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Florida cop fired for tasering a wheelchair-bound man FOUR times at point-blank range who was not 'resisting' arrest
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Have to chase him far?
- A Florida police officer has been fired after tasering a wheelchair-bound man four times at point-blank range during a June arrest
- Police body-camera video showed St. Petersburg Police Officer Matthew Cavinder as he deployed his Taser gun on 64-year-old Timothy Grant
- Grant had been sitting in a wheelchair outside a gas station on June 20 when he was arrested for five open warrants
- Cavinder later wrote a report that claimed Grant was resisting arrest with violence, however'Mr. Grant was not resisting with violence,' officials said
- 'This will not and cannot be tolerated here at St. Petersburg PD, and as long as I'm the chief here, it will not be tolerated,' said Police Chief Anthony Holloway
- Cavinder had been an officer with the department since March 23, 2020
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-29 |
