Black man tasered to death; relative of Jena 6-2/3

Death by Taser: Police Accused of Cover-Up in Death of African American Man Shocked Nine Times While in Handcuffs

Police in the city of Winnfield, Louisiana are being accused of covering up the death of twenty-one-year-old Baron Pikes. He died in police custody on January 21 after being shot nine times with a taser gun while in handcuffs. The city police chief initially claimed that Pikes was high on crack cocaine and PCP at the time of his death. But the coroner recently ruled Pikes' death to be a homicide, after an autopsy determined there were no drugs in his system. The coroner also determined that the police shot Pikes twice after he lost consciousness. We speak with Chicago Tribune reporter Howard Witt, who broke the story nationally; Kayshon Collins, Baron Pikes' stepmother; and Winnfield Police Lieutenant Charles Curry. [includes rush transcript]

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• winnfield
• jena
• louisiana
• racism
• taser
• democracy
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[USA1960]

T.A.S.E.R. = Teaching Africans Some Etiquette & Respect

[FightBadBehavior]

UPDATE; at trial, Officer Nugent was found NOT GUILTY of manslaughter.

Evidence presented at trial indicated that that the Taser had no effect on Pikes' death. Pikes died from red blood cell sickling that was brought about by Pikes' decision to run from police.

Pikes was wanted on a felony drug charge & said he didn't want to go to prison, so he attempted to evade police, according to testimony at trial

The Taser didn't trigger exertional sickling, is was the exertion that triggered it

[NeVeRsCuRd]

Cops are pussies! When they die I smile! When their wives and kids cry I celebrate their tears!!

[NeVeRsCuRd]

@USA1960 Die slow!!

[civilrightsforwhites]

THE COPS DID A GOOD JOB

[teck9troublesome]

of course the cracka was set free.. not guilty

[MARGARETPF]

Get all of your paper work together, and send it to the justice department, requesting federal investigation.

[paraisosinnegros]

dont waste good electricity in a nigger shoot the mutherfucker

[L34CH3]

@Grafman52 so very true all these wanna be [conspiracy theories]

[jaymorpheus01]

If she was put in jail hm... first thing that'd happen she'd be talking a bunch of anarchy stuff and the other prisoners would still end up beating her for no reason.