Marcus Deon Smith
Name: Marcus Deon Smith
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 09/08/2018
Location: 100 block North Church Street
Greensboro, North Carolina, 27401
County: Guilford
Agency: Greensboro Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Marcus Deon Smith was pacing along the street indicating he was in danger and threatening suicide. Police eventually put him the back of a cop car without restraints. He was trying to break windows when police opened the car door. Smith rushed out, and police restrained him using a RIPP Hobble, which binds the ankles and includes a strap that is used to attach the ankles to the handcuffs shackling the person's hands behind the back, killing him. Post mortem examination found cause of death was a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest due in part to the prone restraint, a combination of illicit drugs and alcohol, and hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Unique ID: 25411
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