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George Floyd.
People who knew the man killed in a violent police
incident say he was an ‘always cheerful’, ‘gentle giant’
who was laid off when Minnesota shut down. Floyd
leaves behind a six-year-old daughter who still lives
in Houston with her mother.
Update: one officer fired, then charged with 3rd
degree murder and manslaughter
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/29/george-
floyd-who-was-he-his-friends-words
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Yvonne Smallwood.
A 28-year-old Bronx mother of four who spent the
last six days of her life in courts, jails and city
hospitals waiting to be arraigned received woefully
inadequate medical care while in detention and died
needlessly, according to a grand jury finding
described by the Bronx District Attorney. Yvonne
Smallwood died of complications from a massive
blood clot in her leg.
Update: The grand jury found no evidence of police
brutality in the death of the woman.
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/18/nyregion/bronx-jury-
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Terrence Crutcher.
Terence, a God-loving father of four who sang at church
every week, had enrolled at a community college in Tulsa, largely grew up in Cincinnati, was shot and killed by a
where he hoped to earn a degree. An unarmed black man
walks on a Tulsa, Oklahoma, road with his hands in the air.
Police officers follow closely behind him as he approaches
his vehicle. He stands beside the car, then falls to the
ground after one officer pulls the trigger.
Update: charged with first-degree manslaughter. Turned
herself in and was shortly released after posting a bond of Update: Although Crawford was doing nothing illegal, with a firearm and attempted first-degree murder in the
$50,000. Was accused of "unlawfully and unnecessarily"
shooting Crutcher. On May 17, 2017, a jury found the
officer not guilty.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/us/oklahoma-tulsa-police-
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Freddie Gray.
Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal cord injury when he
was tossed around the back of a police van. He was
shackled by his hands and feet but unrestrained by a
seatbelt, which meant he couldn't protect himself from
the impact as he crashed into the interior of the vehicle.
He was 25 and arrested for possessing an illegal
switchblade.
Update: The Justice Department […] found insufficient
evidence to support federal criminal civil rights charges
against six Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers.
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/27/18089352/freddie-gray-
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Randolph Evans.
Randolph Evans was a 15-year-old Brooklyn boy who was
shot and killed by an NYPD officer on November 25, 1976.
Evans was a ninth-grader at Franklin K. Lane High School in
Brooklyn. After shooting Evans, the officer made no effort to
check on the boy’s condition but instead walked to his patrol
car, got in, removed the spent cartridge from his weapon,
and calmly replaced it with another bullet.
Update: On November 30, 1977, one year after Evans'
funeral, the officer was found not guilty by reason of insanity
and remanded to Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens.
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John Crawford.
It’s been more than four years since Crawford, who
police officer in Walmart. For a moment, it looked like came upon Jones. The 31-year-old drummer and choir just shot him in his arm." Castile’s final traffic stop was far from
he missed. Crawford stepped toward the pellet gun he boy was heading home after playing a gig when his car his first, it was in fact his 46th stop — almost all of which were
had been holding moments earlier, then fell to the
ground. The 22-year-old was on the phone with his
young children's mother when he was shot.
the officer has been cleared of wrongdoing by a grand
jury, his own department and federal investigators.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/02/12/killing-john-
crawford-walmart-officer-wouldnt-have-changed-
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Amadou Diallo.
Garner died on July 17, 2014, after police attempted to The fatal shooting of Walter Scott, an unarmed black
motorist, by a white South Carolina police officer set off a Amadou Diallo was an immigrant from Guinea who was fired
arrest the 43-year-old father of six, who was allegedly
wave of national protests over racially biased policing and on 41 times as he stood, unarmed, in the vestibule of his
selling loose cigarettes illegally on Staten Island, a crime
the use of lethal force. Scott, a father of four children, was apartment building in the Bronx. The shooting occurred on
he had been arrested for previously. The city medical
stopped for a broken taillight. The cellphone video began Feb. 4, 1999, when the four officers, all in street clothes,
examiner's office ruled the death a homicide in the days
recording after the stop. Patrolman fired eight shots at Scott approached Mr. Diallo and fired 41 shots, striking him 19
after his death, and the medical examiner testified that
times, as he retreated inside. The officers, who are white,
as he ran away, striking him five times, including three in the
the officer’s alleged chokehold caused an asthma attack said they had thought he had a gun. It turned out to be a
back, a coroner later said. Even after he was shot, [he]
and was "part of the lethal cascade of events." handcuffed Scott's arms behind his back. wallet.
Update: The Justice Department did not bring federal Update: The patrolman was fired and then sentenced to 20 Update: Four New York City police officers were acquitted
charges against a New York Police Department officer years behind bars after pleading guilty in Scott's death. of all charges in the death of Amadou Diallo
accused of fatally choking Eric Garner https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/walter-scott- https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/26/nyregion/diallo-verdict-
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Clifford Glover. Keith Scott.
