Rather than restraining him, they repeatedly applied taser shocks to Lakey while he was lying on the ground, and made no attempt to provide lifesaving treatment.

The police had been responding to a report of disorderly conduct involving a naked man shouting incoherently and running down the road, and encountered Lakey, who did not comply with their commands, acting confused and disoriented, although he was unarmed and not combative.

[2] The first recorded words spoken in the incident were Dingman repeatedly saying "Put your hands behind your back for me", followed by Taylor saying "Non-compliance is gonna get you tased.

The Oklahoma district attorney said the officers' training program prescribed a limitation of 15 seconds for taser shock exposures, which was also the guidance provided by the manufacturer of the devices.

[7] Joshua Taylor and Brandon Dingman, the two officers who had used tasers on Lakey, were found guilty by a jury of second degree murder on November 8, 2021.