Man Suffers Stroke While Driving; Is Tazed, Pepper Sprayed, and Has Foot Run Over
A Virginia police officer has resigned after being accused of using excessive force when responding to a call about a potential hit-and-run. Fredericksburg, VA Police Officer Shaun Jergens was among several who responded to a reported accident on May 4, 2015. Jergens, apparently like the other officers on the scene, assumed that a black man in a stopped car was being noncompliant.
By Joshua A. Newville, on June 15, 2015
Posted in 42 U.S.C. 1983, Fourth Amendment, Police Brutality and Excessive Force