Shirin-Banou Barghi created this series of graphics dedicated to those killed by police officers.
She pushed out a back door and ran into the darkness beneath overarching oaks. He lay on the floor near his kitchen, two bullet holes in his chest, blood pooling thick, dying. -mobile.nytimes.com
At one point, Guzman says, he spoke to Sean Bell and said, “S, I love you, son.” He says Bell said, “I love you too.” Then Guzman says Bell “stopped moving.” –abclocal.go.com Mehserle testified that he meant to zap Grant with his Taser in an Oakland station – but instead pulled his .40 caliber handgun and blasted the man. -newyorkdailynews.com “A man was watching him,” said Rachel Jeantel, 19, who was on the phone with Martin just before he was fatally shot. “He said the man kept watching him. He kept complaining that a man was just watching him.” -cnn.com The officer demanded that the two “get the f—k on the sidewalk, Johnson says. “His exact words were get the f—k on the sidewalk.” -gawker.com New York City police officers shot and killed 16-year-old Kimani Gray in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. -afreesociety.org They said they thought McDade was armed because … he clutched his waste band as they chased him onto a dimly lit neighborhood street. -pasadenastarnews.com Jonathan never had an opportunity to reply. He had bullets in him before he could ever hit the ground. So there was not sufficient warning. No one ever told him to stop. He didn’t have time to react. -huffingtonpost.com He was at the video games playing videos and he went over there by the toy section where the toy guns were. And the next thing I know, he said ‘It’s not real,’ and the police start shooting and they said ‘Get on the ground,’ but he was already on the ground because they had shot him. And I could hear him just crying and screaming. I feel like they shot him down like he was not even human. -msnbc.com The medical examiner’s office later ruled Garner’s death a homicide, caused by the officer’s chokehold as well chest and neck compressions and prone positioning “during physical restraint by police.” -newyork.nbclocal.com Diallo was shot outside his Bronx apartment. The police officers had mistaken him for a serial rapist, who was later apprehended. -pri.org “The newly released cell phone footage undermines the statement, showing Powell approaching the cops, but not coming as close as was reported, with his hands at his side. The officers began shooting within 15 seconds of their arrival, hitting Powell with a barrage of bullets.” –http://m.huffpost.com/us/
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For Eric Garner – “I Can’t Breathe” – https://soundcloud.com/cdmartin/i-cant-breathe
I’m not sure those were Michael Brown’s last words… They were reported by Dorian Johnson, who was already proven to have lied by forensic evidence about Michael being shot in the back. I’m not sure I trust him at all with respect to Michael Brown’s last words, he’s already demonstrated willingness to lie in order to stir up racial tensions.
Yup. His testimony was fabricated.
Trayvon wasn’t shot by the police.
a Self-Appointed Neighborhood Watchman who studied to become a Cop………. damn near the same thing SMH
Are you kidding me?
Hell, I guess I’ll study to be a doctor and self-appoint myself as a damn pediatrician then. SAME THING!!!
Funny how in lists like these you never know whether the title says “men” because, as it turns out, the thing described (almost) exclusively happens to men, or whether the title was there first and served as a selection criterion. This is not a moot point, it has implications.
You seek freedom and liberty in the United States but then question the manner in which it is provided. This is a gross misrepresentation if facts. Maybe you should do a tribute to the thousands of police officers killed in the line of duty providing the very freedom and safety that you enjoy on a daily basis.
Police do not exist to provide “freedom and safety” but to enforce the law. Period. An armed and alert citizenry would provide real security. 9-11 happened because the people on those planes were disarmed and left helpless by their own government. A homeowner in Texas was recently acquitted of killing a SWAT cop who burst into his home in a 6am “no knock” raid. As long as these violations of the Bill Of Rights continue, people will never trust police. Are you an officer?
Thank you.
Kelly Thomas: “Dad, help me”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kelly_Thomas
Vicki Weaver – shot while unarmed, standing inside behind a door, while holding her baby. No words…just dropped dead from a deer-rifle bullet fired by an FBI agent.
Sammy Weaver – 12, shot in the back by Bill Degan and/or other federal agents while retrieving his dog.
Police Power Gone Wild. You’d need a War & Peace thickness book to document the USA cases alone.
This is powerful. It should probably have some kind of warning, though.
Thank you for sharing.
And the women, including wives and girlfriends.
What about the womenz ha?