The affidavit indicates that Sanders responded to a call from his daughter for help mediating a disagreement between her and her baby’s other family members. Sanders, who was off-duty at the time, took the infant and prepared to leave when Officer Joshua Griffith stopped his vehicle.

Walker reported that Sanders became “upset and animated” after he got out of his car and was told he could not legally leave with the child. Sanders reportedly then got into a confrontation with Brownell in which he reiterated that he was leaving with the baby and Brownell said Sanders was not free to leave.

Brownell drew his Taser when Sanders tried to get to the driver’s side of the car and another officer stepped in to get Sanders away from it, the affidavit states. However, Sanders returned to the driver’s-side door, prompting Brownell to grab Sanders’ arm, Walker wrote in the document.

At that point, Sanders hit Brownell in the face with his right hand, Walker said.

The altercation was captured on Griffith’s patrol car dash camera.

Sgt. Shane Tuell told the Tulsa World that in accordance with Chief Chuck Jordan’s instructions, Sanders will be on administrative leave with pay while his case is pending.

Samantha Vicent 918-581-8321 samantha.vicent@tulsaworld.com Twitter: @samanthavicent

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