Police dash cam.Jan 27/08:Raw video supplied by the S.C. Department of Public safety. In this incident from January 2008, a trooper uses a taser to bring an uncooperative woman under control during a traffic stop. Newly released videos from the S.C. Highway Patrol show state troopers physically abusing motorists and engaging in other misconduct — but also portray troopers performing courageously in gun battles and car chases. The State newspaper on Friday obtained dashboard videos, internal affairs reports and other documents related to 18 incidents from 2003 through last year under the S.C. Freedom of Information Act. The S.C. Department of Public Safety also provided dozens of pages of documents — though no videos — in 10 other pending or closed matters. Several dramatic videos in which troopers were exonerated depict them returning fire at suspects who fired at them first, or shooting out the tires of a suspect’s car to end a chase. In several cases, troopers were found...