'RESISTING ARREST'
Bodycam footage shows Jaxson Hayes ‘shove cop into wall’ before Pelicans center was Tased outside girlfriend’s house
NBA player Jaxson Hayes shoved a cop into a wall before another used a taser on him during a struggle outside his girlfriend's home, bodycam footage appears to show.
During a confrontation, an Los Angeles police officer also briefly pressed a knew to the neck of the Pelicans center who cried out "I can't breathe".
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Police went to the home in the Woodland Hills neighborhood on July 28 at about 3am after his girlfriend's cousin called 911.
The cousin said ' girlfriend was sending her text messages saying he had become loud and violent and she was scared.
Bodycam footage shows Hayes, who was not armed, become argumentative after officers tell him he can't go back into his home.
He ignores requests from his girlfriend and his cousin to stop talking and struggling with the police as they try to calm him.
Two officers then block Hayes as he approaches the front door, while his cousin tells him to calm down. One officer pushes Hayes and his cousin holds him back.
The police separate the men and grab Hayes arms as the situation then rapidly escalates.
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Hayes' cousin begins yelling "Jaxson, stop!" as he scuffles with the officers, shoving one into a wall near the front door.
Another cop then pulls out a taser as others tackle Hayes.
"Stop resisting or I'm gonna tase you!" the cop yells several times as Hayes struggles on the ground.
The officer alternates pressing a hand and knee to Hayes neck.
Hayes' girlfriend then comes out of the home and screams: "Stop! Stop! What are you doing?"
The basketball player then gasps: "I can't breathe."
As two officers hold Hayes arms, the officer fires the taser, pressing it close to his chest for several seconds amid cries for them to stop from his girlfriend and cousin.
'STOP RESISTING'
Hayes screams and flips over. The officer fires the taser a second time, pressing it to the back of his legs, as he tell him to "stop resisting".
The officer threatens to use the taser on him again as Hayes insists that hes not resisting.
Cops were ultimately able to handcuff him and force him to sit in a chair.
The 21-year-old ultimately was booked into jail on accusations of resisting arrest after he was evaluated at a hospital for minor injuries.
"Jaxson Hayes is a nice young man, and he is back home in Ohio working out and getting ready for the upcoming season", his attorney, Mark Baute, said in a statement Friday.
The LAPDs Force Investigation Division is looking into the case due to the possibility of force being applied to Hayes neck during the use of force, police previously said in a statement.
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Los Angeles police have presented the case to prosecutors, who havent decided whether to file charges.
Authorities previously said Hayes girlfriend has declined to cooperate in the investigation.
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