At Rest

Less-than-lethal force
Sparks police sought out Lair at his home, found him asleep in the mid-afternoon, and ended up pepper-spraying him and Tasing him 10 to 15 times. Medical responders arriving about 20 minutes later found Lair naked, hobbled, handcuffed, and no longer breathing. The county coroner ruled his death accidental.
This record exists so that Jacob John Lair, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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