>> Somebody said they needed oxygen, that was you?
>> Yeah. >> Okay, you want to go over to the fire department?
>> What, what? >> Yeah.
>> Hey, hang on. >> You don't need oxygen?
>> In a shocking video coming out of Fairfax County.
>> Okay, I'm here to help you, so just tell me what you need.
>> Detox. >> You want to detox, so you want to go to
the hospital? >> Yeah.
>> Okay. >> Hey.
>> Detox, detox, detox, detox, detox. >> I understand.
>> Detox I want detox. >> And they're gonna take you to detox.
>> Police are about to show you why they should rarely be called during a mental health crises.
>> Sabiah is taking me home, Sabiah is taking me home.
>> So do you not want to go to the hospital? >> Sabiah is taking me home, Sabiah is taking
me home, Sabiah is taking me home, Sabiah is taking me home. Sabiah is taking me home,
Sabiah Pittman.
>> Who is Sabiah Pittman? >> Sabiah Pittman, Sabiah Pittman, Sabiah
Pittman is taking me home. >> Who's that?
>> Sabiah Pittman >> This is La Monta Gladney, he's very, very
clearly in distress. >> Hey, you're gonna get in the back of the
ambulance, right, no? >> Don't try it.
>> This officer's name is Tyler Timberlake, a long-standing member of the Fairfax County
Police Department serving eight years. >> Is he wanted?
>> Aah! >> Roll over, roll over.
>> Help, help, no, no, no, Didi, Didi, Didi! >> Anthony, relax.
>> Didi! >> After deploying his taser on someone who
needs a mental health counselor, Timberlake puts his knee on the back of Gladney's neck.
>> Didi, Didi, Didi, Didi! >> Anthony, relax.
>> Didi, Didi! Anthony give me your arm. Anthony- >> Didi!
>> Timberlake then punches Gladney in the face with his taser. Then he uses his taser
a second time to the back of Gladney's neck. It's hard to watch. The despair, the hurt,
the pain.
Gladney faced the unwarranted attack by Fairfax County Police Officer Tyler Timberlake. What
was that thing that dude said again? >> Specifically, what would you like to see
changed in order for you to stand? >> There's a lot of things that need to change.
One specifically is police brutality.
>> Yeah, that's it. Occurring back in June of 2020, Timberlake faced three misdemeanor
assault charges after he used a stun gun on Gladney, and hit him with the device. Timberlake
has also seen in the footage holding the man down with his knees, as he tries to put handcuffs
on him.
Both prosecutors and Timberlake's own lawyer say the officer mistook the man for someone
else. In March, Gladney filed a lawsuit. He told the Post the main thing he wanted to
accomplish with the suit filed in US District Court in Alexandria was to stop unwarranted
police stops in his community.
And be able to walk around his neighborhood without fear of law enforcement. Here's the
thing, attorneys for Timberlake said previously that he is not guilty of any wrongdoing, and
that his actions were justified. Is that so? Cuz both the prosecutor and a defense lawyer
for Timberlake agreed at a hearing in Fairfax County General District Court that Timberlake
thought he shot a person named Anthony who had an extensive criminal record.
But the victim was somebody else entirely. A mistake on his part does not justify what
he did, said Prosecutor Bob Frank. Gladney said he was at a friend's house when the woman
had a medical emergency. Gladney said he feared she might die, and his cell phone had run
out of juice, so he ran outside to seek help.
Gladney was so distressed that he was unable to comprehend and communicate as he paced
in circles on Fordson Road, according to the suit. Fairfax County prosecutors wrote in
filings in the criminal case that he also later tested positive for PCP. Thomas Hennessy,
an attorney for Gladney, said that his client's intoxication is irrelevant to the civil case.
And that Timberlake couldn't have known Gladney had ingested a drug when the officer decided
to deploy his taser. Gladney was charged with being drunk in public and resisting arrest.
But Fairfax County prosecutors, surprise surprise, dropped the charges. Gladney said he suffered
a broken collarbone in the incident. And photos show abrasions on his shoulder and wrists,
as well as four marks in the back of his neck that Gladney said were from the Taser.
He also said he suffers continuing emotional trauma, and is seeking unspecified monetary
damages as part of the suit. Per NBC Washington, the judge is weighing whether to throw out
criminal charges against Timberlake, a decision that hinges on complaints about prosecutors'
conduct in the case. We will keep you abreast of the judge's ruling.