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Police Officer

Mansel W. Rasbury

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA
Veteran → Felonious
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End of Watch March 7, 1872
Age 36
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Memorials 1 Also Remembered Department 87

Incident

Police Officer Mansel Rasbury was shot and killed with his own weapon after he and his partner were accosted by two men at the intersection of Pryor Street and Decatur Street. The two men approached the officers and began to argue with them. As Officer Rasbury attempted to draw his gun one of the men grabbed his arm, causing the weapon to discharge into his abdomen. He was transported to a local hospital where he died two days later. Officer Rasbury was a Confederate Army veteran of the Civil War and was a Freemason. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, and two sons. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, and two sons.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Rasbury served with the Atlanta Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Atlanta Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 7, 1872
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Mansel W. Rasbury served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Mansel is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1872, 32 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 154th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Mansel was 36. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was officer's handgun, in 5.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Atlanta Police Department has 88 officers remembered here, Mansel among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Mansel W. Rasbury

Atlanta Police Department · End of Watch March 7, 1872

Military Service

Mansel W. Rasbury served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-W

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