Claude Reese. “It is my opinion that the officer acted lawfully when he shot
At 5 a.m. on April 28, 1973, 10-year-old Clifford Glover was
Young Reese, four other boys and two girls were in the Mr Scott,” said at a press conference. Scott, 43, never raised
shot when he and his stepfather were stopped by two
cellar of his apartment building renovating a room for a or pointed the gun, according to the prosecutor, but the
undercover officers who believed them to be guilty of
party. The officer said he saw young Reese standing above officer felt he posed an imminent threat because he ignored
robbery. Glover and his stepfather were afraid of the two
him in the courtyard, about five feet away, with what orders to drop it and stared at them in a “trance-like state”.
officers and ran from them, believing they themselves were
appeared to be a gun in his left hand. It was then that he Authorities said police were waiting to serve an arrest
about to be robbed. An officer testified that he drew fire on
fired the one fatal shot. Other officers who searched the the boy who appeared to have a weapon. Glover was hit by warrant on someone else and noticed Scott had a marijuana
courtyard found an 18‐inch handsaw with a pistol‐grip “blunt” as he sat in his SUV in the parking lot outside his
at least two bullets. When Glover was hit, the officers
handle beside the boy's body. home. The officers were prepared to ignore the drugs until
claimed his father took the alleged weapon from him, which
Update: the leaders came away from the meeting “with the the officer saw that Scott was also holding a gun.
was never recovered.
inference that while the policeman may have been legally Update: No state criminal charges will be brought against
Update: The jury acquitted the officer. He was the first New
right, he was morally wrong.” the police officer who fatally shot Keith Scott in North
York City police officer ever to be tried for murder while on
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/17/archives/officer-cleared-
duty. Carolina
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Philando Castile.
Corey Jones. Police had opened fire when Castile reached for his driver’s
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The former officer was on duty but was wearing street license, as an officer requested: "He let the officer know that he Sandra Bland.
clothes and was driving and unmarked car when he had a firearm, and he was reaching for his wallet, and the officer The filmed incident leading to her arrest happened
after she was pulled over for failing to use her turn
signal.
broke down on a highway off-ramp, he was on the related to fairly minor traffic violations. Castile’s history shows
one of the massive racial biases in policing: Black people are, in Three days after her arrest, she was found hanging
phone with a roadside assistance. in her Waller County jail cell -- a death that
many jurisdictions, more likely to be stopped for traffic offenses.
Update: was convicted of manslaughter while armed And with each of those stops, there’s a risk that the police authorities ruled a suicide.
encounter will escalate.
Update: The Bland family settled in a wrongful
death of Corey Jones, sentenced 25 years on each Update: The Minnesota police officer who drew widespread
protests after he shot and killed Philando Castile has been found death suit with safety and other changes
count.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/us/florida-corey-jones- not guilty after being charged with second-degree manslaughter. implemented in jail systems.
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/7/12116288/minnesota-police- https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/us/sandra-bland-cell-phone-
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Aiyana Jones.
Aiyana was a 7-year-old girl accidentally killed by a
police officer during a 2010 raid. The girl was shot in
the head while she slept on a couch. The first officer
through the door of her home during a chaotic search
for a murder suspect said he accidentally fired his gun
during a struggle with Aiyana’s grandmother.
Update: charged with involuntary manslaughter, but a
judge dismissed that charge during a second trial in
2014. Family received monetary settlement.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aiyana-stanley-jones-detroit-
settle-police_n_5ca76f57e4b0a00f6d3ee544
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Breona Taylor.
Taylor was a permanent technician for medical care at
the Jewish Hospital at the University of Louisville. On
her Facebook page, she pointed out how much she
loved when she helped others. Boyfriend Walker and
Breonna Taylor were sleeping in her apartment when
police arrived to serve the “no-knock” warrant. Walker
said he could not hear who was on the other side and
he believed the intruders tried to break in. Walker once
shot at people entering, and police responded with 22
shots, eight of which killed Taylor.
Update: Charges against Walker dropped, no charges Update: The shooting officer was fired, but no charges https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/29/us/texas-jordan-edwards-
on officer.
https://bulletinmail.com/breona-taylors-boyfriends-call-fired/
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by one of two police officers who confronted him Jordan Edwards. Clark were responding to a 911 call that a man wearing
outside a convenience store in July 2016. Cell phone Edwards, 15, was a highschool freshman. Officers a black hoodie was breaking car windows in a
video showed Sterling pinned to the ground by the responded to a house party after reports of underage Sacramento neighborhood. Minutes later, Clark lay dead
officers before he was shot; police said Sterling was drinking. Police spotted a car leaving with five people in the backyard of his grandmother's home. A
shot because he was reaching for a gun. The officer inside. An officer fired into the car with a rifle, fatally heartbreaking excerpt from the exchange between police
threatened to shoot Sterling in the head. Sterling was shooting Jordan, who was sitting in the front passenger and Clark’s grandmother: "He was just comin' home and
known as the "CD man," who sold CDs and DVDs seat. y'all was comin' through the back. ... He don't have no
outside the convenience store where he was shot, gun. He don't carry no gun. Oh, my god. He got two
according to local media. Update: Sentenced the former police officer to 15 years children," she said.
in prison.
Update: No charges as it was found officers responded
filed. appropriately to the situation.
