‘It was torture’ — Video shows MPD officer repeatedly stunning a handcuffed suspect with Taser
Antonio Strawder stands outside his North Memphis home on Aug. 26, next to the spot where he was repeatedly shocked with a Taser by Memphis Police Department officer Otto Kiehl while being arrested for driving without a license. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Officer Otto Kiehl received a 10-day suspension but the case is one of several serious incidents of police abuse not sent to prosecutors to weigh possible criminal charges.
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Memphis Police Department Michael Rallings police brutality taserMarc Perrusquia
Marc Perrusquia is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, where graduate students learn investigative and explanatory journalism skills working alongside professionals. He's won numerous state and national awards for government watchdog, social justice and political reporting. Follow the Institute on Facebook or Twitter @psr_memphis.
Christopher Fulton
Christopher Fulton is a freelance journalist living in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He is a graduate student in the Journalism Department at the University of Memphis and a former intern for the university’s Institute for Public Service Reporting.
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