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North eventually caught Jones and punched him "in the brachial plexus," or the side of the neck. Jones then began running down the street.

MPD Officer Daniel North, who had been called in for backup, arrived at the scene and tased Jones as well. Lehman then shouted at Jones to put his hands on the police car, to which Jones asked "What are you trying to do?" "What do you want?" and "What did I do to you?" Lehman declined to answer, instead opting to tase Jones. "What's a weapon?" Jones replied Lehman told him "anything-guns, knives, clubs" qualified.

Lehman then asked Jones if he had any weapons. Lehman next requested that Jones provide identification Jones replied that he had none. After tailing him for approximately one minute, Lehman parked the vehicle and asked Lehman why he was walking in the street, a violation of state and city law. On March 13, 2013, Wayne Jones was walking in the street near downtown Martinsburg, West Virginia, when Officer Paul Lehman of the Martinsburg Police Department (MPD) began following him in his patrol car. The officers can be sued in connection with the incident, cutting against a legal doctrine that often allows public officials to avoid liability for misconduct if the actions in question have not been explicitly addressed by a court precedent. Five police officers who shot a homeless schizophrenic man 22 times after stopping him for walking in the street instead of on the sidewalk are not protected by qualified immunity, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.