Bryant Todd Stokes

How they died

Deadly force

Stokes was carrying a Bible and armed with a butcher knife, was threatening to kill people when officers responded. Officers asked him to drop the knife, then used pepper spray and their batons to subdue him, police said. When Stokes charged at one of the officers with the butcher knife, the officer fired. Stokes did not drop the knife and the officer fired again, killing Stokes.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Bryant Todd Stokes, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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