Wauwatosa Police Release Bodycam Video of Taser Incident Last May
WAUWATOSA – Wauwatosa Police have released bodycam video of an incident at the center of a TMJ4 Lighthouse investigation.
It shows what prompted officers to taser a 37-year-old man in a cemetery last May.
Johnny George suffered cardiac arrest and was unresponsive after the taser was used. George’s wife Sonny says this happened during a memorial service at Pinelawn Cemetery after they called 911 to get medical help for another person.
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Wauwatosa police say Johnny’s right arm whipped around and struck one of the officers. In our story with Johnny’s wife, she told us he wasn’t violent. Sonny says her husband is still in a coma and fighting for his life at a local hospital.
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Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm ruled that the officer involved did not use excessive force and that the use of the Taser was justified.
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