Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Death by Taser, in a padded cell, caught on camera

Brandon Bethea died in March 2011 after being shot with a Taser by a Harnett County detention officer; no one was charged with a crime
A surveillance video released by the county 5 years after his death shows a shackled Bethea backing into the corner of a padded cell when the officer fired
County officials paid Bethea’s family $350,000 and bound them to silence with a strict settlement agreement

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article75138592.html#storylink=cpy

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