traffic stop. an investigation is under way into why two oakland tennessee police officers chased brandon callaway into his own home, after he allegedly ran a stop sign. the officers beat him bloody with a baton and tased him, and all of this caught on cell phone video obtained by cnn from callaway s girlfriend. and we do want to warn you, what you re about to watch is disturbing. stop, stop! stop hitting him. stop. stop it. stop it. stop it. stop. stop. stop. stop it why are you hitting him? he has no weapon? he has no weapon, sir. there s no weapon. you re being aggressive. i have all of this on video. i need to report you. don t put your hands on me. do not put your hands on me. i need to call my mom. i need to call his mom. stop. stop. stop resisting. stop resisting. stop. stop. get on the ground. get on the ground. all right, cnn naddo romero is here now and you spoke with brandon callaway about what happen. what did he say? this is such a hard time for him because
he has no weapon, sir. there s no weapon. you re being aggressive. i have all of this on video. i need to report you. don t put your hands on me. do not put your hands on me. i need to call my mom. i need to call his mom. stop. stop. stop resisting. stop resisting. stop. stop. get on the ground. get on the ground. all right, cnn naddo romero is here now and you spoke with
also based on information now we re learning from naddo romero, that there were two charges, running a stop sign, and evading arrest? well, first of all, when you look at these types of cases, do you have to start with what caused the interaction to begin with, and you re talking about minor traffic violation, running a stop sign is what is alleged, and even eluding police, in many jurisdictions, and i m not familiar with tennessee law is, still a traffic offense. nothing that would justify what you saw later in the video. it appears that they made forced entry into the home. following that, i didn t see any effort to de-escalate at all. it looks like they immediately went to force. and nadia said they re wearing body cameras. it is going to be important to see that body cam footage. because when you look at the cell phone video, there are periods of time when he is out of sight and you can t see exactly what is going on.