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Re: Two Oklahoma police officers were charged with second-degree murder this week

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Sat, 04 Jul 20 3:34 AM | 18 view(s)
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Why do they need to use weapons against unarmed people?

There's something wrong in the way police authority expresses itself. Reminds me of nearly every humourless interaction with US officialdom. They are like robots. Somehow they need to rehumanise and demilitarise the police.

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Two Oklahoma police officers were charged with second-degree murder this week
By: clo in ALEA
Sat, 04 Jul 20 12:45 AM 		Msg. 37363 of 54893

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Two Oklahoma police officers were charged with second-degree murder this week in the Taser death of a 28-year-old man last year, authorities report.

The charges follow a season of protests against police brutality and systemic racism after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Jared Lakey, 28, died on July 6, 2019, after being tased multiple times by officers Joshua Taylor, 25, and Brandon Dingman, 34, of the Wilson Police Department.

"When Lakey would not comply with commands from the officers, Taylor and Dingman used their Tasers multiple times," the statement says.

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"According to court documents, Officer Dingman deployed his Taser 23 times for a total of 114 seconds of tasing over nine minutes. Officer Taylor deployed his Taser 30 times for 122 seconds total," the station reported.

Lakey made no aggressive moves, and the officers did not try to restrain him, KXII reported.
http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/us/oklahoma-officers-charged-murder-trnd/index.html

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