Detroit police has released body camera footage of an incident on Thursday where an officer was tased.
Police say the officer was tased by a 27-year-old woman around 12:15 a.m. Thursday in southwest Detroit, near Dennis St. and Clippert.
Detroit Police Commander Whitney Commander Walton told reporters that police officers were approaching a vehicle with young men who were smoking marijuana. According to police, that's when family members nearby on a porch began interfering in police work.
One of the young men on the porch reportedly charged at an officer and police force was used to subdue him. Commander Walton says the situation turned into something it never needed to be because of the family members interfering.
“You should never interfere with an officer doing their job," said Commander Walton. "You observe the traffic stop, if you think there’s something wrong you can report that after, you can use a phone… you can film it if you think there’s something… but rushing up on an officer - we saw happened in New York City last night - officers don’t know what is happening… if you rush up and you’re not involved you never know what could happen.”
Police say they released the video in "an effort to maintain transparency with our community."
