Justin Plaza

How they died

Deadly force

Afghanistan veteran Plaza seemed OK when he came home, but his mother linked his increasing use of synthetic drugs with short temper, aggressiveness, hallucinations, and paranoid about the government. Police defused one incident with a gun but a week later in the early morning hours he pointed a weapon at officers and was shot to death.

Why we remember them

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

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