Austin, Texas
Austin Police have had to suspend one of their own, after he used his taser gun on an unarmed, handcuffed woman.
The incident happened on July 23. Corporal Luis Soler was the backup officer on the arrest of a woman. Reportedly while the woman was being searched, she escaped from custody and ran away.
Soler ran after the handcuffed woman and used his taser on her.
It is against Austin Police Department policy to deploy a taser on a handcuffed suspect. Soler is suspended for five days.
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