Police officer indicted over stun gun use A Millvale police officer faces federal charges after she was seen on a leaked video using a Taser on a shirtless, handcuffed man. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT STAND STILL, MOVING VERY SLOWLY. WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN WHAT CAUSED THIS CRASH AND THE CONDITION OF THE RIDER. AN ARREST GONE WRONG. ALOCAL POLICE OFFICER STEPS OVER THE LINE, TASING A MAN WEARING HANDCUFFS. THIS WHOLE THING CAUGHT ON VIDEOTAPE. SHANNON PERRINE IS LIVE WITH THE GRAND JURY INDICTMENT AGAINST THIS POLICE OFFICER. THAT'S RIGHT, MIKE. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE VIDEO. SOMEONE, ANONYMOUS PERSON, SHOT CELL PHONE VIDEO OF THE WHOLE THING. WELL, A GRAND JURY WATCHED THAT VIDEO AND DECIDED THAT OFFICER NICOLE MURPHY STEPPED WAY OVER THE LINE. THIS IS THE VIDEO. YOU CAN SEE THOMAS JASON JAMES SMITH ON HIS KNEES, HANDS CUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK. THEN YOU SEE THE PERSON PROSECUTORS SAY IS OFFICER NICOLE MURPHY USE HER TASER ON THE SUSPECT. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN SOME NEED TO BE DEALT WITH FORCE. AND IN THIS CASE? I BELIEVE THE FIRST WAS EXCESSIVE FROM WHAT I SAW IN THE VIDEO. AND APPARENTLY THE GRAND JURY AGREED. A POLICE TASER WORKS IN TWO WAYS, ONE CALLED DRIVE STUN WHERE AN OFFICER TOUCHES THE STUN GUN TO A PERSON TO SHOCK THEM ONCE. THEN YOU EMBED THE PRONGS IN THE HUMAN BEING. THEN I CAN PRESS THAT BUTTON AND KEEP TASING THEM. HE BELIEVED OFFICER MURPHY USED BOTH METHODS TO TASE MR. SMITH WHEN HE WAS IN NO WAY A THREAT. WE WENT TO HER HOME TODAY TO SEE WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT THE TASING AND THE INDICTMENT. NO ANSWER AT HER FRONT DOOR. MILLVALE POLICE RECENTLY PAID OUT A LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. NOW THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST OFFICER MURPHY GOES TO TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT. SO I REACHED OUT TO THE MILLVILLE POLICE CHIEF AND BOROUGH MANAGER, NEITHER

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