• Scott Nugent is a former Winnfield, Louisiana, police officer who allegedly killed suspect Baron Pikes by shocking him nine times with a Taser during an arrest. The Winn Parish coroner, Dr. Randolph Williams, ruled Nugent's death a homicide, and Nugent may face charges in connection to the incident.CNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)

• 1. Hometown: Winnfield, LouisianaCNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)
  2. Winnfield police officer until fired in May 2008CNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)
  3. Father: Gleason NugentCNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)
  4. Nugent's father committed suicide in 2005, after being accused of corruption in police chief electionCNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)
  5. Killed Pikes with Taser during arrest in January 2008CNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)
  6. Pikes wanted on cocaine chargesCNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)
  7. Winnfield police employed Tasers 14 times in first year used by the forceCNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)
  8. 12 of those 14 times, the Tasers were used to shock blacksCNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)
  9. 10 of those 12 times, the Taser was used by NugentCNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)

• Racial Tensions

  The death of Pike, who is black, as a result of shocks from the Taser of Nugent, who is white, stirred up racial tensions in the small Louisiana town where the incident took place. According to Williams, Pikes died after the seventh shock and Nugent administered the last two shocks to Pikes's dead body.CNN: Man Dies After Cop Hits Him with Taser 9 Times (July 22, 2008)

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