Carlos Frate faces up to 10 years in prison for repeatedly using a Taser on a man who did not pose a threat.

A former Maui police officer has admitted to repeatedly firing a Taser at a man who was not resisting and did not pose a threat during an arrest in January 2024.

Carlos Frate pleaded guilty in federal court in Honolulu on Friday to one count of using unreasonable force against an arrestee, a federal civil rights violation that carries a possible 10-year prison sentence.

Frate, 40, acknowledged that “he knew his force was unjustified, but he nonetheless continued to tase” the man and ignored pleas for him to stop, according to a statement from the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Kenneth Sorenson.

Frate initially pleaded not guilty to the charge, as well as to a second charge of f

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