Man wrongly Tasered by police gets £30k payout

Man wrongly Tasered by police gets £30k payout3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleCaroline LowbridgeEast MidlandsBBCDimitri Moses sustained numerous injuries after being Tasered, including a fractured spineA man who was seriously injured when he was wrongfully Tasered by police while celebrating his birthday has been given £30,000 in damages.Dimitri Moses was Tasered while climbing over a gate in Nottingham on 10 July 2021 after running away from officers he thought were going to beat him up. It caused him to fall, lose consciousness and fracture his spine.The use of the Taser was against official policing guidance, which states the devices should only be used "as a proportionate response to an identified threat".Nottinghamshire Police, which claimed an officer had been trying to detain Moses over a public order offence, said it hoped the settlement "will offer comfort to the complainant".Moses believes race was a factor in what happened to him. Home Office statistics for 2021-22 showed black people were approximately five times more likely than white people to have Tasers used against them.Dimitri MosesMoses had been celebrating his birthday with two friendsMoses said he was at a bar with two friends, celebrating his 34th birthday, when they were asked to leave because one of them was deemed to have been breaching social distancing rules by dancing away from their table.Under Covid regulations at the time, bars were only allowed to open on the condition that customers ordered and consumed their drinks while sitting down.According to Moses's legal claim, one of the security staff told his friend "I'll put a bullet in your head" as they were leaving, so the friend began speaking to three police officers who were outside.The situation escalated and one of the officers - named in legal documents as PC Butler - pushed Moses across the street towards a shop window, which was captured on CCTV."He told me he was giving...