A now-viral Facebook video showing a Lancaster, Pennsylvania police officer using a Taser on a nonviolent black man who was attempting to cooperate with the officers has prompted a city investigation. Lancaster Online identified the man as 27-year-old Sean Williams.
The video shows Williams sitting on the curb as male officer Philip Bernot asks him to put his legs straight out in front of him. Moments afterward, a female officer named Shannon Mazzante tells Williams to cross his legs. As Williams begins to comply, Bernot repeats his order for him to have his legs out straight. Williams remains calm and seated, but Bernot soon tases Williams’s back.
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Imagine what this interaction would seem like with only the police report and no video…
Ignorant ass thugs getting tased !
Just comply they said, just follow directions they said,
See, all you butthurt fucking idiots. This guy turns out to be a criminal
in the end anyway. LOL
Good. Follow instructions. This criminal couldn't.
Not new. They do this everywhere. I’ve seen a black cop tasing a black guy who was drunk and just sitting.
fuckin pig
Don't worry the cops will investigate each other and they will let us know if this violent thuggery is against policy and procedure.
White people should not be allowed to be police officers
Why couldn't it have been Frazier
Resisting arrest
Ydid9etd7gr
How he yells stop resisting then sees the camera ahahahahaaha
Tired of these stupid ass white cops man they're aren't even fully developed adults who the fuck trusts these dumb ass awkward white boys
It’s pronounced Lanca-ster
Confusing instructions? Y’all are just retarded if y’all think those are confusing instructions. Maybe he should’ve just listened.
This is so false and misleading on so many levels if you want to watch the actual video and see the "confusing" comments here's the link https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/jul/01/man-tasered-while-sitting-on-sidewalk-in-pennsylvania-video
Death to all cops
Head shot for that cop
What was he doing, cutting grass? Bahahaaa haaa haaa NONE of us escape God's judgement. Get in line and learn how to live with mankind. This earth, nation, state, city, etc. does NOT belong to the white man – however long he fights to make it that way. This is GOD's planet and we have ALL inherited it. All positions of power are granted by God, and much is expected of you. EVERY knee shall bow to JESUS. I hope HE comes back with a taser and lights MF's UP!!!
Want that cop to live forever in agony forever n ever n ever😡😡😡
This is why ppl say fuck the police. How many more examples do we need.
FUCK the police
He didn't call "Taser, taser, taser" before he fired.
When questioned why he didn't the officer replied "I thought I had my gun. My bad"
Okay complex, but what are you doing about it?
Investigation for wat u see hetased dude sittin down lock his pig ass up. Rip oscar grant damn they hit u in the back fa nuthin smh
Wow but its ok ryt
Fuckin devils man
Woman like her are bad at there job and should be at there kitchen
it’s sad af that seeing anything like this is the norm
People need to understand that a small percent of any population is made up of crazy people, including unfortunately cops, but the total population shouldn't be hated for the actions of the few.
MJ said it best. They don't really care about us…
Yo at this fucking point I'm fighting back cuz they was trying to meet something fucking with him like that and I refuse to see people trying to get they life back on track get fucked with by the police man and that bull shit ass investigation they be doin take to fucking long to get done so fuck that if u can't fire them on what's in the fucking video then I'm fighting back
This does not show the full story at all. The cop with the taser out told him to stick out his legs after one final time or he’d tase him. After he didn’t put his legs out the officer said alright I’m tasing you. Sure his wasn’t good but you guys didn’t give he full story.
Shit never happens to the motherfuckers. Everytime something like this happens or worse they need to either lose the job or go to jail. Or both. Depends. Its 2018 and this shit still going on. Its only downhill from here.🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♂️🤦♂️
he should be able to sue for thousands fuck the police
Man wtf
those cops went straight out of GTA V to the real world
🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽 12 Man!!!!!💯🤬🤬
Fat white cop, typical.
It's been a war on black men for a long time nothing new.
He was in fear for his life.
😐…Just wow
Didn't even use the taser properly. Obviously the purpose of the taser wasn't even met. For those who don't understand for a tasers purpose of a taser is to cause full neural muscular incapacitation which means the body would completely lock up. But in order for that to happen the prongs must be more than 4 inches apart when impacting the target and the officer being that close the prongs didn't meet that requirement therefore the taser didn't have much use other then the prongs being lodged into the man.
Same Shit different day no matter what this type of Shit will never end
Haaaaaaaanuman Welch
Why is it always about race when it's with black people? He's probably just a bad cop
FYI every REAL bad shooting was prosecuted…
Cops are dicks
When on police officer does a terrible thing then that means every officer in America is bad. I guess that makes sense.