Fatal Encounters

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

Jonathan Sanders

Name: Jonathan Sanders
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 07/08/2015
Location: Artesia Avenue
Stonewall, Mississippi, 39363
County: Clarke
Agency: Stonewall Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Jonathan Sanders was in a buggy pulled by horses in Stonewall when Officer Kevin Herrington pulled up behind him. The lights apparently spooked the horses and Sanders was trying to calm them when Herrington allegedly choked Sanders with a flashlight (some reports state that the PD denies the flashlight involvement).
Unique ID: 16332

News article: Link






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