Lady2Soothe
Currently, there is no national database documenting the murders of un-armed people by police, security guards or self-appointed vigilantes. Although not all victims found here were weaponless, the fatal murdering of the unarmed: whether they are of ethnic origin, disabled, mentally ill, homeless or their sexual orientation, by Police Departments across the country is unjustified, and the vast majority of officers involved are not being held accountable.
I believe ALL those listed below regardless of whether they were in the process of perpetrating a crime, in a gang, drug possession, incarceration, resisting arrest, alluding, a weapon thrown aside, mentally ill or just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, they are all victims. Victims who loved and were loved. This memorial is dedicated to all the Mothers and Fathers, Sons and Daughters, Husbands and Wife’s, Grandparents, Sisters and Brothers, Nieces and Nephews, Girlfriends, Boyfriends, Lovers, Friends and Neighbors who have lost someone at the hands of law enforcement. For all the heartbreak, shed tears, unanswered questions, lies and grief for a life unfulfilled, to you I give honor, for “there but for the grace of God go I”. May you find peace in knowing their bloodshed will not go unnoticed nor will their life be forgotten.
As we remember victims of violence let us remember the sadness of loss. May that sadness be transformed into compassion for the victim and their loved ones. May the fear struck in us by the power of tragedy give way to reverence at the unending power of unconditional love. May we uncover the energy of our anger and use it to right what is wrong in our own behavior toward one another and to challenge the mindsets and systems which enable and promote violence. May love gently wipe the tears from our eyes and remove the fear from our hearts. Look with favor upon the families and friends who mourn the victims and comfort those who are in grief and despair, that peace, the fruit of justice and charity may reign for each of us gathered here today. For all victims of crime, abuse, harassment and all who commit acts of violence; from those who speak harsh words in anger, to those who hate others who are different from themselves, to those who take the life of another, may we learn to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly.
Unfortunately due to the ongoing killings by Police and vigilantes claiming Stand Your Ground (Castle Doctrine) this list will continue to grow. If you have a family member, friend or know of someone (unarmed) murdered at the hands of Law Enforcement (or others) please let me know and I’ll add their name to this memorandum.
My definition of Unarmed
Please keep in mind I am only able to research and write bio’s on 5-7 victims per day. Each bio is verified through multiple sources, photos are retrieved, copied, cropped. Each bio is written and condensed close as possible to a single paragraph, many have links to READ MORE. Each name, age, state and ethnicity are entered into 3 data bases and then, after all pertinent information has been gathered I individually post to the website. Therefore each bio takes anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes to complete.
It is at my discretion as to what I consider as being unarmed. If the person has a weapon but is unable to use it because it’s under a seat, knocked to the side, fallen to the ground, in someone else’s possession etc. I consider that person unarmed. If someone is shot in the back, I consider that person unarmed. If there appears to be questionable circumstances surrounding the death, I consider that person unarmed. If the person is mentally ill and can be contained without using deadly force, I consider that person unarmed. Even if the person is a felon and has a violent criminal history, yet fits into any of the above categories, that person is still considered unarmed. If someone is in the commission of a crime, yet fits into any of the above categories, that person is still considered unarmed. If ANYONE can be contained without using deadly force, I consider that person unarmed.
There is no reason, in my opinion to shoot someone when police manage to apprehend and incarcerate extraordinarily dangerous serial killers/ mass murderers/spree killers and vigilantes yet cannot manage the capture of citizens of ethnic lineage without executing them.
However, if someone is shooting, holding a weapon or hurting someone (including an officer) and there is absolutely no other way to control them, I consider that person armed. Mind you, I credit witness statements far above police reports.
I DO NOT believe Law Enforcement reports. Lies the police tell that are so familiar anyone can recite them: “Reached for waist band”; “Pointed hand at police in a threatening manner.” “Backed the car toward officers” “Lunged at me” “Had a black object in hand” “Tried to grab gun” “Officers of the Un-Peace” or “Un-Peace Officers” Campaigns were formed against the “Blue Code” supposedly making it more visible to the public eye have taken place but all they seem to be doing is allowing the police to police the police and the police. Police are liars, period. So please don’t think I would even consider relying on their statements. The code of Blue Silence is too real to be ignored, and has been proven over and over again to be the real badge of the law.
As for Grand Juries they’ve been bought and paid for in more cases than can be counted. There is something fundamentally unfair about a grand jury system which doesn’t reflect the racial, political and ethnic diversity of the community it serves and the people it indicts.
