Labaran Idakoji

How they died

Deadly force

Idakoji hit his sister at a family party. Hours later, he attacked other members of the family with a knife, and was beaten with a piece of lumber and multiple pipes by family members trying to defend each other. Idakoji advanced toward two responding officers with the knife, which he refused to drop. An officer fatally shot him.

Why we remember them

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

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