John Strain

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Strain fought with police near Fifth Third Field after a Mud Hens game. He allegedly crossed police barriers before the fireworks display, cursed at an officer, and struggled with police. Officers forced him to the ground. Officers ordered a handcuffed Mr. Strain to stand, but he refused. When they pulled him to his feet, "he kept his feet dangling." Strain died months later of multiple medical complications of quadriplegia, including pneumonia, sepsis, and a broken neck.

Why we remember them

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

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