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A Mississippi agent was fired after images of dashcam had shown him using excessive force on a suspect.
(Meridian Police Department)
A Mississippi police officer was fired after seeing shocking dashcam footage with the aid of a stun gun on a handcuffed man.
Police officers from the Meridian Police Department sued a van suspected of being used in a Walmart robbery. On July 16, ABC News reported on Highway 19.
Dashcam images released later by the police show that the van has stopped and that an agent is directed to the vehicle and opened the driver's door. The suspect, who has not been identified, leaves the vehicle and is handcuffed while other police cruisers arrive.
An agent identified as Daniel Starks then appears to push the suspect against the pickup truck and use his forearm to hit the man.
WTOK reported that Starks and the suspect had "exchanged a few words" before the officer fired a stun gun and shocked Starks at the soldier, causing Starks to fall to the ground.
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A few officers are then seen trying to lift the suspect when Starks appears to pull out the stun gun again and shows it to the suspect, who is then placed
The southern police chief, Benny Dubose, told the OMCK that "the department has" zero tolerance "for any use of excessive force …
"This is not something I am proud of. "Dubos said," I do not know, I know that's going to give a lot of feedback and a lot of negative comments. "
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Starks had previously been suspended without pay but on Monday he received a final notice of termination that came into effect on Wednesday.
It was not immediately clear if the suspect had been charged with A crime after arresting the police or if he had been injured the incident.
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