Man sues two Glendale police officers for abuse of force after being tased 11 times just for violating traffic rules
Johnny Wheatcroft is suing two Glendale police officers, Matt Schneider, and Mark Lindsey on charges of excessive use of force and torture. The pair of officers had pulled over Wheatcroft on July 27, 2018, when he was driving a silver Ford Taurus. The officers pulled over the car which Wheatcroft was driving, along with his wife, a friend, and his two young sons, aged 11 and six, for an alleged turn in traffic rules violation.
What could have been a simple interaction between the officers and the civilians soon took a very violent turn, where Wheatcroft was handcuffed. He was pulled out of the car and made to lie down facing the hot asphalt on a 108-degree day. What was even humiliating, the officers were tasing Wheatcroft for the violation, which seemed completely unnecessary. He had already been tased at least 10 times, as Officer Schneider kneeled behind him and kicked him in the groin. He pulled down his athletic shorts in order to tase him a final time in his testicles, as can be seen in the body-camera footage obtained by ABC15.