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Jonathon Ferrell.
Officer killed 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell at 2:45 a.m.
on Sept. 14, 2013, shooting at him 12 times and hitting
him 10 times on a dark street in a Charlotte subdivision.
Mr. Ferrell was driving his fiancée’s car home when he
ran off the road. The airbag deployed and he lost his
cellphone. He walked barefoot to a nearby home and
knocked on the door. But the homeowner feared he was
a robber, set off her burglar alarm and called 911.
Update: hung jury, no retrial.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/29/us/jonathan-ferrell-police-
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Botham Jean.
Atatianna Jefferson.
During the trial, the officer testified that after working
Jefferson was a 28-year-old pre-med graduate. Officers
long hours September 6, 2018, she returned to her
were responding to an early-morning house call after a
apartment complex. In uniform but off duty, she
neighbor became concerned when they noticed the front
approached what she thought was her apartment. She
door of a home, which belonged to Jefferson's mother,
noticed the door was ajar, found a man inside and fired
was left ajar and requested a welfare check Jefferson
her service weapon, killing him. She was actually at the
had been babysitting her 8-year-old nephew inside and
apartment directly above hers, which belonged to the
playing video games. According to police and body
26-year-old accountant from St. Lucia. Jean was on the
camera footage, the officer failed to identify himself
couch, watching TV and eating ice cream when she
before firing his weapon, striking Jefferson.
walked in, prosecutors said.
Update: Officer indicted, not yet convicted or
Update: sentenced to 10 years, eligible for parole after
sentenced.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fort-worth-police- 5.
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Jerame Reid.
Laquan MacDonald.
The two-minute fatal encounter started from a routine
"Sixteen shots and a cover-up" became a familiar chant from
protesters who filled Chicago streets after 17-year-old
traffic stop, in which Bridgeton officers pulled over a
vehicle for running through a stop sign. A gun is
Laquan McDonald was fatally shot by a police officer in
perceived by the officer to be in the glove compartment.
2014. Shortly before he was shot, McDonald never faced the
A struggle ensues as Reid tries to push the door open,
officer. He spun after being shot and crumpled to the
and the officer attempts to keep the door closed. The
ground, his body stiff as he fell.
officer steps back, and Reid pushes the door open, gets
The officer continued to fire, unloading every round from his
9-mm Smith & Wesson handgun. The teen was struck by all up, and exits the car with his hands at chest level. The
16 bullets, most of them while he was limp on the ground. officer backs up and fires as Reid exits the vehicle. Reid
Update: The officer was sentenced to six years and nine reacts to the shots by moving his hands upwards. The
months in prison following his conviction of second-degree other officer fires one shot, and Reid is killed. Reid was
murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm. unarmed.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/us/chicago-inspector-general-
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Sean Bell. Martin was an African-American high school student Tamir Rice. To some people who knew him, Michael Brown was an ordinary
Oscar Grant.
who lived in Miami Gardens, Florida, with his mother. A On November 22, 2014, Tamir Rice was throwing US teenager with much to like about him. Court documents,
He was a 22-year-old retail worker and young father. An Three men were shot when a total of 50 rounds were
neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida, calls snowballs and playing with a toy pellet gun in a however, portray him as a suspect in a convenience store
officer fired a pistol into the back of an unarmed black fired by New York City police in both plainclothes and
undercover. Bell was killed on the morning before his 911 to report "a suspicious person" in the Cleveland park when a police car rolled into the snowy robbery who assaulted the police officer who killed him. After an
man who had been pulled off a train as fellow altercation, the officer shot the unarmed Mr. Brown a total of six
passengers wielded phones and digital cameras to wedding, and two of his friends, Trent Benefield and neighborhood. He is instructed not to get out of his SUV field. Within two seconds of getting out of his squad car, times in the head and right arm. Brown had received his leaving
Joseph Guzman, were severely wounded. or approach the person. He disregards the instructions, officer Timothy Loehmann shot and killed the 12-year-
capture the scene, spurring mass protest and a murder certificate only eight days before his death and had been due to
moments later, neighbors report hearing gunfire. The old.
trial. The officer said he meant to shock the victim with a Update: Three of the five detectives involved in the start college that Monday. His mother, told reporters the family
shooting went to trial on charges of first- and second- watch captain acknowledges that he shot Martin, Update: no criminal charges filed against the officers had never had the time to celebrate her son's school-leaving.
Taser, not shoot him.
claiming it was in self-defense. involved — arguing that while there was Instead they had had to organise a funeral.
Update: officer sentenced 2 years with credit to time degree manslaughter, first- and second-degree assault,
Update: Watch captain found not guilty, no federal civil miscommunication between a 911 dispatcher and the Update: The officer has twice been exonerated of criminal
served, for being charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree reckless endangerment; they were wrongdoing.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/10-years-since- found not guilty. rights charges, and in Dec 2019 he filed a $100mil suit officers. Officer resigned because of falsifying resume.
Oscar-Grant-s-death-What-13489585.php against Martin’s parents and others. https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/5/30/15713254/cleveland- https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/rewind/2019/08/michae
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