Columbia resident Carl Alan Giles

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November 13, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST

Carl Alan Giles was arrested on suspicion of public urination and resisting arrest in an alley. Giles said he was not urinating. Police sprayed him with pepper spray and fired a Taser at him.

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