Watch: Ohio Police Officer Fights And Almost Tasers Elderly Man During Traffic Stop
12/12/20 AT 3:36 PM
The Hamersville Police Department in Ohio has launched an internal investigation after a video of an officer fighting an elderly man began circulating online during a traffic stop.
The incident took place in the middle of Highway 125 after officers pulled over a young woman for tinted windows and learned she was driving without a license, Fox 19 reports.
However, when the woman’s aunt, Tammy Hampton, and her husband, Carl, came to pick up the car, things took a turn for the worse.
In the video, the officer can be seen fighting with the 65-year-old man as the women scream at him to stop. The officer then proceeds to punch Carl in the face several times and pulls out a stun gun.