Jared Lakey, second from left, with his family. (Photo: The Frontier/Lakey family lawyers)
Oklahoma Cops Tased Jared Lakey 53 Times Before He Died
Jacob Crosse / World Socialist Web Site
(July 17, 2020) — Family, friends and community supporters of Jared Lakey, 28, will be marching today in rural Wilson, Oklahoma to demand “Justice for Jared,” sparked by the release of harrowing video of his brutalization by Oklahoma police little more than a year ago this month.
Lakey was sadistically tortured and electrocuted with a “less lethal” Taser-X26P 53 times over a nine-minute period beginning July 4 and into the morning of July 5 by Wilson police officers Joshua Taylor, 25, and Brandon Dingman, 34, before being choked unconscious by Carter County Sheriff’s Deputy David Duggan.
Officers ignored Lakey’s pained pleas of “Please, help me God!” as Taylor and Dingman coolly zapped Lakey repeatedly in between half-hearted commands for Lakey to “put his hands behind his back.”
Lakey was naked and unarmed throughout the sickening ordeal that ended with his death on July 6, 2019.
Demonstrating once again that the primary factor in determining whether or not one will become a victim of police violence is which class they belong to, and not their race, Lakey was white, as are all the officers involved in the assault.
While police-recorded video of the incident shows officers repeatedly alleging that Lakey was on drugs, “possibly PCP,” toxicology reports taken after the autopsy revealed that Lakey was not under the influence of any illegal drugs, with the only irregularity being his elevated blood sugar levels.
The law firm of Bryan & Terrill, representing the Lakey family, released an edited 11-minute video of the nearly one-hour-long encounter featuring multiple angles of the available body and dash cam footage earlier this week on Monday. The video’s release has substantiated the claims of the family that Lakey was not aggressive and has engendered further outrage at the murderous actions of the officers, who remained free for nearly a year during the glacial state investigation into the killing.
Lakey’s family has filed a public records lawsuit and a federal civil rights lawsuit as well as a civil lawsuit against the city of Wilson alleging the police department falsified reports, erased body cam footage, and lied to emergency medical services regarding how many times officers tasered Lakey.
The incident began late on July 4, 2019. Acting Wilson police captain Taylor was dispatched to the area following a report in which the caller reported seeing a man, “screaming and running down the road.” Attorneys for the family attest that Lakey had a preexisting medical condition which caused “disorientation and confusion” and that Lakey at no point threatened the officers nor caused violent offence to any persons, including the police.
Writing in his official report following the incident, Taylor stated that Lakey “appeared agitated,” and was only wearing socks when he first encountered the young man. After inquiring as to where his clothes were, Taylor alleged that Lakey, became “aggressive,” before declaring “Okay, we’re going to do this,” at which point Taylor states he then unsheathed his taser and kept Lakey at “taser point” waiting for Dingman to arrive.
Taylor’s report then states that Dingman arrived and attempted to put handcuffs on Lakey, at which point “the individual went to raise up in an aggressive manner,” causing Taylor to deploy his taser for the “first time” with Dingman following shortly thereafter. Both officers claimed in their reports that they had only fired their tasers “four times.”
Taser data logs submitted in court filings confirm that Taylor deployed his Taser 30 times for over two minutes while Dingman sent 50,000 volts surging through Lakey 23 times in just under two minutes. Axon, the company that sells the “directed energy weapon,” advises against using the taser against a subject for more than “15 seconds” or deploying multiple devices against the same person that could result in death.
Officers Taylor and Dingman were finally arrested and charged with second-degree murder at the beginning of this month. The charges against Taylor and Dingman were filed following a ten-month “investigation” by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations (OSBI). If convicted, a remote possibility, the officers could face sentences of 10 years to life in prison.
The two cops were briefly held on $250,000 bonds, before being released on house arrest. Both officers remained on duty during the entire investigation and are on administrative leave as they continue to be employed with the department. Their next court appearance is slated for August 27, 2020.
The OSBI report does not substantiate any of the officers’ claims nor does the video footage available. The report noted that “Lakey is tased numerous times while merely lying naked in the ditch, presumably for not rolling onto his stomach and complying with the officers’ commands to ‘Put your hands behind your back.’”
