The footage confirms the report’s statement that Williams can then be heard saying “I have heart problems” after he was stunned again and before officers said another one would be coming if he didn’t cooperate. “Hands behind your back or you’re going to get Tased again,” an officer said about 20 seconds later, following other orders by his colleagues. “Why are you all doing this to me?” he asks. The video shows him stopped moments later in the parking lot, with officers telling Williams to get on the ground and trying again to arrest him. The police report said Williams then broke away from the officers. The video shows officers on the ground with Williams near a trash can. The police report says a Taser was deployed, temporarily stopping Williams and causing him to fall. A struggle ensues, and someone can be heard threatening to fire a Taser unless he stops. The footage from one body camera shows officers directing him multiple times to place his hands either up or behind his back. READ MORE: Body cameras are seen as key to police reform. Family members viewed the footage on Thursday, a city spokesperson said. Williams’ family had no comment Friday on the release of the footage, according to Dawn Blagrove with Emancipate NC, a criminal justice reform group that has been in contact with the family. Police have said officers had been conducting proactive patrols of nearby businesses.Ī man can be heard on several of the body-worn camera recordings saying “I’m not doing anything.” The footage authorized to be released by a state judge this week shows officers approaching and searching Williams near a parked car. 17, according to a report by Police Chief Estella Patterson released days later. (AP) - Police in North Carolina’s capital city released body and dashboard camera footage Friday that shows the arrest of a Black man who died after officers repeatedly used stun guns on him.ĭarryl Tyree Williams, 32, died at a hospital after being confronted and handcuffed by officers in a southeast Raleigh neighborhood about 2 a.m.
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