Video: Cops Zap Suspect With Stun Gun, Tasered Pallbearer

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By Lynn Edwards Nov 21, 2008

Police interrupted a funeral and shocked and arrested the son of the deceased and even tasered the pallbearer. The five New Hanover deputies have been disciplined after arresting a suspect at the funeral. The charges were serious as Gladwyn Russ III was wanted on a domestic warrant for a threatening to kill his wife.

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According to the UK Daily Mail the The officers planned to quietly arrest pallbearer after the funeral, but a communication lapse at the sheriff's department is blamed for the SNAFU and resulted in two plain clothes detectives taking him in to custody while he was acting as a pallbearer, and sliding his father's casket in to the hearse.

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Startled, according to Russ he fought back. That is when the suspect was tased, cuffed and taken to jail. When deputies approached Mr Russ during the Saturday funeral, he 'went wild' and spat on the officers, said chief deputy Ed McMahon.

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Mr McMahon said the officers should have waited until after the cemetery service. See the video here. 'It was never my intention to create any more problems for the family, and I am truly sorry and apologise for that,' he said.

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