John Kriewaldt

How they died

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A man with a boy's brain, developmentally disabled, bipolar and with a seizure disorder, Kriewaldt's temporary group home called police for help with a psychiatric crisis. Kriewaldt resisted police, was cuffed, repeatedly banged his head against metal and plexiglass in the patrol car, was released and tackled to the ground, then lapsed into a coma. He died two days later.

Why we remember them

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

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