Tina Winston

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

11-year-old girl Tina Winston, who was mentally disabled, was allegedly behaving violently in the waiting room of a counseling center when a caseworker tried to restrain her by straddling her. Detective Chris Triola and other officers arrived at around 7 p.m. and found Tina unresponsive. However, the officers didn't attempt first aid or call for an ambulance for several minutes, claiming that caseworkers led them to believe Tina was "faking" it. According to police, officers shook Tina and asked her to get up, then moved her to a chair. Police eventually called paramedics, who took Tina to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Coroner David Moore listed asphyxiation as the cause of Tina's death.

Why we remember them

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

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