Video Of Ahmaud Arbery Getting Tased By Police in 2017 Emerges

FOX NEWS- Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia jogger who was gunned down by a father and son with ties to local law enforcement, was the target of a police officer in 2017 who tried to tase him in a park after accusing him of smoking marijuana, a newly released video shows.

Footage from the November 2017 incident, obtained by the Guardian, shows Glynn County cop Michael Kanago patrolling a local park and coming across Arbery, who was sitting alone in his car.

Kanago accuses Arbery of using marijuana and tells him the park is known for drug and criminal activity.

Arbery responds, "Criminal activity? I'm in a f***ing park. I work."

He then tells Kanago, "You're bothering me for nothing" before refusing to let the officer search his car.

Kanago, according to his own police report, claims he felt threatened by Arbery and requested backup.

"Veins were popping from (Arbery's) chest, which made me feel that he was becoming enraged and may turn physically violent towards me," Kanago wrote.

A second officer, David Haney, shows up at the scene and begins yelling at Arbery to get his hands out of his pockets, which Arbery does. Haney then attempts to tase Arbery but his Taser malfunctions, according to Kanago's report of the incident.

The police officers then demand Arbery get on the ground, which he does.

"I get one day off a week," Arbery said. "I'm up early in the morning trying to chill. I'm just so aggravated because I work hard six days a week."

Kanago and Haney eventually let Arbery go but say he can't drive his car because his license is suspended.