Good Samaritan (who is black) helping mother having mental health episode is tasered by police
Moments before Marcus Coleman is tasered by police in Denton, Texas
DENTON -- While it's true that cell phones and body cameras alone aren't solving police brutality, they sure as hell are documenting plenty of it.
On Wednesday, July 22, 18-year-old Jeremy Jones was walking by a nearby hotel in Denton, Texas, when he noticed a woman being arrested and screaming on the balcony. Immediately he pulled out his phone to film it, not knowing exactly what was happening. Before he knew it, an innocent man who was actually a Good Samaritan trying to help, was the being Tasered by the police.
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What Jones saw was indeed police brutality, but the lies and justification came from the Denton Police Department right away.
The woman can be heard in the video screaming for help as officers tried to gain control of her.
The officer yells several times for Coleman to "back up." Coleman did not comply. He yells, "she needs help" before the officer shoots him with the taser and he falls to the floor.
"{Coleman} ignored the officer's orders and tried to push his way past the officer to get to the officers and female on the ground," read the statement from Denton PD. "When {Coleman} tried to get past the officer, he deployed his taser bringing {Coleman} to the ground."
Read more and watch video:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/24/1405308/-Good-Samaritan-helping-mother-having-mental-health-episode-is-tasered-by-police-in-Denton-Texas?detail=facebook
[font color=330099]Would they have tased the man and arrested him if he was white?[/font]