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Marcus-David Peters

Case from Richmond, VA dated May 14, 2018

Victim Details

Marcus-David L. Peters

Male

Black / African American

Richmond

VA

2018-05-14

24

Marcus-David

Peters

07/27/2026

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On a Monday evening in May, a situation unfolded on a Richmond highway that would end in tragedy and spark years of calls for reform. Marcus-David Peters, a 24-year-old high school biology teacher, was experiencing what his family and authorities would later describe as a mental health crisis. Earlier in the day, he had been involved in a minor car accident. By the time he was spotted by a Richmond police officer, he had crashed his car into another vehicle on the ramp to Interstate 95.

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  • LIS > Bill Tracking > HB5043 > 2020 session
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch: Space around the Lee statue has been informally named for a Black man who lost his life at the hands of police
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