OHIO - Another taser incident under is investigation, this one in Ohio.
A police officer is on paid leave after dash-cam video shows him using a taser over and over again on a woman even after she's handcuffed.
The video is disturbing and it has Warren City officials in an uproar. It shows a woman being tasered numerous times by Warren police officer Rich Kovach, who had been called to the "Up The Creek" bar back on September 2nd for a disturbance inside the night club.
After being handcuffed, the woman was placed in the back of Kovach's cruiser. At one point she can be seen trying to kick out the window of the car and Kovach tasers her again.
Afterward the video shows the woman distraught and pleading for him to stop but Kovach can be heard screaming at her.
Finally, other officers arrive at the scene and Kovach removes the woman from his car. But as she is walking out of the frame, she is tasered again.
The officer in the video is on paid administrative leave. The suspect seen getting tasered pleaded not guilty to several charges, including assault, resisting arrest and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
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