A Georgia police officer has been fired after a video was widely shared on social media that depicted him using a taser on a woman during an arrest outside a home in Loganville. The Gwinnett County Police Department terminated Officer Michael Oxford after an investigation found he “violated our policy and did not meet our core values,” the agency said in a statement posted online.
The officer responded after a 911 call was made on Tuesday regarding property damage. A woman had reported that two people had thrown a bottle at her car, and that the group had threatened to assault her and beat her 9-year-old child, according to the police statement.
The caller directed Oxford to a home where she believed the individuals were staying. When the officer arrived at that residence, he recognized one of the women on the front porch from video surveillance of the bottle being thrown, authorities said… Read More Here!
A Georgia police officer has been fired after a video was widely shared on social media that depicted him using a taser on a woman during an arrest outside a home in Loganville. The Gwinnett County Police Department terminated Officer Michael Oxford after an investigation found he “violated our policy and did not meet our core values,” the agency said in a statement posted online.
The officer responded after a 911 call was made on Tuesday regarding property damage. A woman had reported that two people had thrown a bottle at her car, and that the group had threatened to assault her and beat her 9-year-old child, according to the police statement.
The caller directed Oxford to a home where she believed the individuals were staying. When the officer arrived at that residence, he recognized one of the women on the front porch from video surveillance of the bottle being thrown, authorities said… Read More Here!
