Mark Ballard
Name: Mark Ballard
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 08/17/2002
Location: U.S. 59 Frontage Rd and Sweetwater Boulevard
Sugar Land, Texas, 77479
County: Fort Bend
Agency: Sugar Land Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Was arrested after a robbery. Police say that he escaped from their cruiser by pulling his shackled arms from his back to his front and opening the back door of the police cruiser while going 30 miles per hour and then ran across the freeway, jumped a median, and was hit by an 18 wheeler. The family disputes this narrative, saying the autopsy showed that the 18 wheeler just clipped his shoulder, but he had already been severely beaten around the head and had grass stains. The family believes police were beating him and he blindly ran onto the freeway trying to escape them.
Unique ID: 1907
News article: Link
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