Oklahoma police officers charge with murder in Jared Lakey’s death.
The footage shows officers debating whether or not to go “hands on” as they continue to electrocute Lakey, who is simply lying on the ground.
Near the end of the video, Carter County Sheriff Deputy David Duggan arrives on the scene and proceeds to sneak behind Lakey, who is sitting in the ditch breathing heavily with his hands in front of him and proceeds to put him in a chokehold for 40 seconds. Taylor and Dingman then handcuffed Lakey, who by that time was unconscious. Duggan never engaged verbally with Lakey before rendering him unconscious.
After placing handcuffs on Lakey, body cam footage shows officers pressed down on Lakey’s neck while he labored to breathe. As the officers got their stories straight, Lakey stopped breathing due to the cumulative effect of repeated electrocution, strangulation and officers pushing down on his neck, further impeding breathing.
Even though it was clear to the multiple officers on the scene that Lakey was no longer breathing, not a single officer made an effort to begin CPR or chest compressions. Instead Dingman slapped him on the back a few times and tells Lakey to “wake up.”
In the video, Duggan then asks Dingman, “is he breathing?” Dingman replies, “No,” and then in reference to the ambulance on its way Dingman advises his partners to tell EMS to “step it up.” No other actions were taken by the officers to save Lakey’s life as they waited three and a half minutes for the ambulance to arrive, according to family attorneys.
Court documents submitted in Clark County, Oklahoma, by District Attorney Craig Ladd attest that the officers’ use of force represented a “substantial factor” in Lakey’s death and that the tasing of Lakey “greatly exceeded what would have been necessary or warranted.”
Carter County court records obtained by the Daily Ardmoreite hypothesize that Lakey’s probable cause of death was due to “complications of myocardial infarction (clinical) in the setting of cardiomegaly and critical coronary atherosclerosis and law enforcement use of electrical weapon and restraint.” Despite “restraint” being referenced as a probable cause of death, Duggan has yet to be charged with a crime, which the family is strongly protesting.
Wilson is located roughly 100 miles south of Oklahoma City near the border of Texas. Nearly 14 percent of the less than 1,500 residents in Wilson live in poverty.
A 2017 Reuters investigation found that at least 1,005 people have died after police electrocuted them with a “less lethal” stun gun. As was the case with Lakey, Reuters found that nine out of 10 of those killed by tasers were unarmed and one out of four suffered a mental illness or neurological disorder
Videos of Police Taser Assaults
Video shows cops use stun gun on unarmed man mulitple times (CNN)
Johnny Wheatcroft is suing the Glendale Police Department in Arizona and alleging excessive force after officers approached him …
Bodycam video shows tasing and arrest of two Atlanta college students, two officers arrested (11Alive)
Here’s what we know.
Body-cam footage released after man’s Taser death (WPLG Local 10)
Miami police release body-cam video after the death of a man who was stunned by a Taser.
Body cam video released after Oklahoma officers charged with second-degree murder in taser death (KFOR Oklahoma’s News 4)
Graphic bodyworn camera footage shows the incident that left a 28-year-old dead and two Wilson police officers charged with …
2 more Atlanta officers fired after college student tased (11Alive)
The firings came after videos showed two students being taken into custody during a night of protests in the city.
Body camera video shows 87-year-old woman tased – full video (11Alive)
Lawyers for an 87-year-old woman who was tased, arrested and charged with trespassing after picking weeds in the yard of a …
RAW: Police Body Camera Footage From Fired Atlanta Officer (GPB)
The view from the body camera of now-fired Officer Ivory Streeter. He and other Atlanta police officers were fired and placed on …
Miami Gardens Police Officer Fired On Allegations Of Excessive Force (CBS Miami)
CBS4’s Ted Scouten reports Jordy Yanes Martel, 30, of Hialeah, was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Use of Force on Jared Lakey (Bryan & Terrill Law)
Video from the City of Wilson detailing the the fatal encounter on July 4-5, 2019 between Jared Lakey, Wilson police officers Josh …
Bodycam shows police Taser their own race relations adviser (The Sun)
THIS is the shocking moment a police officer fired a Taser in the face of the race relations adviser from her own force. PC Claire …
OKC police officer gets 10 years in prison for second-degree murder (KFOR Oklahoma’s News 4)
Keith Sweeney, Oklahoma City Police Sergeant found guilty of second-degree murder after shooting and killing an unarmed …
RAW VIDEO: Fairfax County police officer charged with assault after tasing man (FOX 5 DC)
Police Officer First Class Tyler Timberlake, was charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault and battery after a tasing …
Atlanta protest arrest bodycam video shows college students tazered (11Alive)
Two Atlanta Police officers have been terminated after they were accused of using unnecessary force when they arrested two …
Woman Who Was Tased While Police Officer Had Knee On Her Neck Speaks Out (CBS Miami)
CBS4’s Ted Scouten shares Safiya Satchell’s story.
