A late-night traffic stop south of Denver, Colorado, has led to felony charges, but not for the suspect– rather, for the police officer, or now-former police officer. Bodycam footage of the traffic stop has revealed that the Denver cop got a little too frustrated after the driver he stopped kept speaking Spanish, leading to the cop tasing, choking, and bodyslamming the driver.
Ryan Scott Vasina, 30, is the former Denver cop in question. On October 8, Vasina pulled over Carlos Jose Rangel-Rincones, 20, for allegedly running a stop sign, but the situation spiraled after a language barrier left the two struggling to communicate. Body camera footage shows Rangel-Rincones speaking only Spanish, asking “¿Por qué?” (“Why?”) when Vasina demanded his license in broken Spanish. Here’s the video of the incident:
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