At Rest

Less-than-lethal force
On December 10 Shirlaw, dressed in shorts and no shirt, and with a history of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, argued with and then punched a pedestrian in the street. Afterwards he entered a hotel lobby, where police found him. To control the unarmed but violent Shirlaw, officers placed a stun gun on his neck. Shirlaw collapsed, was taken to a local hospital, and was taken off life support 10 days later.
This record exists so that William A. Shirlaw, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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