Rodney Eugene Harris

How they died

Deadly force

Eugene Harris, a known mentally ill man, was walking down Hillside Road preaching out loud. A neighbor called the cops who set a police dog on him and tasered him. He pulled out a knife, stabbed the dog and took the taser out. The police asked him to put down the knife and he refused. He was then shot several times and died. The family filed a lawsuit against Oak Ridge and the city officials but was then withdrawn.

Why we remember them

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

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