Arthur Partee
Name: Arthur Partee
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 04/12/2003
Location: 777 E. Napier Ave
Benton Harbor, Michigan, 49022
County: Berrien
Agency: Benton Township Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Partee's mother went to police looking for help getting her son hospitalized. He was acting strangely. They searched for outstanding warrants, found one, and went to collect him. Partee was killed—apparently strangled—during the attempted arrest. One of the officers told the mother he was "playing possum." Legal action reached the Sixth Circuit. Partee's death, with Terrence Shurn's, caused community unrest.
Unique ID: 2446
News article: Link
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