Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Sidney Dotson
Gender : Male
Age : 37
Race : Black
Date : 09/12/2023
Location : 700 block of Bumpass St
City : McKinney
County : Collin
State : Texas
Agency : McKinney PD
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Sidney Dotson, 37, was in a parking lot making suicidal statements and having a mental health crisis. He had a knife. He made no attempt to hurt anyone. Someone called police who appeared and shot and killed him.
His sister said he had been released from prison just 2 weeks prior and despite all of his efforts at re-entry, he had been unable to find work and housing and he was desperate without help. This is unfortunately a very common story and systemic failure to help people re-enter society after traumatic and exploitative incarceration.
