Wesley Sylvester Moore

How they died

Deadly force

According to a local civil rights group, plainclothes deputies with military-grade gear forced their way into three houses without search warrants in their search for Moore, so they could serve three felony warrants. During an extensive search, Moore was found hiding in the third house and is supposed to have lunged at officers with a knife. He was shot dead. Witnesses also describe deputies high-fiving each other after the killing.

Why we remember them

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

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