At Rest

Less-than-lethal force
Wanted for parole violation, for a failed drug test, Joseph Moreno was located and approached by US marshals fugitive task force. After feeling threatened by an unresponsive and "combative" Moreno, an officer tasered him. Moreno was cleared by paramedics and spent 45 minutes in police custody when he started sweating and speaking incoherently. Moreno was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
This record exists so that Joseph Moreno, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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