Robert Reid

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Four local officers struggled with Reid while attempting to apprehend him for a violent outburst at his own apartment building. After being pepper-sprayed, hobbled and cuffed, Reid continued to physically resist as well as spit and attempt to bite officers. They resorted to putting a pillowcase over his head. Upon arrival at the police station across the street police noticed his difficulty breathing; he was taken to hospital where he died shortly afterward.

Why we remember them

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

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