & Taunted By Cop Speaks Out
- 8 minutes
We have a major update.
Alabama man changing his tire.
He gets arrested, he's handcuffed and
the officer decides to
tase him in the back.
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I want to remind you of the video.
Here it is.
>> Speaker 2: Stand up.
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Right there on the front of the car.
Stay still.
>> I got gun right there.
>> Speaker 2: Yeah.
>> Speaker 2: I'm saying what you saying,
yeah, for?
>> My God.
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Okay, my God.
My God.
>> Speaker 2: You want it again?
>> Speaker 2: No.
>> Shut up, if you was big and bad.
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Shut your bitch ass up.
>> Speaker 1: So sad, right?
Put it up full mass.
We are the first outlet
to bring you the name
of that officer who did
this to the young man.
The officer is D ana Elmore.
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Micah Washington, the man who was
seen in the viral video crying and
being shocked, finally spoke out
about the trauma and the incident.
Washington told WBMA he
was on his way to pick
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up his brother on December 2
when his tire had a bad blowout.
When he was approached by
Reform Police Officer Dana Elmore and
demanded to show ID,
he said he was confused because
it was not a traffic stop.
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He still gave his ID, but
asked the officer why she wanted it.
So understand what's happening.
He has complied, okay?
Following that moment were
the events of the viral
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video where Washington is
seen being detained and
at some point taunted with a stun gun.
There's more.
So the lawyer told WBMA, quote,
the only thing that was going on
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in his mind was George Floyd,
George Floyd, George Floyd.
Because at one point, Elmore,
talking about the cop,
had her foot on his back while
he was lying on the ground.
And then he was having a hard time
breathing and he was yelling that and
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that prompted his brother
to start recording,
said Washington's attorney
Leroy Maxwell to ABC News.
According to the root officer, Elmore's
behavior isn't only a sketchy thing.
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In her arrest report, she claimed
she found 7 grams of cocaine and
fentanyl on Washington, resulting
in a fentanyl trafficking charge.
However, a judge granted his motion
to dismiss the charge because
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he failed to test positive for
fentanyl, ABC's report found.
Elmore is now on leave
pending the investigation and
Washington is left mentally
recovering from the entire incident.
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There's more, Washington told WBMA quote,
I try to act okay, but
I am really traumatized.
I don't know how to feel about police now,
he told WBMA.
I just want justice.
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I would love an apology.
Washington was hit with five charges,
including resisting arrest and
possession of a firearm
while being an ex-felon.
That's according to
the Pickens County Sheriff's Office.
The police chief, Richard Black, said in a
statement that he was aware of the video.
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And the department is turning over all
materials related to the matter to
the Alabama State Bureau of
Investigation for review.
That's according to NBC News.
The officer who wasn't
named at the time has been
placed on leave pending investigation.
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But as I said, we were able to find
that name conclusively last week.
Put up the picture again
of the officer and
her attacking an individual handcuffed.
What you're looking at is a criminal act.
That is a criminal act.
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There is absolutely no reason
to utilize a taser improperly
on a human being who is handcuffed,
bent over a vehicle
as you have ordered, and
you decide to tase the person.
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And keep in mind, even if
the individual was trying to move or
get away while handcuffed,
the use of the taser is still illegal.
Understand those handcuffs
are made of metal.
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There's electricity
going through his body.
You are told in training you do not
use a taser in that situation, period.
That person could die.
Now, she should have been
arrested that same day.
It's ironic.
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One of the police officers, or
former police officers that has come on
Indisputable to debate me about
policing tactics in America.
He literally went on my Instagram
page the other day and said,
that officer should have been arrested.
That's a jailable offense, what she did.
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And he's outraged that
an officer would act so
egregiously against someone who
is absolutely in compliance,
who absolutely is handcuffed and
who absolutely is under control.
And you utilize a weapon
like that against them, and
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then the words obviously just add to
the narrative of the effect that you see.
Ricky, this is in your home state.
What are your thoughts about this?
>> Speaker 1: Yeah, slave patrol
added again, dehumanizing him,
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talking to him like she's his mother,
like he's not a grown man.
Do you want some more?
Tasing him while he was in hand cuffs,
he could have had a heart attack,
could have died.
Anything could have happened.
And it's not like,
what's the company again?
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The Alabama State Investigation Bureau.
>> Speaker 3: Yeah.
>> Speaker 3: Not going to do anything.
Probably made out of
a bunch of conservatives,
even if nothing is probably
going to be done about it.
Yes, she should have been arrested.
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And I'm shocked that the police officer
that was debating with you before that
came on and
agreed that she should be arrested.
How is it that, you don't think that,
this happens all the time?
This happens all the time.
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This is normal but
the way she talked to him,
talked to him like he was less
than a man was very disrespectful.
It was a crime.
She should be arrested and we should
be up there marching and protesting.
And again,
why people should get out and vote,
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because the district attorney in that
county should be doing something about it.
And I hope the feds get involved.
And I'm not understanding why the United
States Justice Department is getting
involved in a lot of these cases.
That's just so obvious.
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I don't understand.
>> Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's one of
the dynamics we've talked about here.
It's a dilemma, right?
Because we clearly see civil rights
violations being perpetrated by members of
law enforcement.
And then when there is a prosecution or
there is a civil rights charge, we wonder,
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well, wait a minute you have some other
ones that you missed on this side
of the country while you're prosecuting
on that side of the country.
These things have to be dealt with in a
more formidable way in order to transform
the narrative.
All right,
we'll bring you updates as they come.
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