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Officers Joshua Taylor (L) and Brandon Dingman of the Wilson Police Department in Oklahoma were charged in the death of Jared Lakey. Courtesy of Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Two Oklahoma police officers were convicted of second-degree murder on Friday in the Taser death of a 28-year-old man in July 2019, authorities report.
Prosecutors said the repeated use of the Tasers was “dangerous and unnecessary” during the pair’s encounter with Jared Lakey on July 4, 2019.