Internal Investigation

An internal police report about the tasing of a deaf man is expected out today. Officers in Mobile, Alabama tasered and pepper sprayed Antonio Love after the mentally disabled man didn’t come out of a Dollar General bathroom when they shouted at him through the door. They used a tire iron to force the door open, Love was frightened and pushed back. The officers saw he held an umbrella and demmed it a weapon, justifying the use of pepper spray. Even after discovering he was deaf, the officers still tried to book him on resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and failure to obey a police officer. The case against Love was thrown out by a magistrate. Otherwise he would have been placed in jail. Here is Love's version of what happened.