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Charges against man tased by Fairfax County cop dropped
Prosecutors are dropping charges against an African American man shot by a police officer with a stun gun in northern Virginia.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - Prosecutors are dropping charges against an African American man shot by a police officer with a stun gun in Fairfax County.
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Authorities say La Monta Gladney was the victim when Fairfax County police officer Tyler Timberlake shot him with a stun gun last week in the county's Gum Springs neighborhood.
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Still, Gladney wound up being charged with being public drunkenness and resisting arrest.
Prosecutors said Thursday they will drop those charges.
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Body-worn camera footage shows Gladney speaking incoherently while officers try to persuade him to go to a detox center. Several minutes later Timberlake arrives, advances toward Gladney and shoots him with a stun gun.
Timberlake is still facing assault charges.