[news] Louisiana, US: Death of Man Tased Nine Times by Racist Police Ruled Homicide

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25 July 2008

A Louisiana coroner has ruled the January 2008 death of 21-year-old  
Baron Pikes at the hands of police was a homicide. Pikes, a sawmill  
worker from Winnfield, Louisiana, was killed while in police custody  
on January 17 after being shot nine times with a Taser gun [**while wearing handcuffs**].  


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