Marcus Lane Cass

How they died

Deadly force

As co-owner of Abilene Gold Exchange Cass was visited by two plainclothes officers who appeared in bulletproof vests to serve a warrant. The police account describes Cass flourishing a gun during the visit, increasingly uncooperative and then threatening, to the point where they felt compelled to shoot him to death. A federal lawsuit filed by his family contends, among other things, that the police account does not match the event's timeline.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Marcus Lane Cass, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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