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Gwinnett County, Georgia Police Officer Under Investigation After Reportedly Tasing A Woman For “Talking Too Loud” On Her Front Porch

<p>Roommates&comma; a police officer in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsr-updatez-students-faculty-members-test-positive-for-covid-19-at-georgia-high-school-that-went-viral-for-crowded-hallway&sol;">Gwinnett County<&sol;a>&comma; Georgia is currently under investigation after a viral video clip has circulated on social media showing him tasing a woman &lpar;identified as Kyndesia Smith&rpar; on her front porch for allegedly &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;talking too loud&period;” According to reports&comma; the Gwinnett County&comma; Georgia officer Michael Oxford&comma; responded to a call from a neighbor of a disturbance in the neighborhood and the situation quickly escalated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Gwinnett County&comma; Georgia police officer is currently <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toofab&period;com&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;20&sol;georgia-officer-tases-woman-on-her-own-porch&sol;">under investigation<&sol;a> after he tased a woman on her own porch&period; The disturbing video went viral on social  media&comma; showing officer Michael Oxford dragging Kyndesia Smith around on the front porch of her own home before tasing her&period; Smith&comma; makes absolutely no threat of violence before she is incapacitated after being tased&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the short clip&comma; Oxford is seen arguing with a group of Black women&comma; before telling Smith &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;you&&num;8217&semi;re under arrest&period;” However&comma; he never says what she is under arrest for and Oxford roughly grabs her and drags her out along the length of the porch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group plead with Oxford to calm down&semi; instead he pulls out his taser and aims&comma; yelling &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Get on the f&ast;&ast;king ground&period; Get on the ground right now&period; Taser&period; Taser&period;” Seconds after telling Smith she is under arrest&comma; the officer fires&comma; sending her falling into the bushes while her friends scream &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Leave her alone&excl; What are you doing&quest; Call the police&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Oxford then says&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Turn over&comma; put your hands behind your back&period; I will tase you again&period; Taser deployed&period;” Right after&comma; he handcuffs Smith&period; He then forces her arms behind her back to handcuff her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the police report from Gwinnett County&comma; Michael Oxford alleges he was dispatched after a neighbor accused one of the women on the porch of throwing a bottle at her car and threatening her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the clip began to make its rounds on social media&comma; the Gwinnett County Police Department publicly stated that Oxford is officially under investigation due to the way in which he handled the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CEIDLCkhSZJ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; 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