Caught on Camera: Miami Police Officer accidentally Tasered his partner during an arrest
There is a thing with cops in the US and citizens filming them when they arrest someone. Usually, the cops do some crazy things or head scratching things that leave people with questions about why they had to do that.
And this is what exactly happened in Miami when a police officer was trying to arrest someone and he accidentally tased his partner instead of the person they were trying to arrest.
The video has been posted on YouTube and other social media platforms.
Officer E. Rodriguez and Officer G. Casiano, the two policemen who were in the video, were in a scuffle with a local crack addict.
The incident happened when they were trying to arrest the addict.
Rigoberto Castillo allegedly bought and took a crack when he started to resist the arrest from the 2 police officers of the Miami City Police Department.
In the video, you can see how one of the officers tried to hit Castillio with a Taser, but instead, it hits one of them.
After getting tased, the officer goes down.
Eventually, the backup came and the officers managed to arrest Castillo.
Rigoberto Castillo caught the attention of the police officers when he gave a crack pipe to Lazaro Perez, the police officers saw him passing the crack pipe.
Rigoberto Castillo will be facing the charges of possession of cocaine, resisting arrest with violence, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Lazaro Perez got away but was detained by the police a day after.
The police officer that was got hit by the Taser managed to make a full recovery and luckily, he did not attain any injuries.
The short clip of the incident was shared on Instagram first and got viral. It was recorded on a mobile phone.