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Jilly_in_VA

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Thu Jul 21, 2022, 12:04 PM Jul 2022

Black man beaten, left bloodied after alleged stop sign violation in Tennessee

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into the brutal arrest of a Black man who was chased into a home, where a loved one recorded as he was beaten and shocked with a Taser after alleged traffic violations.

The video begins when officers with the Oakland Police Department follow a man into a home. One officer is swinging a baton, while the other has a gun drawn, the video shows.

A woman inside the home can be heard screaming: "Stop, stop, Brandon, Brandon, stop! Stop hitting him!"

The officers chase the man upstairs into a den and begin to shock him with a Taser.

"Why are you chasing and hitting him?" the woman asks. "He has no weapons." A woman can also be heard saying: "I need to call my mom. I need to call his mom."

After a third law enforcement officer arrives, all three try to detain the man in a room. When he exits the room, his face is bloodied.

Officers tried to pull over Brandon Calloway, 25, after he drove through a stop sign, according to a police affidavit.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-man-beaten-left-bloodied-alleged-stop-sign-violation-tennessee-rcna39318

I have been blue-lighted for "failure to stop at a stop sign" when I did. I was let go, probably because I am a white female and at the time had a nurse's parking tag on my rearview

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Black man beaten, left bloodied after alleged stop sign violation in Tennessee (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jul 2022 OP
This is a burb of Memphis. Once again, TN is an international disgrace! 🤬 SheltieLover Jul 2022 #1
Send him a ticket in the mail for chrissakes this is not necessary Walleye Jul 2022 #2
Sue the hell out of all of them Deuxcents Jul 2022 #3
Every use of force should be followed multigraincracker Jul 2022 #4
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