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In the same Texas city where activist Sandra Bland was arrested and later died in jail, Prairie View City Councilman Jonathan Miller was tased while on his knees and turned away from officers, who say he was resisting arrest.
On Thursday evening, Prairie View police pulled up outside Miller's home as three of his fraternity brothers were preparing to practice a step routine for homecoming,
according to KHOU.
"There's been drug activity, little girls and little guys in the car doing whatever, so when we see this, we come investigate," Prairie View Officer Pennie Goodie can be
heard in footage from a police body camera.
Below is footage from the police body camera. The second video is further post-taser footage from police, and footage shot by Miller's friend.
Miller's friends
told KHOU they were changing their shoes near one of their cars when police arrived.
"She's like, 'What are you guys doing?'" said Alaric Jones. "We're like, 'Nothing. Gonna practice some steps.' And she said, 'No it looks like you guys are doing some drug-related stuff because this is a high-drug area, high crime area also.'"
Miller, 26, came outside to check on matters. "They were at my house," he told the officers.
"OK, I don't know that pulling up," Officer Goodie replied.
"OK, that's fine, I'm not trying to be combative or anything," said Miller.
"OK, I'm not either," Officer Goodie said, at some point adding: "I understand you're coming in at the tale end of it. I just told you everything is okay. They already explained everything to me."
A second officer then told Miller to back away. "This is a scene, come on," said Officer Kelley, as he reached for Miller.
Comment: Good for them, especially since James Mitchell has said he has 'nothing to apologize for': What a ridiculous response from a person who willingly designed a program to torture thousands of people. Hopefully they'll both see justice for their roles in this monstrosity. But the US' use of torture stretches back decades and involves sadists too-numerous-to-count. Check out: