BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — Dramatic video out of Blytheville, Arkansas.
Officers rolled up on Chardrick Mitchell at an apartment building on East Main Street.
Cops said Mitchell locked his live-in girlfriend out of their place.
“If she’s living there, you can’t stop her from getting her own clothes,” the officer is heard saying.
Seconds pass and the officer asks Mitchell’s name, but he refused.
“You need to give me your name. If you don`t, I`m going to arrest you for obstruction.”
The body camera covered, you hear Mitchell yelling at his girlfriend, then he began walking away.
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Mitchell told WREG he was heading to open the door, but police said they thought he was going to run away.
That’s when you hear the officer shout, “Hey, turn around, you`re (( he fires his taser here)) under arrest.”
The police report claimed the officer told Mitchell he was under arrest before he was shot with the stun gun.
According to the video, that didn’t happen.
WREG went to the police station looking for answers.
They said they couldn’t comment about anything because the young man is awaiting trial.
Mitchell is expected to in court on August 2.
He’s charged with disorderly conduct, obstruction, and failure to submit.
No word yet on if police are investigating the officer’s conduct during the arrest.
