A Michigan driver is seeking restitution from the Taylor police departmentr, allegeing that  cops hit him with a Taser and pummeled him for failing to signal while pulling into his mother’s driveway.

Taylor, Mich., police followed Cody Meredith as he drove home in the early morning of March 29, 2016, he said.
Officers claim they clocked Meredith driving 35 mph in a 25-mph zone, and said he had “braked heavily in order to not run a stop sign.”

“They’re police officers. I’m a black male”

Police responded by tailing Meredith to the home — and moved quickly when he turned off his ignition.

“Where you guys coming from? Get up off me,” dashcam footage captures Meredith telling cops as they approach him aggressively.

“At that point, in my mind, I’m thinking, ‘Why did I get stopped?'” said Meredith, who has filed a lawsuit over the incident. “Why did I get followed home when they could have pulled me over before I got to my home?”

The disturbing footage continues, showing officers punching Meredith in the head before using a Taser on him.

“There was no opportunity to say anything,” Meredith said during a TV interview.
“As soon as they got close to me they threw me to the ground and started beating me.”

Taylor police claim Meredith, then 18, resisted arrest — resulting in the aggressive takedown.

Meredith said those claims are false and offered another explanation for the beating that landed him in the hospital.

“They’re police officers. I’m a black male.” said Cody Meredith explaining why cops pinned charges on him after giving him a beat down

“They’re police officers,” Meredith said. “I’m a black male. That answers the question. They’re going to do and say what they can to protect themselves.”

“Shut the f–k up, you piece of s–t,” a cop tells Meredith as he sits in a squad car, before falsely claiming the detained driver had a warrant out for his arrest.

Cops found a small bag of marijuana in his car, but Meredith’s attorneys claim the search was illegal.

Meredith was charged with drug possession and two counts of assaulting a police officer, but he had a medical marijuana card, so the drug possession charge was dropped.

Meredith says he’s now reminded of the incident whenever he visits his mother.

“Every time I go to the house I pull up and I look at that little spot and I remember every little thing and how it happened,” said Meredith, who is seeking $70,000 in damages.