By The Associated PressDecember 22, 2016 6:33
pm
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A federal
lawsuit has been filed against a Fairfax County police officer over the use of
a stun gun on a man who says he has cerebral palsy.
The lawsuit filed Thursday says
the use of a stun gun on Elton Cansler in September 2015 was “grossly
excessive” and “objectively unreasonable.”
Video taken by a bystander shows
the officer, who is white, shocking Cansler in the back while his hands are on
a police car.
Police have defended the use of
force, saying Cansler was armed with a knife and kept reaching for it.
Cansler, who is black, was
charged with assaulting a police officer and larceny. The assault charge was
later dropped.
A police spokesman referred
questions to the county attorney’s office, which didn’t immediately return a
message.
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