police officer arrested sandra bland this summer. and now officials say that one of the officers involved in this latest tasering was also involved in the arrest of sandra bland. she later died in custody and the footage from of her her arrest was shown in media outlets around the country continually. whatever the fear of officers about the youtube effect does not seem to have stopped them from tasering that city council member last week. it is pretty clear to me the fears that fuel the black lives matter protest. those protests are fueled by fears that unarmed civilians will encounter undeserved violence at the hands of police. but given that at least one officer who has already been caught on tape seems undeterred from aggressive policing just what it is that officers are afraid of? i ll ask a retired police officer next. stay with us. can a business have a mind?
police officer arrested sandra bland this summer. in the video now seen by millions of people. and now officials say that one of the officers involved in this latest tasering was also involved in the arrest of sandra bland. she later died in custody. and the footage from her arrest were shown continually in media outlets around the country. so whatever the fear of officers in prairie view, texas may have been, whatever fear they had about the youtube effect, does not seem to have stopped them from tasering that city council member last week. so it is pretty clear to me that the fears that fuel the black lives matter protests, those protests are fueled by fears that unarmed civilians will encounter undeserved violence at the hands of police. but given that at least one officer who has already been caught on tape seems undeterred from aggressive policing, just what is it that officers are afraid of? i ll ask a retired police officer next. stay with us. e cloud. it s security -
and now officials say that one of the officers involved in this latest tasering was also involved in the arrest of sandra bland. she later died in custody. and the footage from her arrest were shown continually in media outlets around the country. so whatever the fear of officers in prairie view, texas may have been, whatever fear they had about the youtube effect, does not seem to have stopped them from tasering that city council member last week. so it is pretty clear to me that the fears that fuel the black lives matter protests, those protests are fueled by fears that unarmed civilians will encounter undeserved violence at the hands of police. but given that at least one officer who has already been caught on tape seems undeterred from aggressive policing, just what is it that officers are afraid of? i ll ask a retired police officer next. stay with us.
developing this hour, we are getting new details into the tasering of a prayerry view, texas, city councilman outside his home. a meeting of city council was under way this afternoon as the town decides what s next. the dramatic scene was caught on tape. here s more on that from nbc s janet shamlian and a warning, some viewers may find the following video disturbing. reporter: the councilman in prairie view telling nbc news he does not know why officers he knew first tased him then arrested him. 26-year-old councilman jonathan miller says he wants answers. miller says there was no justification for police firing a taser at him while he was on his knees. okay, he is gonna have to tase you. not doing like you are supposed to. reporter: the dramatic video, one from miller s friend, the other from the an officer s body
sending them to the hospital because you re not given the proper medication. a man who committed a minor offense and lived an otherwise perfect career. and there are a lot of these people who are stuck in jail because they can t make a $250 bail and they re presumed innocent. and that jail is not taking care of those prisoners and they re dying. someone needs to do something. when you look at this particular case in this video, it was overexcessive. he was offering passive resistance. that doesn t give them the right that shot to the face, knocking him down, tasering people against him? look, you should have the right to protect your safety, but at the time he was taken down, was he really a threat to anybody? but i think what is interesting, though, is that the actual criminal charges against kenny, who is the one who used the taser while he was in confinement, he s not being charged with that blow to the head. that s not part of the case against him. we have to assess whe