Brickbat: Itchy Taser Finger

Phoenix police officers Luis Vasquez and Antonio Felix have been fired and charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault. They are accused of making an unreported traffic stop in which they broke the car’s windows, forcibly removed the man and woman inside, and assaulted both of them. Vasquez allegedly punched and threatened to shoot the male driver, and the officers used Tasers on both of them, before letting them go. Neither officer activated their body camera or reported the traffic stop, and investigators say they later denied having any contact with the victims, but police were able to use the patrol car’s automatic vehicle locator to place them at the scene at the time.