At Rest
A living memorial to lives lost to injustice, greed, and war.
HomeAbout♥ Sign the PetitionENES
HD
In loving memory
Hernandez Dowdy
United States · Aged 36 · Died 06/27/2012
Other
How they died
Deadly force
Shot to death. Police say Dowdy, who was black, was a carjacking suspect whom they chased, and that they killed him because they mistakenly thought he had a gun. The owner of the car, a white woman, had filed a false report.
Alleged responsible partyMemphis Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
Why we remember them
This record exists so that Hernandez Dowdy, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
References & sources
Others we remember.
More lives from the archive.
At Rest
At Rest
At Rest