Robert Michael “Robbie” Ramirez

How they died

Deadly force

A deputy pulled over Robbie Ramirez for not signaling a left hand turn about a block from his home. Ramirez, who suffered from a form of schizophrenia, pulled his pickup truck over, but would not roll down his window to talk to the officer. Ramirez then drove around the corner to a vacant lot. The officer blocked Ramirez in. and Ramirez got out of the car yelling at the officer and waving his arms. The officer told Ramirez to put his hands down but he refused. The officer tasered Ramirez twice to no effect. When Ramirez continued his advance, the officer shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Robert Michael “Robbie” Ramirez, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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