SHOCKING footage shows cops try to tase slain black jogger Ahmaud Arbery three years before he was fatally shot in Georgia – for just sitting in his car. Police bodycam video shows a cop frisk Ahmaud and find he is unarmed before another tries to tase him in 2017 incident. In the video released by […]
SHOCKING footage shows cops try to tase slain black jogger Ahmaud Arbery three years before he was fatally shot in Georgia – for just sitting in his car.
Police bodycam video shows a cop frisk Ahmaud and find he is unarmed before another tries to tase him in 2017 incident.
In the video released by the Glynn County Police Department, a cop went up to Ahmaud – who was sitting in his car – and asked him what he was doing in the park.
The officer said the area is “known for drug activity” as he questioned Ahmaud.
“I’m just rappin, rappin in the car,” Ahmaud told the police officer.
The cop asked Ahmaud for his license, and he handed his ID to the officer.
As the officer stepped away and called into a station to run the ID number, Ahmaud began to question why the officer was questioning him.
“What the f**k you f***ing with me for?” Ahmaud asked the cop.
The cop then said: “I’ll tell you why I’m here, because this area is known for drug activity.”
He then frisked Ahmaud for weapons, and saw he was unarmed according to the video.
Ahmaud told the cop he was not going to let him search his car, as the cop had already checked him for weapons.
He then explained to the officer that he gets one day off work a week from his job at Blue Beacon Truck Wash, and the officer requested backup.
As a second officer came up to Ahmaud and the first officer, he told him to put his hands up, and Arbery complied.
The second officer then tried to release a taser on Ahmaud – but it malfunctioned and did not deploy.
“Warning! Down!” the officer that tried to tase Ahmaud yelled.
Ahmaud was then told to get down on his knees by the cop who tried to tase him.
“We get a lot of bad stuff that happens out here. We got gang and drug activity…” the cop said as Ahmaud questioned why the officers were interrogating him.
The cops eventually let Ahmaud go – and they told him not to drive as his license was suspended.
Ahmaud was not arrested or charged with anything in the 2017 incident.
The footage was released by the police department just weeks after another video allegedly showing Ahmaud being fatally shot while out running on February 23 surfaced.
No arrests had been made in relation to his death when the first video surfaced, sparking public outrage.
On May 7, Ex-cop George McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis, 34, were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault Ahmaud’s death.
The McMichaels have said they pursued him as they believed he matched the description of someone who committed break-ins in the area.
George has also claimed that Ahmaud attacked Travis before the fatal incident.
Ahmaud’s father, however, says his son was “hunted like an animal” in the February 23 incident.
His family maintains that he is innocent in his killing.
