Video released of police using force & Taser on NBA New Orleans Pelicans Jaxson Hayes during arrest

SOURCE: Los Angeles Police Department A Los Angeles police officer briefly pressed a knee to the neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes as the New Orleans Pelicans center gasped “I can’t breathe“ seconds before another officer used a Taser on him during a struggle, according to body camera video released Friday. The officers went to Hayes’ home in the Woodland Hills neighborhood on July 28 around 3 a.m. after his girlfriend’s cousin called 911. The cousin said Hayes’ girlfriend was sending her text messages saying he had become loud and violent and she was scared. Hayes, who was not armed, quickly became argumentative and ignored requests from his girlfriend and his cousin to stop talking and struggling with officers. The 21-year-old ultimately was booked into jail for resisting arrest after he was evaluated at a hospital for minor injuries. Hayes’ agent did not respond to a request for comment on Friday. A police officer suffered an elbow injury when Hayes shoved him into a wall.