US police were forced to taser a man who got into a heated argument with his wife because he failed to notice that she'd had her hair done.

The newly released video of the incident was taken by Fernando Del Valle in September last year when two deputies charged into his home in Boyes Hot Springs, California.

Thirty-eight-year-old Del Valle, a Marine Corps veteran, can be heard saying: "Sir, I'm just laying here trying to sleep... I'm in my house."

After threatening to use his taser, Deputy Sheriff Scott Thorne approaches Del Valle’s bed with his taser drawn before hitting him on his bare chest with the stun gun.

Moments before Del Valle is tasered you can hear him shout: "I got you on video. Go ahead. Tase me."

Del Valle's wife is then heard shouting "he's not doing anything," before the screen turns to black and Del Valle instructs his wife to take his phone and give it to his lawyer.

When speaking to US publication the Press-Democrat, Del Valle's lawyer Izaak Schwaiger, said De Valle was unable to record the entire encounter because he was not only stunned once but two or three times, before he was then beaten in the back 15 times a baton.

Schwaiger says as a result of being tasered and enduring the baton blows Del Valle suffered neurological damage and a separated shoulder.

As reported by the Democrat, police were called to the home by a neighbour who heard shouting.

After taking legal action against Thorne, Del Valle revealed in his formal claim that he had gotten into an argument with his wife, who had been drinking, after he failed to notice her new haircut.

Tempers flared between the couple forcing Del Valle to retreat to another room, then as his wife’s yelling grew louder neighbours called the police, who arrived about 10:30 pm.

After Del Valle’s wife refused to let the deputies in, Thorne and his colleagues forced their way into the home before kicking down De Valle’s bedroom door.

Thorne was charged with felony assault and fired from the force over the incident with the former Deputy Sheriff now due to appear in court in June.