The video may get you a bit riled, so keep that in mind.
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Quote from the two officers' police chief, who showed up at the scene just after the final taser jolt was administered:
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Quote from the two officers' police chief, who showed up at the scene just after the final taser jolt was administered:
Smith, who quit eight days after the incident, remains unrepentant.
"I did what I had to do to take control of the situation," Smith told the AJC about his decision to repeatedly discharge his Taser.
Yet his former boss, Lumpkin Police Chief Steven Ogle, was shocked when he saw the video.
"I couldn’t believe it,” Ogle said. “You don’t use it [a Taser] for punitive reasons, to prod someone. It was evident it was an improper use of force. He was an excellent officer other than that incident."
Smith resigned just as Ogle started the process to fire him, the chief said. Smith now works for the Chattahoochee County Sheriff's office.