Police killings
2013-2020

Askari Roberts

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 3/17/2015

Rome, Floyd, GA
3189 Morton Bend Road

Roberts who allegedly used meth and cocaine the day before was showing signs of paranoia and thought a gang was coming to kill him. His wife pried his hands away from his son and police arrived and Tasered him two or three times until he became unresponsive and died at the hospital.