Theodore “Ted” Arthur Hansen

How they died

Deadly force

Hansen attempted to pay for a purchase at Fred Meyer with a counterfeit check. Store personnel contacted dispatch. The officers placed him under arrest verbally. As they began to take him into custody, Hansen violently resisted. He brandished a knife. The officers fired their handguns, striking Hansen three times. He died from his injuries.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Theodore “Ted” Arthur Hansen, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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