Fatal Encounters

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

Dynami McCree

Name: Dynami McCree
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 07/17/2007
Location: 1900 block 87th Avenue
Oakland, California, 94621
County: Alameda
Agency: Oakland Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Dynami McCree refused to remove a plastic bag full of suspected cocaine concealed in his buttocks and died after he removed and swallowed the contents while handcuffed in the back of a police car, police said.
Unique ID: 6348

News article: Link






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