Colwyn cop charged in teen Tasering incident
Colwyn Borough police Cpl. Trevor Parham has been charged with simple assault and official oppression for allegedly Tasing a teenager who was handcuffed in a jail cell last month. County authorities say he texted another cop, saying Da'Qwan Jackson "got Tased in the cell lol."
Colwyn cop charged in teen Tasering incident
William Bender
Cpl. Trevor Parham, one of the "fine members" of the Colwyn Police Department, has been charged with simple assault and official oppression for allegedly Tasing a teenager who was handcuffed in a jail cell last month, the Daily News' Stephanie Farr reports from the Media Courthouse, where Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan is holding a news conference.
New details are emerging this morning:
County authorities say Parham texted about the incident with another Colwyn cop, saying the 17-year-old "got Tased in the cell lol." He allegedly texted that he zapped Da’Qwan Jackson because the kid "kept kicking the gate and calling me names."
Stephanie has been all over this story out of Colwyn, a borough of only 0.3 square miles on the Southwest Philly border that has firmly established itself as the most dysfunctional town in Delco – and possibly the entire Delaware Valley. Chalk it up to a volatile combination of partisan bickering, outright racism and plain ol' incompetence.
Check back for an update later.
Now he will see how funny it was lol.— marcie- Imagine that skinny little wanna be with a gun, taser and police powers. Scary.— JonKap
Comment removed.- Some of those Colwyn cops are on the wrong side of the bars.— angrywhtguy
I bet every time that teen now thinks about breaking the law he starts twitching and squirming.— HappyBob- As a public service, philly.com could save millions of keystrokes by providing two icons, one of which would automatically type the question 'Where's Jesse and Al?'and another which would type Mayor Street's 'The brothers and sisters are running the city' quotation.
— jonnyd - Well its actually a legitimate point on this story. If the cop was white, would the response from the African American community be a lot different? That is an interesting question. — towelie
- Police abuse and corruption is more rampant than ever. Until you sheep starting questioning the tactics of police in this country, you will keep getting tased handcuffed inside a jail cell, then have a "honorable" policemen text his buddy about it and say "lol". Join the Philadelphia Inquirer and speak out against scumbag police.— brmorgen81
- My guess is the cocky 17 yr. old deserved it.— Borkey
- The real problem is the racially divided town government. The white mayor wanted the officers suspended and charged with a crime. The black city council wanted to protect the black officers, especially the police chief who has banged heads with the mayor for some time now.— unbelieveable!
- Teenagers and Tasers. Perfect together.— crawkert
- Teenagers and Tasers. Perfect together.— crawkert
- Teenagers and Tasers. Perfect together.— crawkert
- Suspect that police work won't be in his future. He'll have to take up something a little less dangerous.— manyhats
- um, i am guessing he stopped being a jerk once tazed.
give the cop a raise and some extra vacation days.
make him a sargent.— mwright252 - Not sure if a part-time Colwyn cop gets a pension and, if so, I doubt he would lose it as a result of being charged with two misdemeanors.— Ollie Brown
- Comment removed.
- Million Bad Cop March.— Sanchez
- An article about a black cop tasering a black kid, and you throw in racism as a source of Colwyn's problems.
You should have to live where you demagogue.— TheodorePikul
