BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS — After getting tased by a cop for walking away, an Arkansas man is fighting back by taking him to court. <br /> <br />Bodycam footage released by the Blytheville Police Department shows that the July 4 incident started with officer Stephen Sigman responding to a non-violent domestic dispute. <br /> <br />The video shows him walking up to a group of people in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Chardrick Mitchell, 24, is sitting calmly atop his car, refusing to let his ex-girlfriend into his apartment to get her clothes. <br /> <br />Sigman asks him for his name, threatening to file theft and obstruction charges. <br /> <br />Mitchell doesn’t identify himself, but after a while, he gets off his car and starts casually walking away from the officer, toward the apartment. <br /> <br />Seeing this, the officer tells him to turn around, fires his Taser, and then tells Mitchell he’s under arrest. <br /> <br />Mitchell drops to the ground and is soon cuffed. He cries that he was going to open the door, but Sigman denies this and claims Mitchell was going to flee. <br /> <br />Mitchell is currently facing three charges: obstruction of justice, disorderly conduct, and refusal to submit to an arrest, and is expected to appear in court on August 2. He has since filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Blytheville, the police chief, and Officer Sigman, alleging excessive use of force.
