A complaint by a Bradley County, Tenn., resident that a deputy seized his phone and handcuffed him for filming at a traffic stop is being investigated by internal affairs, the sheriff’s office says.
Terrell Parks’ video of the Sunday evening confrontation at Harry’s on Wildwood Avenue in Bradley County has spread widely on social media.
Parks told the Times Free Press his cousin, Jamichael Parks, was handcuffed, detained, questioned and harassed by Bradley County Sheriff’s Office deputy Dale Liner.
Terrell Parks said the two stopped at Harry’s around 6 p.m. and noticed several police vehicles around a truck near the gas pumps. Deputies were questioning three people from the truck who he recognized as relatives.
He said that as he walked toward the store, he asked if they were all right. One nodded yes, Terrell Parks said.