Johnny Platas

How they died

Deadly force

Police were called to a domestic disturbance. When officers arrived they discovered a woman covered in blood who had run to a neighbor's house after being stabbed. They found the victim's husband on the roof of a home holding a large knife. He began stabbing himself as officers tried to talk him down. An officer climbed to the roof on a ladder and fired a Taser at the man. The man tried to attack the officer, and multiple officers shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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