Anthony E. Newfield

How they died

Deadly force

After putting in a full work day, Newfield began drinking in the afternoon and became progressively more aggressive on a round of visits to friends and acquaintances. By 7 pm he had threatened his mother and stepfather with knives, to the point of his mother calling the police. Officers of the New Britain police department challenged Newfield on his own porch to drop his knives. When non-compliant, they shot him three times.

Why we remember them

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

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