Opinion ID: 6318081
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Heading: Salvatore Palma’s Statements

Text: Salvatore Palma, Jr. (“Salvatore”), Vincent Palma’s father, recounted many of the same facts. However, he remembered the taser applications differently. As Palma approached Johns, Johns was yelling “stop walking, I’ll tase you.” (Salvatore Palma Dep., R. 50-5, Page ID #1034.) Palma did not stop and Johns tased him from “across the hood of the car to the other side.” (Id.) Salvatore reported seeing Palma convulsing on the ground “for minutes” after Johns tased Palma twice. (Id. at Page ID #1046.) Eventually, Salvatore saw Palma get up and pull the taser wires out. Palma then looked back at his father as Johns pulled out his firearm and warned Palma that he would shoot. Palma then turned back around and continued walking towards Johns, Johns continued to retreat, and Johns repeatedly ordered Palma to stop. Johns then shot some “warning shot[s].” (Id. at Page ID #1038.) After those shots, Palma “didn’t keep approaching. He was still standing there.” (Id. at Page ID #1042.) Salvatore said that Palma never got within ten feet of Johns.