Video footage shows a Tennessee police officer fired his stun gun at a food delivery man who began recording his traffic stop, saying he was feeling unsafe
Highlights
- A Tennessee police officer fired his stun gun at a food delivery man who had begun recording his traffic stop, video footage shows.
- Delane Gordon began recording when the March 10 stop started to make him feel unsafe, attorney says.
- The man wound up facing additional charges of resisting arrest and obstruction of justice.
- Police in Collegedale, a city of 11,000 people about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Chattanooga, have thus far declined to identify the officer.
- Police have not put the officer on leave, but they hope to release the officer’s “complete camera footage” at the end of the criminal probe, official says.
- DA’s office said it would disclose nothing more until the investigation was completed.