Youth worker loses damages fight after police Tasered him
Judge finds officer had ‘objectively reasonable’ belief the Tasering of Edwin Afriyie was necessary. …
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Mr Afriyie, who has not been charged with a driving offence arising from the incident, was standing with his arms folded when he was hit and footage, available online, showed him falling backwards, landing with his head on a step and his body on the pavement.