At Rest

Less-than-lethal force
At approximately 12:36 a.m., officers questioned Ivy, a paranoid schizophrenic with a heart condition. He fled down Second Street. Officers chased Ivy, shooting him with a Taser at least once. The Taser failed to subdue Ivy, whom they chased and handcuffed. When he stopped breathing, officers attempted CPR and called for help. Ivy died at Albany Medical Center. The City of Albany was ordered to pay Dontay Ivy's family $625,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.
This record exists so that Donald “Dontay” Shaw Ivy, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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