Tased Three Times After Allegedly Jaywalking/not Providing ID

[Brometheus]

Warning! turn your volume down.. annoying bitch alert!!

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A Florida man was repeatedly tased by police officers and arrested for refusing to identify himself, but instead of apologizing, the Casselberry Police Department insisted it would use footage of the incident for training purposes.

The video begins with police accusing Zikomo Peurifoy of jaywalking before they demand to see his identification.

The officer is asked by Peurifoy what statute requires that he show his ID, to which he responds, "Give me your ID or you're going to go to jail."

When Peurifoy refuses, two officers grab him while the man warns he will press charges for assault because he has committed no crime. Requests for a supervisor to be called are ignored.

After cops attempt to handcuff Peurifoy, he resists before a taser is used repeatedly while Peurifoy yells, "You are assaulting me."

Peurifoy still manages to escape the clutches of police before he is repeatedly tased again before he finally falls to the ground and is arrested.

Far from apologizing for the incident, which appears to clearly show cops over-reacting, the Casselberry Police Department defended the actions of police and told WFTV, "That their officers followed policy so well that they're going to use the video for training."

Peurifoy faces charges of "resisting with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer," despite the fact that the video shows Peurifoy did not attack any of the officers at any point during the confrontation.

In order to detain an person and demand their ID, police need to have reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is taking place.

Aside from the dubious contention that Peurifoy was mandated to show his ID because of alleged jaywalking, this video seems to speak more to the fact that police now believe citizens are legally required to follow their every order.

This myth crops up again and again when citizens are told by law enforcement that that filming police officers is illegal, when a 2011 First Circuit Court of Appeals decision confirmed that it is not.

Despite the law saying that recording police officers on duty is a First Amendment right, numerous incidents have occurred where citizens are intimidated and arrested for doing so, arising out of the false premise that failing to obey an order from a police officer, despite that command being unlawful, is itself a crime.

so what do you guys think of this? I personally would have tased the bitch recording.. if i was a corrupt cop. and destroy her camera phone/evidence. Hard to side with them on this. Also.. do cops ever bring their "supervisor" on scene of an arrest? wtf.. this isnt Walmart..

[diamondsmiles]

It starts with jaywalking. No good can come of this.

Next, he'll be robbing banks or murdering people.

Seriously, why didn't he just give the police his ID? He is acting suspicious by not providing his ID. I remember when a cop was behind me with his lights on and I knew I was speeding.

My paranoid late brother asked if he should book. I laughed. I was drinking Diet Coke because wherever I got it had no Diet Pepsi. My car and I are legal and there was nothing illegal in the car.

This is a small stretch of highway in New Jersey right after you you cross a bridge from Pennsylvania to NJ where the speeds change three times in a couple of miles or less. It's a speed trap for out of state drivers.

Anyway, I gave him my ID, he told me to slow down and that was that. My car has never gotten searched and I only got out of the car when I pulled into a parking lot one time. I don't get stopped on a regular basis.

[fletch]

[Oswald2001]

Another Trayvon Martin Ghetto Trash type with his Ghetto Trash b*tch out creating trouble where there was none.

Camera conveniently at the ready, this was obviously a preplanned provocation.

[JamesPeach]

I usually hate when black people are yelling and acting like apes, but these blacks know their rights and if he gets a good lawyer he will win. If I were him I would holla at Obama! Cop at the end tries to call the man a criminal, uhm innocent till proven guilty right? This is a great training video, but I think the Fullerton Police Department have a better one.

[Flaka]

Some cops really abuse their position of power. these two dweebs are a perfect example.

Oh and because he's black, automatically means he's another trayvon martin ghetto trash?

Oswald, enlighten me on how you are so sure he was 'out with his bitch creating trouble'? Perhaps you could share that part of the story with me, I didn't see where he was being a criminal.

[KellyBlue]

I don't see anything wrong here. Looks to me like he wanted to catch the police on video making a mistake. Where I live, you can get ticketed for jaywalking. He refused to show ID and wanted to complicate things. Do I think someone should be Tased for jaywalking? no. He was being difficult and the police did what they felt necessary.

[kellyhound]

all i see is a whole group of overreacting assholes.

[chris50stang]

wow thats the town next to mine probably 3 miles away i missed it

[diamondsmiles]

Some black people do this to cry, "rapist". Don't know if that was the idea. I would think the man had something to hide.

There were two suspicious people and one policeman. I am tired of people blaming police for protecting themselves when approaching scumbags!

This was Florida and how does he know they aren't under the influence of bath salts or anything?