Kenneth “Kenny” William Umpierre

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Officers responded to a report of a man in emotional crisis. The man was not at home when officers arrived; the man pulled up in his truck a short time later. The man "exited his truck while screaming at officers to shoot him," the report said. The officer tasered him, and he died.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Kenneth “Kenny” William Umpierre, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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