Derek Watson aka Derrick Lamont Watson

How they died

Deadly force

Earlier, a woman had called police to report that her boyfriend, Derek Watson, had assaulted her at a local club. Officer Flasco Bryant found him walking a few blocks away. Bryant rolled down his window and warned him to stay away from the woman and the club for the rest of the evening. Watson agreed to walk to his mother's house, and Bryant drove off. Shortly after resuming his patrol, Bryant reportedly saw Watson heading toward the club, so he positioned his police cruiser in Watson's path and told him to stop and to show his hands. Watson allegedly refused to take one hand out his pocket, even after Bryant forced him to the ground to handcuff him. Watson ended up being shot in the back.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Derek Watson aka Derrick Lamont Watson, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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