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Officer Indicted for Using Taser on City Official in Texas
Source: Associated Press
Officer Indicted for Using Taser on City Official in Texas
By JUAN A. LOZANO, ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Jan 25, 2016, 7:20 PM ET
A grand jury has indicted a police officer after he used a stun gun on a City Council member while arresting him in a small, predominantly black Texas college town, authorities said Monday.
Prairie View officer Michael Kelley was indicted Friday for official oppression, a misdemeanor, said E. Rivera, chief investigator for the Waller County District Attorney's Office.
Kelley's attorney, Roger Bridgwater, said the officer "was shocked" by the indictment and that Kelley plans to plead not guilty. Kelley was expected to turn himself in to authorities within the next 24 hours and a judge has already set his bond at $3,000, Bridgwater said.
Police said the incident began last October when they questioned four men outside Prairie View City Council Member Jonathan Miller's apartment about suspicious activity in the neighborhood and Miller intervened. Video from police and from one of Miller's friends showed Kelley using a Taser on Miller when he didn't follow police commands. Miller and a female officer also at the scene are both black while Kelley is white.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO, ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Jan 25, 2016, 7:20 PM ET
A grand jury has indicted a police officer after he used a stun gun on a City Council member while arresting him in a small, predominantly black Texas college town, authorities said Monday.
Prairie View officer Michael Kelley was indicted Friday for official oppression, a misdemeanor, said E. Rivera, chief investigator for the Waller County District Attorney's Office.
Kelley's attorney, Roger Bridgwater, said the officer "was shocked" by the indictment and that Kelley plans to plead not guilty. Kelley was expected to turn himself in to authorities within the next 24 hours and a judge has already set his bond at $3,000, Bridgwater said.
Police said the incident began last October when they questioned four men outside Prairie View City Council Member Jonathan Miller's apartment about suspicious activity in the neighborhood and Miller intervened. Video from police and from one of Miller's friends showed Kelley using a Taser on Miller when he didn't follow police commands. Miller and a female officer also at the scene are both black while Kelley is white.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officer-indicted-taser-city-official-texas-36505922
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