Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Bryan Funk

Gender : Male

Age : 40

Race : Native American

Date : 02/11/2023

Location : 44th+McDowell

City : Phoenix

County : Maricopa

State : Arizona

Agency : Phoenix PD

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Asphyxiation

Event : Tortured and killed by police for unknown reasons

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Funk, a 40-year-old man who had just been released from prison on February 1 after serving 20 years was arrested for unknown reasons. Police knelt on top of him and hog-tied him until he died from asphyxiation shortly after his release. It is unclear why he had apparently been targeted and brutalized until dead.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-police-officers-knelt-on-man-who-died-during-arrest-15683043