Rapper Ali of the St. Lunatics was tasered by police over the weekend during an arrest for minor traffic violations. The artist claims police zapped him nearly 50 times with a 50,000 volt taser gun in an act of police brutality.
Ali, born Ali Jones, was stopped by police Saturday (Oct. 14) afternoon in Hazelwood, Missouri, for driving his Chevy Corvette with an expired license and tags. The 34-year-old told local TV station KSDK Channel 5 that he was handcuffed in the back seat of the squad car when a police officer “opens the backdoor and he tases me over and over."
"I was afraid. I had a bowel movement on myself, he tased me so long,” he added. “You see my back, he tased me 35 times over and over and he held it every time."
Ali says the officer threw a few racist comments his way during the exchange, which Ali says resulted in the loss of feeling in his right fingers and arm. He visited a local hospital for treatment.
According to Ali, the officer threatened him because he and fellow St. Lunatic members Murphy Lee, Nelly, Kyjuan and Slodown, are planning to open a restaurant in the area named Mack's Bar and Grill.
"I've got to get a restraining order," Ali said. "He said if he sees me anywhere around here, he's going to do something. He'll shoot me, he told me he'll shoot me."
Ali was charged with resisting arrest, third degree assault on a police officer, and property damage to a police car. Hazelwood police have launched a routine, internal investigation into the incident. The officer is still assigned to street patrol.
Ali, born Ali Jones, was stopped by police Saturday (Oct. 14) afternoon in Hazelwood, Missouri, for driving his Chevy Corvette with an expired license and tags. The 34-year-old told local TV station KSDK Channel 5 that he was handcuffed in the back seat of the squad car when a police officer “opens the backdoor and he tases me over and over."
"I was afraid. I had a bowel movement on myself, he tased me so long,” he added. “You see my back, he tased me 35 times over and over and he held it every time."
Ali says the officer threw a few racist comments his way during the exchange, which Ali says resulted in the loss of feeling in his right fingers and arm. He visited a local hospital for treatment.
According to Ali, the officer threatened him because he and fellow St. Lunatic members Murphy Lee, Nelly, Kyjuan and Slodown, are planning to open a restaurant in the area named Mack's Bar and Grill.
"I've got to get a restraining order," Ali said. "He said if he sees me anywhere around here, he's going to do something. He'll shoot me, he told me he'll shoot me."
Ali was charged with resisting arrest, third degree assault on a police officer, and property damage to a police car. Hazelwood police have launched a routine, internal investigation into the incident. The officer is still assigned to street patrol.