Iran Press/ America: 32-year-old Darryl Tyree Williams died in a Raleigh hospital on January 17 after police tased him multiple times during an attempted arrest for alleged drug possession.
On Friday (February 10), police released roughly 12-minute-long footage of the moments leading up to William's fatal arrest.
Raleigh officers were conducting "proactive patrols" of an area said to have a history of criminal violations when they spotted Williams in a vehicle. Officers attempted to detain Williams for possession of a controlled substance after they found a folded dollar bill with white powder in his pocket.
Williams can be heard questioning why and asking “what’s going on” as he was being arrested. One body camera video shows cops telling Williams if he does not place his hands behind his back, they will fire a Taser.
After being Tased, Williams can be heard expressing concern over what the repeated use of the stun gun could do to his heart.
Police and EMS on the scene were unable to resuscitate him. He was then brought to a hospital, where he died about an hour later, according to authorities.
About three years ago, the death of George Floyd, an African-American man, occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. It has caused a lot of unrest in American cities.
George Floyd died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The video of Floyd pleading with the officer, who pressed a knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes until Floyd stopped moving, sparked widespread outrage and mass protests across the US and other parts of the world.
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