Law Enforcers or Peace Officers

Taser death ignites racial tensions

7-20-2008 • Chicago Tribune

At 1:28 p.m. Baron "Scooter" Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old man. By 2:07 p.m., he was dead. In the 39 minutes in between in which Pikes was handcuffed by police and shocked 9 times with a Taser device, while pleading for mercy