Clifton Antwone Watts

Less-than-lethal force

Two Roanoke officers responding to a disorder call found two women and a man inside a home. The man was lying motionless on the floor but was conscious. The women told police that the man had threatened and assaulted them after coming into the home. They said they fought back against the man, whom they did not know. When police arrested Clifton Antwone Watts, he resisted being handcuffed but eventually was placed in the back of a patrol car. Sometime later, an officer noticed that Watts was dead.