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<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>&#8220;They&#8217;re police officers. I&#8217;m a black male&#8221;</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong> Detroit man is accusing Taylor police officers of using excessive force during an arrest outside his home on March 29, 201t6<br />
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<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Newly released video show cops pummeling Cody Meredith , stun him man over turn-signal violation as he pulls into his family home, without once telling him why the beat down happened</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The Videocam captures disturbing footage of officers punching Meredith in the head before using a Taser on him, as soon as they pulled up in his mom&#8217;s driveway<br />
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<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>&#8220;There was no opportunity to say anything,&#8221; Meredith says. &#8220;As soon as they got close to me they threw me to the ground and started beating me&#8221;</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Meredith who is seeking $70,000 in damages says, &#8220;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</strong><strong>&#8220;</strong></span><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-293635" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Cody-Meredith-1.png" alt="Cody Meredith 1" width="662" height="442" />Police officers lead Cody Meredith into a squad car after stunning him with a Taser and punching him repeatedly during an aggressive encounter in front of his mother&#8217;s home.</strong></h6>
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<p data-page="1">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&#8217;s driveway.</p>
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<p>Taylor, Mich., police followed Cody Meredith as he drove home in the early morning of March 29, 2016, he said.<br />
Officers claim they clocked Meredith driving 35 mph in a 25-mph zone, and said he had &#8220;braked heavily in order to not run a stop sign.&#8221;</p>
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<h6><strong>&#8220;They&#8217;re police officers. I&#8217;m a black male&#8221;</strong></h6>
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<p>Police responded by tailing Meredith to the home — and moved quickly when he turned off his ignition.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Where you guys coming from? Get up off me,&#8221; dashcam footage captures Meredith telling cops as they approach him aggressively.</p>
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<p>&#8220;At that point, in my mind, I&#8217;m thinking, &#8216;Why did I get stopped?'&#8221; said Meredith, who has filed a lawsuit over the incident. &#8220;Why did I get followed home when they could have pulled me over before I got to my home?&#8221;</p>
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<p>The disturbing footage continues, showing officers punching Meredith in the head before using a Taser on him.</p>
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<p>&#8220;There was no opportunity to say anything,&#8221; Meredith said during a TV interview.<br />
&#8220;As soon as they got close to me they threw me to the ground and started beating me.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Taylor police claim Meredith, then 18, resisted arrest — resulting in the aggressive takedown.</p>
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<p>Meredith said those claims are false and offered another explanation for the beating that landed him in the hospital.</p>
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<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-293636" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Cody-Meredith-2.png" alt="Cody Meredith 2.png" width="740" height="443" />&#8220;They&#8217;re police officers. I&#8217;m a black male.&#8221; said Cody Meredith explaining why cops pinned charges on him after giving him a beat down</strong></h6>
<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re police officers,&#8221; Meredith said. &#8220;I&#8217;m a black male. That answers the question. They&#8217;re going to do and say what they can to protect themselves.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Shut the f&#8211;k up, you piece of s&#8211;t,&#8221; a cop tells Meredith as he sits in a squad car, before falsely claiming the detained driver had a warrant out for his arrest.</p>
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<p>Cops found a small bag of marijuana in his car, but Meredith&#8217;s attorneys claim the search was illegal.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Meredith says he&#8217;s now reminded of the incident whenever he visits his mother.</p>
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<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; said Meredith, who is seeking $70,000 in damages.</p>
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<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a place I like to be. I don&#8217;t call it home anymore. Your home is where you&#8217;re supposed to feel safe. I don&#8217;t feel safe there.&#8221;</p>
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