Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino

How they died

Deadly force

Police were responding to a bicycle robbery, and were told two Latino men were involved. As they approached the location, they saw two Latino men on bicycles were coming toward them. Police presumed they were the bicycle thieves and stopped them. Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino arrived and tried to tell police that it was his brother's bicycle that was stolen and the two Latino men were helping him look for it. In video of the incident, police order the three men to hold their hands up. Two of them did, but Diaz-Zeferino put his hands up, then back down, then back up again. He took off his ball cap and waved it around. The movement caused police to shoot and kill the unarmed Diaz-Zeferino. Although the shooting was ruled justified, Diaz-Zeferino's family received a $4.7 million settlement for wrongful death.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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