Update on `Police Taser Pastor'

Mark Morales / NBC Dallas-Fort Worth:
Pastor zapped by police after getting involved in a traffic stop. Pastor Jose Elias Moran went to shocking heights to protect a member of his flock. Moran was tased and arrested after intervening when one of his parishioners was pulled over by police in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel Church in Webster, Texas, on Wednesday morning for early prayer when Moran saw one of his congregants get pulled over by police. Moran went outside to find out what was going on and things turned ugly.

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Police taser Texas pastor Jose Elias Moran
in front of congregants in church parking lot
NY Daily News
WEBSTER, Texas -- Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel 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.

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

Posted by Editor at July 3, 2009 09:24 AM