A Florida sheriff’s deputy has been charged after using his taser on a man filling up at a gas station. The taser’s electricity generated a fireball that burned nearly three-quarters of the victim’s body.
The incident was filmed at a Wawa gas station in Orange County on February 27, 2022, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Officers, after receiving a report of motorcyclists driving in a dangerous manner, intercepted the victim, Jean Barretto Baerga, and placed him on the ground.
Sheriff Marcos López told US media outlet Fox 35 that the suspect had crossed the intersection at a red light and was moving in the opposite direction of traffic.
The defense attorney said that ” [les policiers] must protect us, not set us on fire”.
Osceola County Deputy David Crawford was charged Thursday with negligence.
