Alarming Video shows Deputies Torturing an 18-year-old with a Taser
Tasers are used by police officers supposedly as a safer way than other methods to deal with combative suspects. A video has been released which allegedly show deputies using a Taser in a very different way. The video shows that 18-year-old Jordan Norris was allegedly strapped into a restraining chair and tasered repeatedly. Words on the video allegedly include that a law enforcement officer announced that he would continue tasering Norris until the batteries on the Taser ran out of power.
The events allegedly shown on the disturbing video occurred in November 2016 in Cheatham County, Tennessee, after Norris’s home was invaded by a SWAT team because he was suspected of selling drugs. After being arrested, Norris seemed to suffer a mental breakdown. He started banging his head against the door of the jail cell. Allegedly, police officers pulled him from his cell, strapped him into a restraint chair, and began the repeated tasering with 50,000 volts of electricity. As Norris squirmed through the torture, the movement allegedly invited continued deployment of the Taser, also known as a “stun gun.” However, the video does not indicate that he was resisting in any way, making the shocking attack allegedly uncalled for.
Upon his release from prison, Norris was allegedly covered in burn marks that were caused by the Taser. According to a member of Norris’s family, he has more than 40 burns.
Answers were sought as to why the teen would be treated in such an allegedly savage manner. Some investigation allegedly suggests that a law enforcement official may have had a personal vendetta against the tasing victim. Comments about Norris were allegedly posted on Facebook by that official; they were personal and insulting.
The video recently released shows extended and repeated tasering of Norris, and it’s like a scene from a horrifying prison torture film. The alleged perpetrators are sworn to serve and protect citizens, not carry out acts of intentional torture.
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