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Rebecca Kavanagh
@DrRJKavanagh
Police in Ocean City Maryland tasered a 17-year-old teenager after they accused him of vaping yesterday. twitter.com/Maverick_Queen
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The person being tazed and detained by Ocean City police in this video is Brian Everett Anderson, who is 19 years old. wbaltv.com/article/ocean-…
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Rebecca Kavanagh
@DrRJKavanagh
The teenager who had his hands up and was not in any way physically interacting with police (let alone physically resisting) when he was tasered, collapsed unconscious on the ground, was then hogtied, and placed in a police van.
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Rebecca Kavanagh
@DrRJKavanagh
(I almost always tweet from my laptop at home. I tweeted this from my phone, where I am less adept at attaching video - which @Maverick_Queens DMed me - so my initial caption was incomplete.)
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Clara Barton
@ClaraBResist
Not sure I understand how following one officers order to remove his backpack justifies another officer tasing him for following directions. I’m also confused why removing the shoes and hog tying an unconscious teenager was necessary. 🤔 Can someone in law explain?
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Ryan Strug 🇺🇸
@ryanstrug
It’s possible he was tased because he put his hand down and moved it towards his back. That’s the type of movement associated with a suspect quickly pulling a weapon out unfortunately.
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Hunter Fox
@HunterFox75
Sure, let’s say that’s the case. After he was tased and searched and no weapons were found, why was he tied up and hauled off like livestock?
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