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PETALUMA, Calif. - The Sonoma County Sheriff announced on Friday that he intends to fire a deputy seen on body-worn camera slamming a Petaluma man's head into a car while he was simultaneously being Tased because authorities thought he was driving a stolen green Honda, which in the end, turned out to be his.
"The entire situation is extremely troubling," Sheriff Mark Essick said. He said that if viewers were concerned at the way Deputy Charlie Blount handled the situation regarding David Ward, who died after the police interaction on Nov. 27, so was he.
As a result, Essick said he served Blount a notice of termination. Blount has been on administrative leave since Ward's death and he will remain on leave until the investigation is complete and the appeals process is over.