Warrenton police bodycam video: Officer uses Taser on unarmed man

A North Carolina Superior Court ordered the release of police body camera footage showing Sgt. Mark Oakley deploying a Taser on Dwayne Hicks on Sept. 20, 2023.
Posted 9/9/2024, 9:16:32 PM Updated 9/10/2024, 12:58:08 AM

I

get your hands off my car

How you doing sir Sergeant Oakley Warrenton Police Department with

you

About what your name is Oakley Do you have your

driver's license with you sir I keep my driver's license

with me

All right

Well if you can go ahead and get that out

for me sir the reason I'm pulling you over today

is you're operating a motor vehicle after sunset without your

headlights on my headlights were on

They come on when you start the car

All right sir

Well there's no tail lights so there you go

So you stop me because I ain't have no tail

lights on

And that means what Oakley that means I can write

you a citation if you like

Are you gonna are you gonna produce your driver's license

Yeah you know I got drivers license

Oakley I keep driver license

Ok

This is how I do every stop sir

Stop sir

Warren County Zone pre

trying to

give them to you

Actually you do sir

I have to inspect them

Do you want to give me a reason to lock

you up You can't lock me up for nothing

Opening they're present it

I have to be able to inspect them

You can inspect them with your eyes

No sir

I need to see the front and back of it

and hold it in my hand to make sure that

all the security devices that are part of that driver's

license are active

Ok

What's the security devices Because I don't know what they

are

that for life

I give it back

71 C yeah

Yeah

Well myself and uh I deal we had uh juvenile

on a call

Uh it was last week

No 26

It seems like he just left

Um he's probably still on the path right now

Yeah I'm coming from the sporting complex

All

John oh Warren County zone three

Some of the we respond to Burger King at 117

US highway 158 bypass

It's gonna be in reference to a lady caller

Her car was hit in the parking lot

Everyone involved is standing by no injuries

Simple

And she's gonna be on a white Acura MVX Super

William T 06 War 1061 when you're clear but

be on north brag street PD A of the apartment

complex with

down wow in April

War and Kenyon William 206

Go ahead

The uh 2000 Toyota 4runner Dwayne Hicks 177 Wall Street

War and one plate status remote

Now through 4 1520 24 pick up plate vehicle as

in insurance

So

policy termination date is 6 21 23

Do you hope Or Karine

been working I have a 1021 while I'm ready

with that

Let's see what those are

Flatheads

Hi sir

Will to

it

All right Mr Hicks got a few things for you

Here here's your driver license back

All right here are the screws that hold your license

plate on

Why you put them back where you got them from

Because there's a pickup order on them

It's showing there was an insurance stop

That's fine but I have insurance

Ok

Ok

Well not according to the DMV this is a this

is a receipt for your license plate

All right if you'll sign in the middle of it

I can give you a copy of it and you

can uh go to the DMV and get your license

plate back once they uh confirm you've got proper insurance

Do you want do you want your hold on just

a second Ok

I don't have time to hold on sir

I have other things to do tonight

I printed off you holding me up and man you

got to run come on Oakland

You can't do that

You go on the night shift

Are you not arguing No I'm not arguing

I'm saying can you just hold on I'm gonna show

you right here

It shows vehicle has an insurance stop

The insurance policy termination date

6 21 2023 with a pickup order would you like

a copy of that Yeah that's fine

Ok there's your copy of that All right

Do you want to sign this receipt Do you want

to sign this I am just hold on

I'm on the line

I've written you a citation sir

I don't need to talk to them

I've written you a citation sir

Rush through it

Oakley

You held me up

So now hello you you you hold

All right sir on the citation is for Oak slow

down

Do you want me to do you want me to

explain the citation or were you able to read it

I want I want you to slow down for a

second

All right sir

I'm not gonna slow down

I'm gonna go ahead and uh read this to you

uh without having full force and effect of financial responsibility

Basically it says you don't have any insurance on the

vehicle

All right uh you failed to have all originally equipped

rear lamps or equivalent of good working order and uh

you were operating a vehicle at such a slow speed

as to impede normal traffic

All your core date on this is gonna be uh

November 28th

You're more than welcome to uh pay it off if

you like

It's $291

0 I'm not gonna pay it all

I'll see you in court

I'm gonna mark on here that you refused to sign

this because I've given you several times I didn't tell

you

I told you have a nice day

No no no no

Why are you yelling I'm more excited for disturbing the

peace next go

I'm gonna thank you for disturbing the peace in a

minute

Yeah 26 we probably about 15 minutes um will be

a rock in the area

Look for I believe it was gonna be 73

So

have a nice day sir

You're free to go

You're free to go

Seven

Will you on 2061 Counting about 10 8

I played some ation citation issued

Yes

Going into the residence 107 Southall Street ok

Remain in your vehicle Mr Hicks remain in your vehicle

Mr Hicks remain in your vehicle

Turn around with your hands behind your back

You turn around right hands behind your back put your

hands behind your back show me your hands and put

your hands behind your back

Don't know put your hands in your pockets turn around

put your hands behind your back door

It now turn around put your hands behind your back

do it

Now put your hands behind your back Mr Hicks Mr

Hicks put your hands behind your back put your hands

behind your back put your hands behind your back do

it put your hands behind your back put your hands

behind your back

What you have hands behind your back

Get on the ground chase down put your stay on

the ground

Stay on the ground

Stay on the ground

People get different people pay for this or open

You just got yourself RD charge who resist the land

Ru Yeah

Uh

Mhm

I can't believe you did that

Ok

Will in 206 Warren County show me 1072 RDO roll

over with this put towards towards your chest

I can get up get up

Come on I can get up I can get up

I'm gonna help you up

Come on I can have you got any weapons on

you

I don't carry weapons

Oakley

I don't those are keys keys all is keys

I got keys in my front pocket keys in my

back pocket