Body cam video shows officers using stun gun to take down man with autism

Sunday, July 15, 2018
GRAHAM, Texas (KTRK) -- A North Texas police department is defending their officers' actions after using a stun gun to take down a man with autism.

Just last week, 19-year-old Michael Moore was in his backyard when a neighbor called the police to report he was tossing rocks.
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Body cam footage from the Graham Police Department shows Moore growing confused and apologizing as officers stunned and handcuffed him.

"The police pulled up and he waved at me and I ran up to them and he asked me 'do you live here?' and I said yes," Moore said.
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The responding officers say they thought Moore was high on drugs and that they were not aware he had autism, but court records show a 911 operator alerted them to his mental disability.
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