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Associated Press/WKMG-TV
Published: Fri, December 21, 2007 - 1:11 pm
Last Updated: Fri, December 21, 2007 - 1:14 pm
Last Updated: Fri, December 21, 2007 - 1:14 pm
a Daytona Beach police officer who used a stun gun on a woman who
had yelled at her.
Last month's incident began as Elizabeth Beeland tried to buy a
CD player at a Best Buy and stepped outside to talk on
her phone, leaving her credit card behind. A store clerk became
suspicious, and suspected Beeland was using a stolen card. When a
police officer approached, she said Beeland became "verbally
profane" and "abusive."
Officer Claudia Wright said she warned the woman to calm down or
face arrest. In a video, the customer is seen backing away, then
crumpling to the ground after being Tasered.
Police later verified that Beeland was using her own credit
card, but she was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting a
police officer without violence. She has since pleaded not guilty.
The Daytona Beach police chief defended the officer's actions.
State prosecutors are reviewing whether to pursue the case
against Beeland. Beeland's attorney is also reviewing the incident.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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I wouldn’t “comply” either if my child was sick and I had just gotten an “emergency” phone call from my husband and someone was telling me that I was using a stolen credit card.
This looks like a complete abuse of power on the police part.