Judge Seals Tape Of Cop Using Taser To Kill Prisoner

Winnfield, Louisiana (CNN) -- A judge has sealed a potentially explosive videotape taken in the aftermath of a racially charged incident in this small central Louisiana town two years ago.

On January 17, 2008, an unarmed man -- wanted on what police said was an outstanding arrest warrant -- was struck by a 50,000-volt Taser nine times within the space of 14 minutes.

The suspect, Baron "Scooter" Pikes, was handcuffed during each separate Taser incident, according to the Winnfield Police Department. The officer who fired the Taser, Scott Nugent, is white. Pikes, who was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, was black.

The tape begins with Pikes handcuffed to a chair in the Winnfield Police Department, the sources said. He had already been hit by a so-called "direct" stun -- a Taser fired directly into his chest rather than from a distance -- and eight other Taser shots.

Off camera, voices can be heard taunting him, shouting the "N" word and demanding to know if he was high on drugs, the sources said. The tape also shows Pikes foaming at the mouth and struggling to breathe. He later slumps to the floor and is ultimately taken to an emergency room with shackles around both of his ankles. CNN has seen still photographs of the lifeless body, still in leg shackles at the hospital.

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The police officer who tasered the suspect did get fired but this, IMO was definitely murder......absolutely outrageous behavior by police seems to be more and more prevalent....

Luckily the officer IS being tried for manslaughter, ... and the video will be unsealed for evidence.

Needless to say, I hope this guy gets raped in prison on a semi-daily basis, ..... and when he comes home to his loving wife I hope he discovers her in the middle of a gangbang involving a professional basketball team.

Absolutely disgusting...

The tape also shows Pikes foaming at the mouth and struggling to breathe. He later slumps to the floor and is ultimately taken to an emergency room with shackles around both of his ankles.

This "officer" is not going to have a fun time in jail when his roomies find out what he did.. What goes around comes around.

Originally posted by electricveins

Absolutely disgusting...What goes around comes around.

Exactly.....I'm a BIG believer in the universal law of KARMA.....what goes around comes around...

So who's the real menace to society here?ALL the cops present better be charged as well.