Stanley Jackson Jr.

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

According to police, an undercover officer was in an unmarked car outside the home of Stanley Jackson Jr.'s mother around 4:45 p.m. when he allegedly saw a drug transaction and requested help from uniformed deputies. A witness said two sheriff's cars arrived from the west as the undercover ran in from the east with a handgun drawn. Deputies Sean Urban, Tom Mercure, Holly Farmer and Dean Reich chased Jackson into the house. Urban tasered Jackson. The deputies claimed Jackson became "loud, agitated and aggressive" and tried to get up. According to police reports, Farmer held onto Jackson and leaned forward with his "mouth open and teeth bared," so she punched him in the jaw. Urban drive tasered Jackson when he allegedly tried to move his hands toward the front of his waistband. It's unclear whether Jackson was tasered a third time by Mercure. Jackson was reportedly sedated at the hospital with a dose of Lorazepam, went into respiratory distress and died at about 6:20 p.m. Jackson's family members said there was blood on the exterior of the oven and kitchen floor.

Why we remember them

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

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