(CNN) A police officer in Fairfax County, Virginia, faces up to three years in prison in connection with his arrest and use of a stun gun on a black man who cried out, "I can't breathe." Fairfax County police released bodycam footage of the incident, which appears to show Officer Tyler Timberlake using a stun gun on the man without provocation. This still image from bodycam footage released by Fairfax County police shows EMTs speaking to a man shortly before an officer uses a stun gun on him. "The video also erodes the public's trust of police officers, not only in Fairfax County," Roessler said, "but throughout this world. As he turns, the second officer releases his stun gun.

Source: CNN June 07, 2020 19:07 UTC