Wardel "Meech" Davis
Name: Wardel "Meech" Davis
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 02/07/2017
Location: Hoyt Street and Arnold Street
Buffalo, New York, 14213
County: Erie
Agency: Buffalo Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: According to police, Davis was stopped by two Buffalo police officers, Todd C. McAlister and Nicholas J. Parisi, when he tried to flee and began fighting with the officers. The officers were apparently patrolling for drug activity. The officers were eventually able to handcuff him. After he was handcuffed, the man appeared to be in some type of "medical distress." The officers took off the handcuffs and began to administer CPR, but he was dead.
Unique ID: 18884
News article: Link
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