At Rest

Less-than-lethal force
Officers responded to a family violence call involving Parr. He resisted arrest. Officer bludgeoned Parr with batons, pepper-sprayed him and put him into a police other. He was further restrained as he kicked and struggled in the police other. He slumped over. Officers called paramedics. Parr died at or en route to Bay Area Medical Center.
This record exists so that Richard Lee Parr, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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