‘Do It Now!’: North Carolina Cop Under Fire As Video Shows He Followed Black Man Home, Tased Him Just Moments After Prior Traffic Stop Where Motorist Was Told He Was ‘Free to Go’

Newly released body camera footage shows a Black North Carolina man being tased in his driveway by a white police officer who had pulled him over earlier in the night, ticketed him and followed him home, where he began to ticket him again.Dwayne Hicks, who was unarmed, had repeatedly disobeyed the Warrenton, North Carolina Police Department officer’s commands when he was shocked, the video shows. “An officer in North Carolina can only use a Taser against a citizen if that citizen poses an immediate risk of danger,” said Galen Gupta, Hicks’ attorney. “Mr. Hicks posed no danger.”Gupta said his office has received reports from 14 other people alleging numerous complaints, including racial discrimination and unnecessary force, against the officer, Mark Oakley. These allegations date back to 2019, when he was an officer for the Roanoke Rapids Police Department. He now works for the Littleton Police Department.“This is not a joyous occasion, let me assure you,” Hicks said Monday after a North Carolina Superior Court ordered the release of police body camera footage& from Sept. 20, 2023, showing the tasing. “I was not the first. To my knowledge, I was not the last.”Hicks’ attorneys had filed a lawsuit to seek the...