Georgia Cop Tases Black Man, Breaks His Leg For 'Stealing' His Pen [Video]
A video showing a Georgia cop tasering a man to retrieve his pen from late last year surfaced online.
On Friday, radio station STREETZ 94.5 - ATL uploaded a newscast video on Instagram captioned: "Greenville man said he was tased and his leg was broken when he didn't return a pen to a police officer in Meriwether County."
As seen in the video clip, the commotion started when the officer pulled over 30-year-old Corriyon Bray to hand him a traffic citation. After Bray signed the ticket, he drove off without returning the cop's ballpoint pen.
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"Bring my pen back! He stole my pen," the cop can be heard saying in the video
The officer, alongside a deputy, then followed Bray into his home and met him outside, demanding he return the cop's pen.
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The cop, whose identity has not been released, kept on demanding that Bray return his pen, threatening him, "Give me my pen, then you're going to jail. Come here. Give it to me, or I'm going to tase you."
Shortly after, the officer was seen pointing his stun gun at Bray. Then, he reportedly tasered him while the deputy wrestled him to the ground in an attempt to arrest him.
Bray said that what happened left him with a broken leg. He was also taken into custody and charged with obstruction and theft by taking, according to Atlanta Black Star.
"If he had complied, none of this would have happened. Our SOP says verbal, hands-on, less lethal, and he followed protocol," said Greenville Police Chief Wayne Frazier.
"Well, I can't answer that because I wasn't there," he responded when asked whether the cop should have used a taser on Bray.
Meanwhile, Bray's attorney reportedly plans to file a lawsuit.
Five months after the incident, Bray said he is still experiencing pain in his leg that's "broken in two places."
"I think it was about trying to show authority. I think that's what it was about. It wasn't right," he added.
