Jovan Reed

How they died

Deadly force

Jovan Reed was a back-seat passenger in a rental car whose driver reportedly ran a stop sign at about 10:15 p.m. Police stopped the car in a driveway. Officer Frank Piatt shot Reed after he allegedly got out and pointed a gun. Witnesses disputed the police version, saying Reed did not have a gun and that police planted crack on him. Reed died at a hospital. In 2003, Platt had shot and killed Albert Rucker. Platt was also involved in a nonfatal shooting in 2005. In May 2010, investigators looked into whether Platt tried to plant some marijuana so that his girlfriend, officer Kara Hindman, could establish probable cause for obtaining a search warrant. Within a week, Platt applied for a service-connected disability pension and retired. Platt and Hindman weren't charged, though the department revised its policies for narcotics investigations.

Why we remember them

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

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