Oral Brown
Name: Oral Brown
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 10/15/2001
Location: 3400 block West Sunrise Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33311
County: Broward
Agency: Broward County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Dazed, incoherent and combative was Brown's mental state, according to police, after a one-car SUV accident. To subdue him deputies hog-tied him and strapped him to a stretcher face down. The medical examiner ruled his death was due to positional asphyxiation. The county settled a wrongful death suit for $1.85M after 13 years of legal maneuvering.
Unique ID: 1259
News article: Link
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