Article 5XS8X DoorDash driver’s video shows officer firing stun gun in Tennessee traffic stop

DoorDash driver’s video shows officer firing stun gun in Tennessee traffic stop

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AP in Nashville
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Local district attorney's office calls for investigation following incident involving police officer Evan Driskill and Delane Gordon


A Tennessee police officer who used his stun gun on a DoorDash driver wrote an arrest report saying the man had become argumentative while denying he was speeding, refused to hand over identifying information, demanded to see a supervisor and stayed in his car when ordered to get out.

The driver - who faces charges of speeding, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct based on the officer's sworn affidavit - pressed record on his phone after he was pulled over. That recording, made public by the driver's attorney, tells a different story.

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