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Jul 19
2008
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Black man tasered to death in LouisianaPosted by gcuse03champs in Untagged |
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WINNFIELD, La. At 1:28 p.m. last Jan. 17, Baron "Scooter" Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old man. By 2:07 p.m., he was dead.
What happened in the 39 minutes in between â€" during which Pikes was handcuffed by local police and shocked nine times with a Taser, while reportedly pleading for mercy â€"is now spawning fears of a political coverup in this backwoods Louisiana lumber town infamous for backroom dealings.
Some points of this case include:
Cops tried to cover it up by accusing Pikes of being on drugs or had asthma which led to his death.
The case is rekindling racial tensions because Pikes was black and the officer who repeatedly Tasered him is white,
And in a bizarre coincidence, Pikes turns out to have been a first cousin of Mychal Bell, the lead defendant in the Jena 6 case.
Read the entire article here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
What happened in the 39 minutes in between â€" during which Pikes was handcuffed by local police and shocked nine times with a Taser, while reportedly pleading for mercy â€"is now spawning fears of a political coverup in this backwoods Louisiana lumber town infamous for backroom dealings.
Some points of this case include:
Cops tried to cover it up by accusing Pikes of being on drugs or had asthma which led to his death.
The case is rekindling racial tensions because Pikes was black and the officer who repeatedly Tasered him is white,
And in a bizarre coincidence, Pikes turns out to have been a first cousin of Mychal Bell, the lead defendant in the Jena 6 case.
Read the entire article here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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