Oklahoma City Police Officer Gets 10 Years in Prison for Second-Degree Murder (KFOR Oklahoma’s News 4)
Keith Sweeney, a former Oklahoma City police sergeant found guilty of second-degree murder after shooting and killing an …
Police tried to use Taser on Ahmaud Arbery in video of 2017 incident I ABC7 (ABC7)
Police in Glynn County, Georgia, attempted to use a Taser on Ahmaud Arbery during an incident caught on video in 2017, …
BODY-CAM FOOTAGE: Willis cops sentenced after lying about arrest involving ‘drive-by tasing’ (KHOU 11)
Two former Willis police officers were sentenced to a year in jail after lying about an arrest captured on bodycam video. Kenneth …
Texas Police officers tased a man more than 50 times, now charged with Murder (Felipe Hemming)
Newly-released video shows the moment two Wilson police officers tased a man more than 50 times the night of July 4th last year.
Cop arrested after body cam catches him repeatedly tasering and kneeling on unarmed black man (The Sun)
A White cop has been arrested after bodycam footage emerged of him using a taser while kneeling on a black man.
2 Oklahoma officers charged with murder of man allegedly tased more than 50 times in 2019 (MILITZA GRATEROL)
Read full article here: https://readnews.io/picjzq Two Oklahoma police officers were arrested on second-degree murder charges …
San Diego Police Release Footage Of Officer Involved Shooting 6/28/2020 (SoCal Code 3)
DATE/TIME: 6/27/2020 5:47pm CITY/AREA: San Diego LOCATION: 1200 06th Ave. INTERVIEW: INCIDENT TYPE: Officer …
Longview video of men taunting police officers goes viral (KETKnbc)
Longview video of men taunting police officers goes viral.
Atlanta Police Tase Students Driving Home from George Floyd Protest | NowThis (NowThis News)
Two Atlanta police officers were fired after tasing college students driving home from a protest for George Floyd (warning: …
Questions Surround Palo Alto Police Officers’ Use of Force Captured by Home Surveillance Video (NBC Bay Area)
Home surveillance video obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit shows Palo Alto police officers pulling city resident …
Cops taser naked Oklahoma man 53 times before he died (Print Presstrend)
Bodycam shows police officers Josh Taylor, Brandon Dingman and David Duggan tasernaked Oklahoma man Jared Lakey, 53 …
Oklahoma officers charged with murder after investigators say they used (Quick News)
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two Oklahoma police officers have been charged with second-degree murder after being accused of using …
Two police officers from a small southern Oklahoma town have been charged with second-degree murder (IBGERIJO)
Two police officers from a small southern Oklahoma town have been charged with second-degree murder after being accused of …
2 Oklahoma Officers charged w/2nd degree murder of Jared Lakey. 7/3/20 (Rosie Rosette2020)
JAKE & LOGAN PAUL TASER & PUT FLEEING SUSPECT TO SLEEP! (Patty Mayo)
This video was sponsored by Manscaped.com Get 20% OFF Manscaped + Free Shipping with code MAYO20 at …
Teen Allegedly Beaten and Tased By NYPD (NBC New York)
The family of a Bronx teenager is calling for accountability, after the teen was allegedly beaten and tased by NYPD officers.
Frequent armed criminal gets tasered AGAIN!!!
