Gregory Lloyd Edwards

Less-than-lethal force

Gregory Edwards was arrested outside of a Walmart on the charges of battery, violation of probation, and resisting arrest and taken to jail. Police officers beat Gregory Edwards in an effort to subdue him after an altercation that occurred when he failed to comply with directions to move toward booking and fingerprinting. As many as seven officers kicked and punched, pepper sprayed, tasered, covered his head with a spit hood, restrained him in a chair, and locked him in a room by himself. About 20 minutes later, an officer removed the spit hood and wiped the mace from his face and found him unresponsive. He died a short time later. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.