Horror moment man with epilepsy is tasered by cops mid-seizure

A California man with epilepsy has accused cops of mistakenly thinking he was drunk and tasering him while he was suffering a seizure in his own home, reports say.

Bruce Frankel was seen in a disturbing video being stunned and arrested at his home in San Anselmo, just outside San Francisco, in August 2022, KTVU reported.

A lawsuit he has brought against the Central Marin Police Authority cops claiming that cooked up a bogus cover story accusing him of resisting arrest and battering his wife, Alice.

“If the police had just asked Alice two questions, ‘What’s going on?’ and ‘Has this happened before?’ We wouldn’t be here today,” Frankel told the local outlet.

“But that officer did not do that at all. He assumed he knew what was going on and attacked me.”

The horror saga allegedly erupted after Frankel’s wife frantically called 911 to report that the 61-year-old wasn’t breathing.

When cops arrived at his home, they encountered Frankel — who by then was emerging from his seizure — mumbling and standing near his bed in his underwear, the footage shows.

He then could be seen stumbling, tripping into the drapes and then falling onto the bed before a responding officer stepped in to try and detain him.

“Stop resisting,” the officer could be heard saying as he struggled with Frankel. “Stop fighting. Get on your stomach. I want to help you. Stop fighting or you’re going to get tased. Do you want to get tased?”

Frankel, who was shouting and moaning amid the ordeal, repeatedly told the cop: “Leave me alone.”

The officer then quickly whipped out his taser and stunned Frankel in the back — causing him to drop to the floor, the body cam footage shows.

Frankel, who cops say was arrested for resisting arrest and battery, was subsequently taken to the hospital where he claims doctors determined he’d suffered a grand mal seizure. 

Then, just days later, Frankel alleges he was contacted by the local district attorney informing him he was also being charged with domestic violence against his wife.

He has now slapped the Central Marin police with a lawsuit alleging battery, false arrest and defamation over the caught-on-camera ordeal.

In the suit filed this week, Frankel alleges cops concocted a cover-up story to arrest him on fake charges to justify what he alleges was the use of excessive force shown in the footage.

Cops noted in the police report that Frankel had been resisting arrest for more than two minutes — and the officer fired off the taser after repeated warnings because he feared for his safety.

In a statement, Police Chief Michael Norton said his department “regrets that Bruce Frankel has elected to pursue litigation against us for an alleged improper emergency medical response to him.” 

He added the department “will vigorously defend itself against this meritless and factually inaccurate litigation. Unfortunately, this individual has decided to first litigate his case in the media rather than in court, where we are confident the action of our officers will be vindicated.”