The homeless man refused to take down his tent, so the police officers decided to arrest him for resisting them.
As the situation grew increasingly tense, an officer used a Taser on the man, who wore only boxer shorts, even though he was not acting violently and was not likely to be concealing a weapon.
The incident, captured on police video, was described in a report by the Los Angeles Police Department’s inspector general that raises concerns about whether some Los Angeles police officers react too aggressively to people they perceive as uncooperative or disrespectful….