Police officer fired after body-cam footage caught him tasering a 64-year-old man in a wheelchair 4
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- Feb 2, 2022
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Police officer fired after body-cam footage caught him tasering a 64-year-old man in a wheelchair 4 times
Police officer fired after body-cam footage caught him tasering a 64-year-old man in a wheelchair 4 times
Alia Shoaib
Sun, January 30, 2022, 11:26 AM·2 min read
A St Petersburg, Florida, police car on patrol.Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images
A Florida police officer tasered an elderly man in a wheelchair four times, officials said.
Body-cam footage shows the officer trying to make the man stand up before tasering him.
The St. Petersburg Police Chief said that the officer had been fired after an internal investigation.
A Florida police officer has been fired after tasering a 64-year-old in a wheelchair multiple times, the St. Petersburg Police Chief said. The incident took place in June when officer Matthew Cavinder and his partner responded to a call that Timothy Grant was trespassing at a gas station, according to Fox 13. They ran Grant's name and discovered he had five active warrants when they arrived. Body-camera footage shows the officers arresting Grant, who is sitting in a wheelchair. Footage shows them attempting to lift him and telling him to stand up.
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