At Rest
A living memorial to lives lost to injustice, greed, and war.
HomeAbout♥ Sign the PetitionENES
DE
In loving memory
Desjon Jamal Edwards
United States · Aged 28 · Died 06/08/2009
Other
How they died
Deadly force
Edwards was at home with his mother and girlfriend, having been discharged from substance-abuse treatment earlier that day, then drinking heavily. The police arrived and found him upstairs, irrational, and armed with a small knife. Two attempts to Taser him had no effect. The confrontation ended with one of the officers stabbed by Edwards, and Edwards with two gunshot wounds that he died of several hours later.
Alleged responsible partyWaterford Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
Why we remember them
This record exists so that Desjon Jamal Edwards, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
References & sources
Others we remember.
More lives from the archive.
At Rest
At Rest
At Rest