An Indianola, Mississippi, police officer has been accused of violating the rights of two Mississippi citizens: one an active-duty Army staff sergeant and an 11-year-old boy whom the cop allegedly shot.
Two federal lawsuits have been filed against Greg Capers, alleging excessive use of force in both incidents.
Sgt. Kelvin Franklin claims that Officer Capers stunned him with a Taser, choked and pointed a gun at him while he was handcuffed on Dec. 30, 2022.
Franklin says that day, he was traveling with his then-fiancée’s cousin from Camp Shelby to her residence in Indianola.
Once they arrived in Indianola, there was some misunderstanding when Franklin got out of his car to get a parking decal that led his fiancée to call 911, his complaint says.
Franklin saw the driveway was blocked, according to the attorney, so he approached the cousin about moving it, but the fiancée thought they were arguing.
Franklin says that he tried to resolve the situation with the cousin, but that too was misinterpreted by his fiancée, whom he has since split with.
According to Franklin’s attorneys, by the time Capers and other officers arrived, Franklin attempted to explain that he was there to collect his belongings before returning to Camp Shelby. He also disclosed he had a firearm, which an unnamed officer confiscated.
This is when Capers drew his firearm, then his Taser, and struck Franklin multiple times before choking him, the lawsuit complaint states. A three-minute video shows that Franklin’s arms were at his side when he was tased.
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The complaint also says that Franklin requested medical attention due to pain and having a single kidney but was taken to Sunflower County Jail without treatment.
Franklin has since been deployed to Kuwait in May 2023. He says he is now concerned that the trauma he has experienced from the incident will interfere with his work and put his 16-year career in the military…
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