Danata’e Franklin

How they died

Deadly force

Police were called to a gas station, where a witness reported an argument and said the man was brandishing a handgun, police. When police arrived, the woman told officers the man had assaulted her. The man ran. Two police officers pursued, one on foot and another in a other. As the officers neared, the man dropped a handgun on the ground. When he allegedly picked it up and pointed it at the officers, both officers shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Danata’e Franklin, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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