Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Joyce Quaweay

Name: Joyce Quaweay
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 07/29/2016
Location: 4600 block Greene Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19144
County: Philadelphia
Agency: Temple University Campus Police Department
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: A former Temple University police officer, Aaron Wright, used his fists and a police baton to beat his girlfriend to death, and he enlisted his best friend, Marquis Robinson, a current Temple officer, to help him. Wright and Robinson allegedly stripped Quaweay naked and handcuffed her to a bench. As Wright beat her, Robinson contorted the victim's body so Wright could strike her in multiple places, police said.
Unique ID: 17992

News article: Link






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