Emir Garcia Diaz

How they died

Deadly force

Diaz confronted a married couple as they were entering their upstairs apartment, police said. After failing to gain entry, Diaz left but returned with a large knife and tried to break in again. An officer responding to a 911 call arrived to find Diaz struggling to enter the apartment. The officer told Diaz to put down the knife and shot him to death after he did not comply.

Why we remember them

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

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