Asberry Wylder

How they died

Deadly force

Wylder was suspected of taking a ham, at knifepoint, from a Piggly Wiggly. During an attempt to subdue him officers used pepper spray and then fatally shot him, after he assaulted one of the six officers with his knife. Witnesses said he was shot after being cuffed. A second private autopsy showed he'd also been beaten. Among his family's questions was why he was in public to begin with; he'd been under an involuntary commitment order.

Why we remember them

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

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