Horror body cam and dashboard footage shows the arrest of a black man who died after officers repeatedly used stun guns on him in North Carolina
- Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died on January 17 after he was tased three times
- Williams was allegedly in possession of cocaine, marijuana and alcohol
- Officers attempted to arrest him as he became resistant and attempted to flee
Horrific body cam footage showed the arrest of a North Carolina man tased after resisting arrest an hour before he died.
Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died after he attempted to fight off officers who with the Raleigh Police Department that approached his parked car on January 17. Williams was with a passenger who ran off.
Officers saw marijuana and an open bottle of alcohol in Williams’ car before asking him and the passenger to step outside. Williams repeatedly questioned and disobeyed their orders for questioning before he was tased at least three times and attempted to flee.
The 9-minute video revealed the struggle as Williams warned officers he had a heart conditions before collapsing.
Six officers from the police department have been placed on administrative leave as authorities investigate Williams’ death.
Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died after he attempted to fight off officers with the Raleigh Police Department. Officers approached Williams’ car last month that sat outside of a business around 2am. An open bottle of alcohol and marijuana were seen in his car. A controlled substance was also found in his pocket
The 9-minute video revealed the struggle as Williams warned officers he had a heart conditions before collapsing. Several officers had to tackle Williams to keep his down
Officers approached Williams’ car last month that sat outside of a business around 2am.
The officers were on patrol in the area which is known to have a ‘history of repeat calls for service for drugs, weapons, and other criminal violations.’
An officer can be heard in the bodycam audio approaching Williams’ car and instructing him and the passenger to get out and sit on the curb.
‘I’m not doing anything,’ a man can be heard saying to the officer several times.
After disobeying, Williams was then told to lean up against the car to be searched. An officer recovered a folded dollar pill with white powder in his pants pocket.
The footage then showed the officer attempting to arrest Williams for possession of a controlled substance. Williams then became ‘resistant’ and attempted to fight off officers as one warned he would be tased.
‘Stay on the ground,’ one officer said.
To which another added: ‘Stop, or you’ll get tased.’
Three officers jumped to restrain Williams as the taser was deployed and he collapsed to the floor.
Williams managed to break free from the officers and run away before losing his balance and falling onto the street. Another laser was then deployed but missed Williams.
He was tased a second time after refusing to put his hands behind his back.
One officer’s third warning to tase him, Williams warned he had a heart condition.
‘I’ve got heart problems,’ Williams shouted. ‘Please! Please!’
Police found what they believed was cocaine in Williams’ pocket. it was wrapped in a one dollar bill
Williams refused to listen to police as he managed to break free from them. He ran away before losing his balance and falling onto the street
The third taser strike went off as Williams screamed out before losing consciousness.
Officers then placed him in recovery position but didn’t realize he wasn’t responsive until he ignored their orders to place his knees to his chest.
‘He tensed up,’ one person said. ‘He’s breathing.’
Emergency services were immediately called to the scene while one officer performed CPR on Williams.
Williams was transported to the hospital and died about an hour later. His cause of death wasn’t immediately available.
Raleigh Police Department identified the officers involved as Officers Thomas, Robinson, D.L. Aquino, J.R. Scott, D.L. Grande and B.L. Ramge.
The third taser strike went off as Williams screamed out before losing consciousness. Officers immediately called emergency services to the scene as one prepared to give him CPR
Williams was transported to the hospital and died about an hour later. His cause of death wasn’t immediately available
Williams’ death came only a few weeks after the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
Nichols was seen in bodycam footage being brutally beat, kicked and punched by officers.
The terrifying encounter began with a traffic stop, when multiple unmarked cop cars surrounded Nichols’ vehicle and officers dragged him from the driver’s seat as one could be heard yelling, ‘Get the f*** out of the f****** car.’
After hauling the 29-year-old from his car, several cops then begin relentlessly kicking and punching him as he lies on the street. The brawl continued after Nichols attempted to run away but was shortly captured.
Nichols is heard repeatedly screaming, ‘Mom! Mom!’ during the struggle, but goes silent after blows to his face.
After Nichols is handcuffed, he appeared to be unresponsive and unable to sit upright.
Eventually, he was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries three days later.
Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Emmitt Martin, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean, are all facing murder charges for their involvement in Nichols’ death.
Bodycam footage of Tyre Nichols being beaten to death sparked riots after it was released by the Memphis Police Department
Five Memphis police officers, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Emmitt Martin, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean, are all facing murder charges for their involvement in Nichols’ death
Preston Hemphill became the sixth Memphis police officer to be suspended over the fatal beating
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