Anthony Demille Sanders
Name: Anthony Demille Sanders
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 02/10/2005
Location: 1816 Fairfield Dr.
Plano, Texas, 75074
County: Collin
Agency: Plano Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Sanders entered the house of Carlos Mercado, his neighbor, and started a fight. Mercado subdued him until Officer Joseph Cabezuela responded. The officer handcuffed Sanders and left him facedown as he questioned others about the incident. Sanders, who was both physically and mentally handicapped by a fire when he was six, died of "positional asphyxia."
Unique ID: 3974
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