Missouri officer who used Taser on teen driver says he smelled pot in car before confrontation
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this photo provided by Daniel J. Haus, attorney for the family, is Bryce Masters with his mother, Stacy Masters. The FBI is investigating after a police officer in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, used a stun gun to subdue 17-year-old Bryce during a traffic stop Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, leaving him hospitalized in critical condition. (AP Photo/family photo via Daniel Haus) (The Associated Press)
A Missouri police officer who used a stun gun on a 17-year-old during a traffic stop says he smelled marijuana in the vehicle and saw him recording the incident on an iPhone.
Bryce Masters has been upgraded from critical to serious condition at a hospital where he was taken Sunday after the Independence police officer used a Taser on him. A spokesman for Masters' family says he went into cardiac arrest and was being treated for a lack of oxygen to his brain.
According to a search warrant application, the officer smelled marijuana inside the car. Police said they later found drug paraphernalia.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say Masters was pulled over because of a warrant attached to the license plate of the vehicle and was combative when ordered to get out.