Danny Woodyard

How they died

Deadly force

Officers wanted to question Woodyard because he had a bag they believed belonged to a suspected drug dealer they had been looking for just moments before. Woodyard failed to stop when officers first contacted him, and told police that he had done nothing wrong and to leave him alone. One officer shot Woodyard in a hand, but he walked away, leaving a trail of blood behind. Police officers shot and killed Danny as he too was supposedly advancing on police with a knife. After the shooting, police learned the bag Woodyard was carrying was his and that he had no connection to the alleged drug dealer.

Why we remember them

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

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