Charge of assault dropped against man
Tasered by police
Fairfax
County prosecutors have dropped a charge of assault on a police officer against
an Alexandria man who was seen being Tasered by police
on a video circulated on social media last year.
Elton
Cansler, 39, was seen on the video being stunned as he stood with his back to a
Fairfax County police officer and his hands apparently resting on the officer's
cruiser.
Fairfax
County police cleared the officer of any wrongdoing in the case, saying the use
of force was appropriate because Cansler had been resisting arrest.
The
incident began on Sept. 24, 2015, when Cansler allegedly stole a pair of
sunglasses from a bank in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County and police
were called. Police said Cansler had a knife.
Cansler
pleaded no contest to a petit larceny charge related to the case this week.
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