James Fred Sizer Sr.

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Sizer called police, saying that an armed man was trying to enter his house. He said he would shoot the man if he had to. Corporal Salvatore Reale and Officer Martha Cameron responded. The man left. Sizer waited for officers outside of his house. The officers told Sizer to get on the ground. Sizer said he was disabled and could not. Officer Cameron tasered Sizer. His head struck the sidewalk. He died eight days later. According to a lawsuit, Sizer told police that he would be unarmed when he met them. APD fatally shot six people in 2015.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that James Fred Sizer Sr., and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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