At Rest

Deadly force
Police had arrested Smith on outstanding warrants and put him in a patrol car with his hands cuffed behind his back, Police said in a written statement. Smith was able to move his hands to the front of his body and kick out a window of the patrol car. According to the police, officers noticed that Smith had a gun when he tried exiting the patrol car, and he was shot by an officer. A gun was found under Smith's body.
This record exists so that Charles Smith, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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