Richard Hill Blount

How they died

Deadly force

Richard Blount was killed by a Miami-Dade police officer after authorities said Blount charged at the officer with a screwdriver. Officer Brent Speck was on patrol when he was flagged down by Jose Roman the manager of the Turf Motel. Roman said Blount had burglarized a storage room and fled. Speck found Blount exited his other and identified himself as a police officer. Blount pulled out a screwdriver and charged at the officer police said. Speck shot and killed Blount.

Why we remember them

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

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