Officer Raymond Berryman Reportedly Tasers Pastor Jose Elias Moran, Why Hasn't He Been Placed on Modified Duty and Taken off the Streets?

Here we go. Another police officer goes berserk and Tasers an innocent person. Officer Raymond Berryman reportedly used a Taser on pastor Jose Elias Moran and used pepper spray to disperse his congregants yesterday at Iglesia Profetica Peniel church, located in Webster, Texas. Why? The pastor is said to have allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church's parking lot. Congregants said they were in the church for an early morning prayer when pastor Jose Elias Moran went to assist the stopped driver, a church member, by asking the police what had happened. I hope this incident was caught on the dashcam of the police officer's cruiser.

An incident report on the Webster police department's Web site said Officer Berryman tried to calm Moran and arrest him. But police said he pushed the officer, went inside the church and returned with 40 other congregants.

The congregants say Moran fled into the church when the officer grew angry and began to yell, and Moran's family disputes that the pastor touched the officer. Moran's son Miguel said 30 witnesses saw the officer turn aggressive and repeatedly kick the church door. Several members were hit with pepper spray and children were present, Miguel Moran said.

"They treated him as if he were a drug dealer or murderer, but he is a pastor that tries to help the community," Moran said. "The police always want to be right but they are not."

Moran's wife, Maria, said she tried to help her husband after he was hit with the Taser but police threatened to arrest her. "My husband has a heart condition and with electrocution who knows what could've happened," Maria Moran said, referring to the Taser's electrical shock. "A pastor has to tend to his flock," she said. "That is all he was doing." Source: Fox News

The pastor is hospitalized and is in police custody. The terms of his bail are reportedly being negotiated. The officer has not been reassigned to desk duty and he should, pending the outcome of an investigation. I will reserve judgment until I see if the incident was caught on the dashcam, but I seriously doubt so many parishioners would lie about what transpired.