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A
white
female
Alabama
police
officer
was
caught
on
a
viral
video
violently
using
her
taser
against
an
innocent,
handcuffed
Black
man
last
week.
BOSSIP
reported
on
the
incident
and
today,
the
man
is
speaking
out
about
his
resulting
trauma.
According
to
ABC
News,
24-year-old
Micah
Washington
is
the
Black
man
who
was
assaulted
and
cursed
at
by
Reform,
Alabama,
police
officer
Dana
Elmore
while
handcuffed
and
completely
cooperative.
“I
try
to
act
OK
but
I
am
really
traumatized.
I
don’t
know
how
to
feel
about
police
now,”
Micah
Washington
told
ABC
affiliate
WBMA
in
Birmingham,
Alabama,
on
Thursday.
While
en
route
to
pick
up
his
brother,
Washington’s
car
had
a
blowout
that
he
was
attempting
to
fix
when
he
was
accosted
by
Elmore,
who
demanded
his
identification
despite
the
fact
that
she
was
not
conducting
a
traffic
stop.
What
happened
next
was
captured
by
Washington’s
brother’s
cell
phone
camera.
Leroy
Maxwell
Jr.,
Washington
lawyer,
spoke
to
his
client’s
pain
and
tearful
emotional
distress
as
he
pleaded
Elmore’s
mercy.
“The
only
thing
that
was
going
on
in
his
mind
was
George
Floyd,
George
Floyd,
George
Floyd,”
Maxwell
said.
“Because
at
one
point,
[the
officer]
had
her
foot
on
his
back
while
[he
was
lying]
on
the
ground.
And
then
he
was
having
a
hard
time
breathing.
And
he
was
yelling
that,
and
that
prompted
his
brother
to
start
recording.”
When
all
was
said
and
done,
Washington
was
arrested
and
charged
with
obstructing
governmental
operations,
resisting
arrest,
marijuana
possession,
drug
trafficking
and
ex-felon
in
possession
of
a
firearm.
According
to
Maxwell,
the
ex-felon
possession
of
a
firearm
will
not
be
pursued
by
the
DA
because
Washington
is
“not
a
felon.”
Regarding
the
drug
trafficking,
Elmore
claims
that
she
pulled
seven
grams
of
cocaine
and
fentanyl
out
of
Washington’s
pockets.
However…
“The
claim
was
that
she
pulled
seven
grams
of
cocaine
laced
in
fentanyl
out
of
his
pocket
and
a
gun,
so
that’s
what
they
charged
him
with,”
Maxwell
told
WBMA.
“Once
the
video
came
out,
all
of
a
sudden,
those
charges
get
dismissed
because
the
video
clearly
doesn’t
show
her
pulling
any
drugs
out
of
his
pants.”
District
Judge
Lance
Bailey
dismissed
the
(lyin’
a**)
charge.
Washington
says
he
wants
“justice”
and
“an
apology.”
We
won’t
hold
our
breath
for
either
of
those
things
as
much
as
he
deserves
them
both.
Elmore
has
been
placed
on
administrative
leave.
We’ll
have
more
information
as
it
becomes
available.
