A district attorney will review a traffic stop in which a Jasper, Tennessee, police officer appeared to punch and use a stun gun on a passenger who did not get out of the car when asked, city officials said Thursday.
The stop occurred when a driver ran a red light on Highway 28 and nearly hit a Jasper officer’s patrol car shortly after midnight Aug. 5, according to footage shown to TV news stations during a news conference Thursday. A video taken by the driver spread on social media following the incident.
The officer, Justin Graham, said he saw a rifle in the back seat of the car and suspected it was loaded, according to the video. Later, the weapon was found to be an airsoft gun, Jasper attorney Mark Raines said at the conference, which was livestreamed by the TV stations.
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Graham has not been placed on leave while the district attorney reviews the case, Raines said.