Khalid Bouaiti

How they died

Deadly force

Khalid Bouaiti, a mentally ill man, was shot and killed by a Jersey City police officer when he allegedly charged the officer with a knife. Bouaiti had shut himself in his apartment after speaking with a therapist from Jersey City Medical Center. Officer forced their way into his home, and say that he attacked one of them with a knife. The officer fired several shots from his handgun, and Bouaiti was pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center.

Why we remember them

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

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