Glynn County Police Officers, Todd Allen and Zach Hampel are seen tasing a antheral with autism fractional a twelve times. Their files amusement that they person not been suspended oregon disciplined since the incident, but the parent of the antheral says they did not execute their jobs decently and wants them fired.
Glynn County Police Officers, Todd Allen and Zach Hampel are seen tasing a antheral with autism fractional a twelve times. Their files amusement that they person not been suspended oregon disciplined since the incident, but the parent of the antheral says they did not execute their jobs decently and wants them fired.

GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. – The News4Jax I-Team has obtained the unit files for 2 Glynn County Police officers who tasered a antheral with autism aggregate times. It was an incidental that was recorded by a assemblage camera.

Their files bash not amusement that they person been disciplined oregon placed connected administrative permission since the incident. They besides amusement the officers person had beardown show reviews successful the past.

The parent of the antheral who was tasered by officers has filed a ailment with the Glynn County Police Department, and said she wants the officers who were progressive fired.

The video shows Glynn County Police Officer Todd Allen utilizing a Taser to daze Rajon Cherry aft helium didn’t obey commands to driblet a metallic entity successful his hand.

Officer Zach Hampel arrived arsenic backup portion Cherry, who has autism and is nonverbal, continued to disregard their commands to get connected the ground. Over the people of astir 10 minutes, helium was tasered astatine slightest six times.

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“Tortured him. You tortured him,” said parent Sherril Johnson. “I’m his dependable and he’s my heart. He lives connected the wrong of me, and I’m not going to fto cipher other wounded him.”

Records amusement Allen is simply a seasoned serviceman who has had extended training, including a one-hour people connected interviews for victims, suspects oregon defendants with autism. Records amusement Hampel received grooming connected disablement consciousness successful 2018.

On the country of the tasering incident, bystanders tin beryllium heard connected video screaming that Cherry had peculiar needs, including his sister.

“He’s autistic! What are y’all doing?” 1 bystander tin beryllium heard saying.

“To perpetually support tasing him and to perceive those screams...I perceive those screams each the time. I perceive those screams each the time,” said sister Sasha Troup. “You can’t get those benignant of screams retired your head. I didn’t adjacent cognize my member could shriek similar that.”

Cherry’s household wants much grooming for officers dealing with radical with peculiar needs. His parent besides wants idiosyncratic to reply for what her lad experienced.

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A spokesperson with the Glynn County Police Department said an administrative reappraisal of the incidental has been completed, but the results of that cannot beryllium released until the probe into Johnson’s ailment has been finished.

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