In the latest instalment of Police Being Needlessly Heavy Handed, footage has emerged of Alabama police officers pulling students out of an apartment complex and tasering them to the floor. In a statement, the Tuscaloosa police department said that the incident took place at 3.19am and that the officers were responding to a loud music complaint.

When the cops showed up, an officer claimed that one of the students was under arrest but at first found himself unable to say why. Eventually he claimed that the student was being charged with "harrassment". As the students attempted to shut the door on the police, Brandon Wiliford was dragged from the apartment, tasered and beaten. He was subsequently charged with obstruction, harrassment and resisting arrest.

The Crimson White has access to a video record on a phone that shows the inital attempt by the officer to enter the apartment. From this angle you can see the confrontation between the police and the students. The video below shows the police officers pulling the students out of the front door, before subjecting Wiliford to a tasering and a needless baton beating. Tuscaloosa Police Department says that the videos are being reviewed and the incident internally investigated.

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