At Rest

Deadly force
Kentucky State Police Trooper Isaac Whitaker and Martin police Sgt. Brian Ratliff were responding to a disturbance call at Petry Apartments on Main Street in Martin. When they arrived, they found James Anthony Rederick, 38, standing by his door armed with a knife. Rederick attacked Ratliff and both officers shot and killed him.
This record exists so that James Anthony Rederick, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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