The medical examiner will determine Brooks’ official cause of death and disclose it in a full report.

Questions from family

Phillips and Brooks’ family questioned if it was a good idea to use a Taser on someone who appeared to be older. Jordan countered by saying he’s 68 — 4 years older than Brooks — and asked a reporter if he would use a Taser if the chief came at him.

“Police departments across the nation are looking for intermediate uses of force,” Jordan said. “If you’ve never been in a fight where somebody doesn’t want to go along or doesn’t want to be arrested, you end up using brute force, which is far more damaging than pepper spray or far more damaging than a Taser.”

Phillips also used the news conference to question if society should use officers as bill collectors. She said the warrant police matched to Brooks was a $642 bench warrant in connection with transporting an open container in 1991.

The World reported Wednesday that Brooks was wanted on an Okmulgee County warrant, as online court records indicate. However, Jordan on Friday said officers actually matched Brooks to a 2015 city of Tulsa warrant. The department’s online warrant search indicates the warrant was for jaywalking.