The Politics of Tasing - They Could Not Kill The Jena 6 So They Killed The Cousin

As reported by radio Talk Show Host Tony Brown, News Channel 5 and the blog Tasered While Black, 21-year-old-Barron-Scooter-Collins, First cousin to Mychal Bell, of the Jena Six, killed after being tased nine times over the course of 30 minutes. He was in restraints- in police custody when he died. And the certificate labels the death a homicide.A News Broadcaster reports, "The two other Winnfield Officers who were involved in the incident: Alan Marsdin and Cargyle Junior Branch-- Both are still on the force. Neither one has been disciplined.. Check out the report they make on the death of of a black man. They start of the report saying, It's been five and a half months since the death of 21 year old Barron Scooter Collins, a convicted drug dealer. News Channel 5 has learned Collins birth name is Barron Pikes. And he was first cousin to Mychal Bell, of the Jena Six. Scooter died after being in police custody and being tased. The incident prompted over 100 blacks in Winnfield to protest downtown.

AAPP: This reminds of the case of Deacon Fredrick Williams. One has to wonder how long it will take before blacks and others will organize community by community across America to demand coherent police procedures and citizen/police review (oversight) boards regarding the use of taser force?

Read more about this story at the blog Tasered While Black.


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Re: The Politics of Tasing - They Could Not Kill (none / 0)

dont tase me bro.. now you are giving it a racist spin? w/e.. i repeat.. dont tase me bro.. remove your blinds and see beyond race.. otherwise you will be stuck in a bubble that everyone in the world is against blacks,,


by gladiatorsback on Sat Jul 12, 2008 at 11:50:17 PM EST

Yep, he was only tazed 9 times while in restraints (none / 0)

and an unarmed and innocent man, Amadou Diallo was only shot 41 times by 4 police officers after coming out of his apartment not due to racial reasons, but just because. And we also cant interpret the Katrina aftermath as having a racial aspect among others.


by iamold on Sun Jul 13, 2008 at 03:11:17 AM EST
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it's not the same (none / 0)

once officers open fire it's not uncommon for police to fire (individually) to fire 7+ rounds given that you're dealing with an semi auto with a magazine of 10+ rounds and people wanting to get as many rounds down range as possible.

Thus this sensializism about the number of shots fired is really ridiclous.

I mourn the man's death but the circumstances are not comparable.


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by drache on Sun Jul 13, 2008 at 11:21:23 AM EST
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oh please (none / 0)

you shouldn't taze someone that many times while they're in police custody.

that this wasn't invesitigated and acted upon is a great shame


-7.33, -3.35 The song that best describes life
by drache on Sun Jul 13, 2008 at 11:17:34 AM EST
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