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Lawrence Rogers
United States · Aged 30 · Died 08/31/2002
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How they died
Less-than-lethal force
Some 35 officers responded to an "officer down" call as police tried to subdue an irrational near-naked Rogers in a Wegmans parking lot. Rogers bit part of an officer's finger off; two Wegmans employees were arrested for obstructing the investigation; according to one witness Rogers was beaten to death. He died shortly after at the hospital, the fourth black man killed by Rochester police that summer. One officer filed a $2.5M suit against Wegmans and the victim's mother.
Alleged responsible partyRochester Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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