Walter “Wayne” Folds

How they died

Deadly force

Shot in back of head while lying face down by a police officer who was on Folds' back. The officer said Folds cut him in the face with a boxcutter during a foot chase in a park. Had cut his wife across abdomen days before. Officer was later indicted, but prosecutors dropped the charges days later.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Walter “Wayne” Folds, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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