The National Park Service is investigating this after an officer used a Native American man with a stun gun who is accused of venturing from a track to a closed area on a sacred archeological site in New Mexico.
The body footage released by the park police of the incident, which took place at the Petroglyph National Monument on Sunday, shows the officer letting a man and a woman walk with a dog and informing them that they braved the track and asked them to stick to the fenced area. to protect the vegetation in the surrounding areas.
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The officer can be heard telling the duo, identified by NBC News as Darrell House and his sister, that he was merely ‘warning’ them and that the incident ‘is not a big deal’.
House refused to comply with the officers, but rather walked away from the scene, even though the officer told him he was ‘not free to go’.
The officer then asked the two for identification, and both provided false names and dates of birth after House initially completely refused to identify themselves, authorities in the park said.
On camera, the unknown officer can hear him tell House as he keeps walking away, stops walking and puts his dog down, otherwise he will be tapped.
After failing to comply, House begins ‘Help!’ before the officer touches him.
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“Before the officer used his electronic control device, or Taser, the officer tried to resolve the interaction with an educational contact and simple alert,” Park Services said in a statement.
It added that House received citations because he was in a closed area off the track, provided false information and did not comply with a legal order. His sister received quotes for providing false information and being off the rails in a closed area.
The incident is being investigated by the NPS Office of Professional Responsibility, an internal affairs unit.
House told NBC News that he braved the trail at the monument to pray and meditate in honor of the country and its ancestors, Oneida and Navajo.
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Petroglyph National Monument contains more than 20,000 petroglyphs or petroglyphs, numerous archaeological sites and remains of indigenous habitats. Dozens of tribes in the area view the petroglyph as a sacred place and visit to contact their ancestors for prayer and ceremony, the park said.