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Breonna Shaquelle Taylor
Died: March 13, 2020 — Black Lives MatterOn March 13, 2020, in the middle of the night, three Louisville, Kentucky plainclothes policemen stormed into the apartment of Breonna Shaquelle Taylor (1993–2020) and shot her to death, firing eight bullets into the emergency room technician, who had been asleep in bed with her boyfriend, Kenneth... Read more...
Ahmaud Arbery
Died: February 23, 2020 — Black Lives MatterOn January 7, 2022, three White men—Gregory McMichael, a former Glynn County, Georgia police officer; his son, Travis McMichael; and William Bryan, Jr.—were sentenced to life in prison (the McMichaels without parole and Bryan with the possibility of parole) for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery (1995–... Read more...
Atatiana Koquice Jefferson
Died: October 12, 2019 — Black Lives MatterOn October 12, 2019, a white Fort Worth, Texas police officer, Aaron Dean, shot and killed 28-year-old Atatiana Koquice Jefferson (1991–2019) in her mother's home while she was babysitting her 8-year-old nephew and playing video games. A neighbor had called the non-emergency police number, asking... Read more...
Elijah Jovan McClain
Died: August 30, 2019 — Black Lives MatterOn September 1, 2021, the state of Colorado took one giant step forward in pursuit of justice in the murder of Elijah Jovan McClain (1996–2019), when a grand jury indicted three police officers and two paramedics in his death. This tragedy began on August 24, 2019, when three Aurora, Colorado... Read more...
Jordan Edwards
Died: April 29, 2017 — Black Lives MatterOn April 29, 2017, Officer Roy Oliver of the Balch Springs Police Department in Balch Springs, Texas, shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards (2001–2017) as he was leaving a party with his two brothers and two friends. The boys had been at a private party when somebody told the party goers that... Read more...
Alton Bertrell Sterling
Died: July 5, 2016 — Black Lives MatterOn July 5, 2016, Officer Blane Salamoni of the Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Police Department fatally shot and killed 37-year-old Alton Bertrell Sterling (1979–2016) at close range. Alton was selling CDs outside a convenience store (he was known locally as "CD Man"), when he showed his gun to a homeless... Read more...
Sandra Annette Bland
Died: July 13, 2015 — Black Lives MatterSandra Annette Bland (1987–2015), born in Naperville, Illinois, died by hanging in the Waller County Jail, Hempstead, Texas, on July 13, 2015. Her death was ruled a suicide. She had been arrested three days earlier for refusing to exit her car after a white state trooper, Brian Encinia, pulled her... Read more...
Tamir Elijah Rice
Died: November 23, 2014 — Black Lives MatterOn November 23, 2014, a Cleveland, Ohio, police officer, Timothy Loehmann, shot twelve-year-old Tamir Elijah Rice (2002–2014), who was playing with a toy gun in a park outside the Cudell Recreation Center. Tamir died the next day. The police were responding to a 911 call about someone in the park... Read more...
Renisha McBride
Died: November 2, 2013 — Just Because They Were BlackOn November 2, 2013, a white man, Theodore Wafer, fired a shot from a 12-gauge shotgun through his locked screen door, hitting the face of and killing 19-year-old Renisha McBride , who had knocked on the door of his Dearborn Heights, Michigan home, seeking help after crashing her car. On September... Read more...
Jonathan Ferrell
Died: September 14, 2013 — Black Lives MatterOn September 14, 2013, Officer Randall Kerrick of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in Charlotte, North Carolina, shot and killed Jonathan Ferrell (1988–2013). Jonathan, who had been driving as the designated driver for some friends, had wrecked and badly damaged his car. He had forced... Read more...