CNN: Police racism blamed in Louisiana taser killing
CNN’s Drew Griffin reported on a Louisiana who was killed after being shot by a taser nine times. Baron “Scooter” Pikes stopped twitching after the seventh tasing. According to the coroner he may have been dead with the final two shocks were delivered.
Carol Powell Lexing is an attorney for Pikes. She believes that police racism lead to murder of Baron Pikes.
CNN has more details here.
This video is from CNN.com, broadcast July 22, 2008.
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