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DoorDash driver Tased during Superior traffic stop [View all]
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/door-dash-driver-tased-during-superior-traffic-stopSUPERIOR — An evening traffic stop Feb. 28 resulted in the use of a Taser and two citations for the motorist, a 22-year-old DoorDash driver.
Body-worn and dash-camera footage of the incident has been circulating online and was used in a video on the LackLuster YouTube channel. The driver, Ian Cuypers, said he is considering legal action.
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Cuypers said that hearing orders from multiple officers was confusing and that he didn’t hear Gaard’s warning that he would be Tased if he didn’t comply.
He plans to contest the two tickets he received: one for driving against traffic on a one-way street and the other for resisting an officer. Cuypers, who started a GoFundMe site to raise money for lawyer fees, said he is being represented by People’s Law Office, based in Chicago. In an official statement, he said the level of force officers used was unnecessary and unacceptable.
Body-worn and dash-camera footage of the incident has been circulating online and was used in a video on the LackLuster YouTube channel. The driver, Ian Cuypers, said he is considering legal action.
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Cuypers said that hearing orders from multiple officers was confusing and that he didn’t hear Gaard’s warning that he would be Tased if he didn’t comply.
He plans to contest the two tickets he received: one for driving against traffic on a one-way street and the other for resisting an officer. Cuypers, who started a GoFundMe site to raise money for lawyer fees, said he is being represented by People’s Law Office, based in Chicago. In an official statement, he said the level of force officers used was unnecessary and unacceptable.
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