Caught on camera: Police officer uses Taser on man acting 'aggressively'
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Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith shared on his Facebook page a recent confrontation a Lawtey police officer had with a 60-year-old man who "aggressively" approached him.
Smith said the officer "used a less than lethal tactic" and in the video, the officer can be seen deploying a Taser. The man fell to the ground and can be heard complying with the officer.
According to the police report Officer Jay Raulerson responded to a report of a man running in the middle of U.S. 301. Raulerson noticed an agitated man in a gray Toyota and pulled the vehicle over.
In the report, the man is described as "jumping from the driver's seat, placing his right hand out as if pointing a gun." As he charged the police car, the man screamed about the lights on the patrol car and that "he had to stop the lights."
The report said two weapons, described as "two cans of chemical agents," were found on the man.
The man was taken to Shands Hospital in Starke, then transported to Meridian Behavioral Healthcare.
Recently, Lawtey Police Officer, Jay Raulerson, was confronted with a dangerous situation during a call to assist a...
Posted by Sheriff Gordon Smith - Bradford County Sheriff on Thursday, August 6, 2015

