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Police Brutality: COEUR D'ALENE -- More allegations of misconduct have surfaced against the Coeur d'Alene Police Department. An image from a video of deloyd Scott in an altercation with Coeur d'Alene Police officers, in which he was allegedly tasered seven times. In a federal lawsuit filed in February again the Coeur d'Alene Police Department, deloyd Scott claims he was tortured by being tasered seven times, as he passed by a traffic stop on his bicycle in May of 2008. However, officers say they were doing their job. Most of the incident was caught on tape by Cory Temple, who says he was recording speeders in his neighborhood with his video camera. The video shows things escalating quickly between Scott and officers. Scott appears on police dash cam video riding his bike past the scene. "When this officer's eyes saw me, he just honed in on me like a missile," An officer asked for Scott's identification, but by law, Scott does not have to show it, so he refused. "I responded, 'Am I under investigation for a crime?' He snapped back, 'Yes you are.' I said, 'I need assistance of counsel,'" says Scott. Eventually, Scott was wrestled to the ground, ending up holding one of the officer's flashlights. Scott was then tasered. Temple continued taping the incident. At that point, video becomes poor; however, the audio picks up Scott being tasered again after hitting an officer with the flashlight. Soon, officers approached Temple, asking for the tape. He also refused, handing the ...