Protesters took to the streets in Quitman Monday night, demanding answers and change after a resident dies after being tased by police. ABC 27's Alex Diprato attended the march and reports.
Organizers had more than three times as many protesters than they expected. In all, 400 people marched to remember Samuel Baker.
One by one they gathered outside the Shumate Street Church of God in Quitman and raised their voices to remember and demand an independent investigation into the taser death of Samuel Baker.
Baker collapsed and died October 1st after being jolted by an police officer who says he flashed a knife at a convenience store.
The protestors wound their way down Lee Street and stopped outside of the Quitman Police Department.
The group, several hundred strong, does not believe the Quitman Police Departments account of what happened to Baker, and they say the surveillance tape proves it.
The marchers continued down Lee Street, and down a back road.
"No color, no barrier, just for what is right," said one protester. "The guy was treated unjustly, we want justice."
Just as the sun was setting, the march ended at the Friendly Mart Convenience Store along Highway 84, the same spot Samuel Baker took his last breaths.
It was there the pastor of the Shumate Church blasted the elected leaders for not showing up to back their efforts for investigation into Baker's death.
The group says they will pack the next commission meeting, and order an economic boycott of stores along Highway 84 if an independent investigation isn't ordered.
The results from Baker's autopsy are pending.
