Sanchez Jarkel Taylor
Name: Sanchez Jarkel Taylor
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 06/16/2005
Location: 2347 S Amherst Hwy
Amherst, Virginia, 24521
County: Amherst
Agency: Amherst County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Sanchez Taylor's car was found abandoned in a northbound lane of U.S. 29, and deputies responded to a call of a break-in at nearby Bethel Welding. Deputies Debbie Tinnell and Darren Givens found Taylor at the back of the welding shop and tried to arrest him. Deputies said Taylor refused to follow their orders to get on the ground and that they had to handcuff him while he was lying on a ladder behind the shop. Two more deputies, Brian Drewry and Kelly Dodson, arrived and tried to control Taylor, who was still fighting. Unable to get him under control, officers put him on the ground but later noticed he was having trouble breathing and was having a seizure. He died a few hours later. This information came from media reports, and some later reports disputed this version of the story.
Unique ID: 22699
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