REFORM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer is on leave after video circulated on social media showed her appearing to shock a handcuffed and compliant man with a stun gun and telling him to shut up after he cried out in pain.
The video shows a white female police officer shocking a Black man after placing him in handcuffs and leaning him against a car.
In the 45-second video clip, which went viral, the handcuffed man is not resisting and tells the officer he has a gun on him.
She then appears to shock him with the stun gun pressed to his back and tells him to be quiet.
"The Reform Police Department is aware of a video circulating involving a citizen’s arrest on December 2, 2023.
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