Raleigh police release video of stun gun use before man, Williams, dies
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.
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.’