The man is seen falling to the ground after an officer fired a Taser (right, yellow light) into his chest.
The man is seen falling to the ground after an officer fired a Taser (right, yellow light) into his chest.
A Michigan police department is investigating the arrest of a combative father who was holding his two-month-old son when an officer shot him with a stun gun.
Officers from the Westland Police Department said in a statement Monday that the man grabbed his son after the officers told him they were arresting him for assault, property damage and outstanding warrants.
The man's girlfriend and boy's mother, Nichole Skidmore, told WDIV that her boyfriend was still holding their son when the officer fired the stun gun.
The Westland Police Department in Michigan is investigating the arrest of a combative father who may have still been holding his two-month-old son when an officer shot him with a stun gun.
Police noted that Skidmore was holding the child before the father was stunned.
Authorities said officers arrived at the home around 9pm during a Friday night barbecue after receiving a report about a male assaulting a female and damaging her vehicle.
But Williams said the officers were told they had the wrong house and that the child's father became agitated while talking to them.
In a video of the arrest posted on Facebook by their neighbor Kelvin Williams, the man grabs his baby from Skidmore.
The man's girlfriend and boy's mother, Nichole Skidmore said her boyfriend was still holding their son when the officer fired the stun gun.
In the video, the officers are heard telling the man to 'let go of the kid'.
'He ain't gotta go nowhere. This man just told me to take my child in the house,' the father is heard yelling as his baby cries in his arms.
Moments later, the man is seen falling to the ground after an officer fired a Taser into his chest.
Witnesses said the baby's mother, Skidmore, was able to catch the child as he fell from his father's arms.
The man is seen falling to the ground after an officer fired a Taser (right, yellow light) into his chest.
The video shows officers surrounding the man and firing a Taser into his chest.
According to WDIV, the man was tased several times before he was taken into custody.
Police said the child was examined by Westland EMT and was not injured.
In a statement, the police department said they will be conducting 'a thorough internal investigation to determine whether policy and procedure was followed and whether the incident was handled correctly'.
'At this point in time that investigation is only in the beginning phase,' police noted.
