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CMPD uses tasers after traffic stop goes wrong

06:29 PM EST on Sunday, December 28, 2008

By NewsChannel 36 Staff
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A routine traffic stop in Charlotte ends with police using their tasers and the incident is caught on tape. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say the suspect ran a stop sign on Mineral Springs Road near Graham Street Saturday night. Officers say the male driver took off when they tried to pull him over. The man eventually ran through mail boxes and wrecked in a ditch. That's when authorities say the man tried to run away and officers used tasers to stop him. The man was finally arrested.

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