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Cops handcuff guy, then throw him to ground, then kick him in testicles, then tase his testicles
https://eu.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale/2019/02/09/body-camera-footage-shows-glendale-police-taser-tactics-that-prompted-federal-lawsuit/2819346002/Police said Wheatcroft "exhibited verbal non-compliance by refusing to identify himself and failed to obey the officer’s instructions," when he reached into a backpack despite officers telling him to stop.
This led to officers trying to remove Wheatcroft from the car "so they could maintain a safe eye on him for the duration of the traffic stop as well as conduct a pat down for weapons," according to the statement from Glendale police.
Police said Chapman swung a bag filled with bottled drinks at Officer Lindsey, knocking him unconscious, and causing Schneider to continue deploying the Taser as he called for backup.
Police, while not releasing the body-cam video, did provide a surveillance-camera video of the incident that shows part of the confrontation from a distance.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Arizona by attorneys Marc Victor and Jody Broudas, alleges that the officers used "unlawful, unnecessary, unreasonable, and excessive force, which resulted in life-altering injuries to Plaintiff Johnny Wheatcroft and his family."
The lawsuit alleges that officers Tased Wheatcroft multiple times in the back and in the chest while on the hot asphalt. A technique known as a "drive stun'' in which the Taser, normally fired from a distance, is pressed against a person, also was used, both police and the lawsuit say.
After Wheatcroft was handcuffed, Officer Schneider continued to use the Taser several times, the lawsuit says.
Another officer then "slammed Wheatcroft face down onto the asphalt while Schneider continued to Tase him, while also kicking him in the groin," the lawsuit says.
The final Tasing occurred when Officer Schneider "pulled down Plaintiff’s shorts and Tased his testicles and perineum," the lawsuit says.
As a group of officers began removing the Taser prongs, "Schneider placed his Taser on Johnny Wheatcroft’s penis and screamed, 'Keep fighting and you’re going to get it again! You want it again? Shut your mouth!' the lawsuit contends.
This led to officers trying to remove Wheatcroft from the car "so they could maintain a safe eye on him for the duration of the traffic stop as well as conduct a pat down for weapons," according to the statement from Glendale police.
Police said Chapman swung a bag filled with bottled drinks at Officer Lindsey, knocking him unconscious, and causing Schneider to continue deploying the Taser as he called for backup.
Police, while not releasing the body-cam video, did provide a surveillance-camera video of the incident that shows part of the confrontation from a distance.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Arizona by attorneys Marc Victor and Jody Broudas, alleges that the officers used "unlawful, unnecessary, unreasonable, and excessive force, which resulted in life-altering injuries to Plaintiff Johnny Wheatcroft and his family."
The lawsuit alleges that officers Tased Wheatcroft multiple times in the back and in the chest while on the hot asphalt. A technique known as a "drive stun'' in which the Taser, normally fired from a distance, is pressed against a person, also was used, both police and the lawsuit say.
After Wheatcroft was handcuffed, Officer Schneider continued to use the Taser several times, the lawsuit says.
Another officer then "slammed Wheatcroft face down onto the asphalt while Schneider continued to Tase him, while also kicking him in the groin," the lawsuit says.
The final Tasing occurred when Officer Schneider "pulled down Plaintiff’s shorts and Tased his testicles and perineum," the lawsuit says.
As a group of officers began removing the Taser prongs, "Schneider placed his Taser on Johnny Wheatcroft’s penis and screamed, 'Keep fighting and you’re going to get it again! You want it again? Shut your mouth!' the lawsuit contends.
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