another stupid power hungry cop story in which they tazer a 75 year old man based in part on the accusation of a neighbor without investigating properly; 

DENVER (AP) — Body camera footage released Thursday shows a Colorado police officer using a Taser on a 75-year-old man without warning less than a minute after police said he answered the door to his apartment holding a sword-like object.

The videos show Michael Clark falling backward after being shocked by the Taser as he stood inside his apartment May 30, hitting a chair on his way to the ground and temporarily losing consciousness.

Clark is not shown at the door holding the object, which was described by his lawyer as a sawfish bill but as a machete by the two responding officers. The video shows Clark opening the door and asking, “What do you want?” Immediately, Idaho Springs Police Department Officer Nicholas Hanning expresses surprise and walks toward Clark. A crashing sound can be heard on the videos, which were made public by Clark’s lawyer, Sarah Schielke.

According to court documents, Hanning forced Clark into a wall. On the video, Hanning and his partner yell at Clark to put the object down, and he immediately places it on top of a shelving unit in the apartment.

Clark then refused the officers’ conflicting commands to get on the ground and get out of the apartment, forcefully saying “No.” Then, as he was talking about noise being made by his neighbors, one of whom had accused Clark of hitting her in the face, Hanning deployed his Taser.........read more.........