Mr. Khan had the wonderful privilege to try and tase noah, we did your dares, pranked a car salesmen, asked random strangers if …
Virginia Cop Charged After Bodycam Shows Him Repeatedly Use a Taser On a Man (PoliceActivity)
Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) ** Fairfax, Virginia — A Fairfax County …
EX-COP TASERED and ARRESTED (Patty Mayo)
Man Gets Tased By Cop After He Ignores Multiple Commands (PoliceActivity)
Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) ** Cleveland, Ohio — Ohio’s Wickliffe …
Cell phone video shows police using stun gun on Chicago teen (ABC News)
Officers were called to the school after the 16-year-old was asked to leave class for having her cell phone out.
11-Year-Old Girl Suspected Of Stealing Tased By Police Officer (NBC Nightly News)
The 11-year-old girl, who was suspected of stealing items, was shocked with a Taser stun gun after she allegedly ignored an …
Springfield Police Officer Uses Stun Gun on Unarmed Man (Panama City News Herald)•
This video was released to The News Herald on June 10, 2020 by the Springfield Police Department. Portions of the audio were …
Woman In Wheelchair Tased By Cops (ABC News)
A woman in a wheelchair was tased by Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies after a dispute over her daughter’s arrest.
Death after taser arrest leads to Va. police brutality allegations (CBS This Morning)
Disturbing and newly released videos are sparking allegations of police brutality in rural Virginia. They show police in South …
Man With Butcher Knife Gets Tased and Shot by Chicago Police (PoliceActivity)
Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) ** The Civilian Office of Police …
2 Oklahoma officers charged with murder of man allegedly tased more than 50 times in 2019 2020 07 03 (Rodel Moral)
Read full article here: https://readnews.io/mdi36o Two Oklahoma police officers were arrested on second-degree murder charges …
Video shows police using taser on dog in Roseville (WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7)
Video shows police using taser on dog in Roseville.
65-year-old Woman Gets Tased After Resisting Arrest and Refusing to Sign $80 Ticket (PoliceActivity)
Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) ** Donate to PoliceActivity: …
PA Officer Uses Stun Gun on Sitting Man (Associated Press)
A Pennsylvania police officer is seen on video using a stun gun on a man as he’s sitting on a curb, facing away from the officer.
Virginia Cop Tasers Man Having Medical Emergency (ABC News)
Officer’s body cam captured the incident.
The 87 year old woman who was tased (Donut Operator)
Just wanted to talk a little bit about he incident in GA involving the Chatsworth police department and an 87-year-old woman who …
Lancaster Taser Video (The Dallas Morning News)
The investigation into Lt. Michael Fine’s actions eventually led to Lancaster Chief Cheryl Wilson being placed on administrative …
Officer Accidentally Hits Partner with Stun Gun (Associated Press)
One officer was injured in Ohio after his partner accidentally shot him with a stun gun while they tried to arrest a suspect. (Nov 28) …
Chief defends officer who used stun gun on elderly woman (ABC News)
An officer in Georgia used stun gun on an 87-year-old woman, said to speak little English, who was cutting dandelions with a knife …
White Police Officer in Virginia Charged With Assault for Using Stun Gun on a Black Man (Bloomberg QuickTake News)
Authorities say a white Virginia police officer was charged with assault and battery in connection with the use of a stun gun on a …
Video shows officer using stun gun on dog in Roseville (Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV)
See officer pull Taser on entire family (CNN)
An Ohio police officer is on administrative leave while his department looks into a viral video from a traffic stop. More from CNN at …
Body camera video shows 87-year-old woman tased – short version (11Alive)
Body camera video released by the lawyers for the woman shows the situation from an approaching officer’s perspective.
Police officer tased by woman at chaotic scene (WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7)
Police officer tased by woman at chaotic scene.
Raw: Okla. Officer Shoots Gun Instead of Taser (Associated Press)
Tulsa County reserve deputy Bob Bates said he thought he was holding a stun gun when he shot and killed 44-year-old Eric …
Man Tasered while sitting on sidewalk in Pennsylvania (Guardian News)
A 27-year-old man was Tasered by police in Pennsylvania while sitting down on a sidewalk because he did not have his legs …
Posted in accordance with Title 17, Section 107, US Code, for noncommercial, educational purposes.
