Gullen Tavarez Perez

How they died

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Tavarez Perez was apprehended on August 1 in his other on drugs charges (heroin and cocaine). The report of the arresting officer noted that the arrestee had "swallowed something from another plastic bag," this officer had prior experience of detainees ingesting drugs and requiring medical attention. In two days Tavarez Perez was dead from opiate intoxication. In February 2014 a district court judge agreed with the victim's heirs that the arresting officer was potentially civilly liable for negligence and wrongful death.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Gullen Tavarez Perez, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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