Clifton Antwone Watts
Name: Clifton Antwone Watts
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 03/08/2017
Location: 900 block 21st Street NW
Roanoke, Virginia, 24017
County: Roanoke City
Agency: Roanoke Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Two Roanoke officers responding to a disorder call found two women and a man inside a home. The man was lying motionless on the floor but was conscious. The women told police that the man had threatened and assaulted them after coming into the home. They said they fought back against the man, whom they did not know. When police arrested Clifton Antwone Watts, he resisted being handcuffed but eventually was placed in the back of a patrol car. Sometime later, an officer noticed that Watts was dead.
Unique ID: 19392
News article: Link
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