Kniles Akers

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

According to police, a deputy stopped a other that had been reported stolen. The driver, Kniles Akers, allegedly became combative, took the deputy's cruiser and ran over the officer. Less than an hour later, state troopers said they were called to a reported home invasion and took Akers into custody. Akers reportedly suffered a medical emergency in the back of a police cruiser. Akers died three days later at a hospital.

Why we remember them

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

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