Derrick Dukes

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Derrick Dukes died just before 1 a.m. after being Tasered while allegedly fighting with police. His widow, Eleanor Dukes, said she and her husband were arguing inside her house when police busted in, fired a Taser at her husband and put her in a police cruiser. She later learned he was dead. Police said three officers responded to a domestic dispute and saw a man beating a woman as they looked through a window. Police said they entered the home and fired Tasers two times, but Dukes reportedly continued fighting. Officers said that when they were handcuffing Dukes, they noticed he had stopped breathing.

Why we remember them

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

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