At Rest

Less-than-lethal force
Police dispatch received a 911 call reporting a disturbance at the West Lanes Bowling Center at 1:33 p.m. The caller said an autistic adult man, Eric Liao, was out of control, biting his caregiver, and being held down by staff. An officer arrived at the bowling alley around 1:46 p.m. and observed a bowling alley staff member restraining Liao on the ground. The initial responding officer handcuffed Liao and observed he was unresponsive. He was declared dead a short time later.
This record exists so that Eric H. Liao, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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