Franklin “Ray” Bodden

How they died

Deadly force

Tipped off that Bodden might be carrying a large amount of marijuana, a county deputy and a rookie in plainclothes pulled him and his motorcycle passenger over on the roadside. After a bit of conversation among the four men the passenger dropped a pill, bent over to retrieve it, and the deputy detected Bodden reaching for a shiny cylindrical object in his pocket. He was fatally shot in the chest. The object was a tightly wrapped bag of marijuana. Bodden was unarmed.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Franklin “Ray” Bodden, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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