An Alabama police officer is on administrative leave after video showed her repeatedly using a stun gun on a handcuffed man while he screamed and cried.

In a viral 45-second video clip, a police officer, who is White, is seen leading 24-year-old Micah Washington, who is Black and in handcuffs, to a cruiser and pushing his head against the hood during the Dec. 2 traffic stop. Washington appears to cooperate with the officer.

The events leading up to the beginning of the video are not shown, but Washington is seen telling the Reform city police officer that he had a gun.

After retrieving the gun, the officer set it on the car hood, and said, “Oh, yeah.”

He asked her, “What you saying, ‘Oh, yeah’ for?”

The officer then discharges her stun gun multiple times into his back, instructing him to “be quiet,” followed by several expletives.

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Washington wails out “Okay!” and “Oh, my God!” as the officer continues to stun him.

“You want it again?” the officer asks.

@al.comnews An Alabama police officer is on leave while authorities investigate a weekend arrest captured on video in Reform showing a handcuffed man being hit with a stun gun. The officer is from the Reform Police Department in Pickens County. Reform police Chief Richard Black and Mayor Melody acknowledged they are aware of the video involving a “citizen’s arrest” that took place on Saturday. Police and city officials referred questions about the arrest to 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin. Hamlin said the man was arrested on a trafficking fentanyl charge, allegedly. Video provided by Jalexis Monea Rice. #news #copstiktok #arrest ♬ this feeling - Øneheart

Court records filed in connection with the arrest list the officer as Dana Elmore, according to the Associated Press. The police department has not named or confirmed the officer’s identity.

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Washington’s girlfriend, Jalexis Rice, told local NBC affiliate WVTM13 that Washington and two others pulled over to the side of the road to change a tire.

The officer pulled up behind them and grabbed Washington before shocking him with the stun gun, Rice said.

Reform Police Chief Richard Black and Mayor Melody Davis said they were aware of the arrest and that the officer will remain on administrative leave during the investigation.

“The department is in the process of turning over all materials related to this arrest to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation and has requested a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arrest,’’ they said in a joint statement Monday.

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Washington was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental operations, marijuana possession, drug trafficking and possessing a firearm as an ex-felon, according to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.

His bond is set at $500,000.

During a community rally Monday night, Toris Washington, Washington’s mother, told ABC 33/40, “Mothers with young Black sons, please talk to them about situations like this, it’s important.”

“I just thank God the situation did not turn out worse,” she said.

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