Visual map displaying accounts of extrajudicial killings of people of colour beginning in 2012 https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215510872499841685660.0004c577c714cfc6b9ef1&msa=0&dg=feature
This Is What It’s Like To Be An Unarmed Black Man In America
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Darrien Hunt 22, Sept. 10, 2014 Saratoga Springs, UT – Police say they were called about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday to investigate a “suspicious” man walking near businesses along the road while carrying a “Katana”, a souvenir sword with rounded edges, not a blade he’d bought at a concert. A concerned eyewitness snapped a photo of Darrien just seconds before police opened fire. A shot was fired by police during the confrontation and multiple shots were fired after he ran away. Witness Jocelyn Hansen says when she heard the shots she saw Darrien turn and he was running away from the police officers. Officers claim when they made contact with Mr. Hunt, he brandished the sword and lunged toward the officers. However ALL witness accounts say “he never raised the sword or confronted anyone. They can only think of one reason why he was shot. ‘Because he’s black’” Darrien was shot at least four times; once in the leg, the shoulder, the wrist and the lower middle back substantiated by the bullet which didn’t have an exit wound. Murdered by Saratoga Springs PD Read more about Darrien’s murder
Trayvon Martin17, Feb. 26, 2012 Sanford. FL – George Zimmerman self-appointed neighborhood watch profiled, followed, confronted, aimed a gun at, and pulled the trigger shooting a bullet into unarmed Trayvon’s torso creating an entry wound 1 inch to the left of the midline and 1/2 inch below the left nipple with the trajectory of the bullet going straight through from front to back without deviating up or down, left or right. Vigilante George Zimmerman got away with murder. More on Trayvon with multiple links and videos here
Kendrick Johnson 17 January 11th, 2013 Valdosta, Georgia – Found rolled up in a wrestling mat in the Lowndes County High School gymnasium. There were multiple signs to indicate that this wasn’t an accidental death, such as the school security cameras showing Kendrick entering the gym, but not getting into the rolled up mat. There was also a shoe and sweatshirt that were found nearby but not taken as evidence by officers. And finally, there were blood stains on a nearby wall. the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office closed the case. Luietenant Stride Jones works for the LCSO, “The opinion of our crime scene personnel after looking at it closely, the blood appeared as it had been there for an extended period of time. It doesn’t appear to be very fresh.” Unsatisfied with the investigation, the Johnson family had Kendrick’s body exhumed last June and the second autopsy showed that Kendrick died by blunt force trauma, not accidental suffocation as the first autopsy reported. “The family believes that it’s a cover up. They’re not saying who responsible for the cover up, but they know without a shadow of a doubt, in their heart of hearts that Kendrick did not die they way they say he died.”
Ezell Ford 25 (mentally challenged), Aug. 11, 2014 Los Angeles, CA – Veteran Police conducting an “investigative stop”. (nothing is known about why the officers stopped Ford). Per witness’s Ford was unarmed and being compliant with the officers, lying on the ground when three bullets were unloaded into him by the police. Members of Ford’s community and family say that it was well known, even by police officers, that Ford was mentally ill. Police demanded Ezell lie on the ground, complying with the officers’ orders, when he was shot in the back 3 times. Police have maintained an “investigative hold” on the Ford autopsy report. The LAPD’s Force Investigative Division and Robbery Homicide Division investigations into the shooting are ongoing. Murdered by LAPD
UPDATE: 9-14-14 LAPD Newton Division’s “Gang Enforcement Detail” Officers Sharlton K. Wampler 12 years as an Officer and Antonio Villegas 8 years as an Officer are the cops responsible for shooting Ezell Ford to death in South Los Angeles. Both officers are now on paid vacation. The night before Ford’s life was taken. A witness says these same 2 officers were harassing Ezell, despite knowing he, as one neighbor put it, “wasn’t all there”. Needless to say the cops’ story is disputed. In the words of LeRoy Hill, who saw the entire incident go down, “They had him in the corner and were beating him, busted him up, for what reason I don’t know; he didn’t do nothing… The next thing I know I hear a ‘pow!’ while he’s on the ground. They got the knee on him. And I hear another ‘pow!’ No hesitation. And I hear another ‘pow!’ Three times.” “When Ford’s mother Tritobia Ford rushed to the scene to see what happened, the cops raised their batons at her in an attempt to intimidate her. Not once did they ever try to console her”. Another witness is quite clear of the fact he heard the officer who was pinning Ford to the ground yelling out to the other officer, “Shoot him!” After that, “three bullets were planted in Ford’s back while he was lying on the ground.” Rather tellingly the cops did not have a dash-cam mounted on their patrol vehicle at the time Ford was shot.
Jordan Russell Davis 19 Nov. 23, 2012 Jacksonville, FL – Fatally shot by Michael David Dunn. Dunn demanded Davis and his companions to turn down the loud music being played in the vehicle in which Davis was a passenger. Dunn pulled out a gun and began shooting hitting unarmed Davis in the back, killing him. After the jury was unable to return a unanimous verdict on a charge of first-degree murder, the judge declared a mistrial on that count. However, Dunn was convicted on three counts of attempted second-degree murder for firing at three other teenagers who were with Davis and one count of firing into a vehicle. None of the other teenagers were injured.
Kajieme Powell 25, Aug. 19, 2014 St. Louis – St. Louis PD executed Kajiemi Powell within 15 seconds of arrival after being called regarding a man who had reportedly taken two sodas and some donuts from a convenience store. The police fired twelve shots in rapid succession, killing Kajiemi as he began to walk away with hands at his side.
Michael Brown 18, Aug. 9, 2014 Ferguson MO – Jay Walking – Police Officer Darren Wilson pulled his car in from of Michael, blocking him, then open his door, grabbed Michael. Brown was pushing, trying to get away from the officer, officer Wilson was trying to pull him in. Brown got 35’ away when the officer began shooting. Michael turned, put his hands up in submission and Officer Wilson put 6 bullets in Michael Brown. Michael Brown could have survived five of the six gunshots fired at him by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, but the last shot to the top of his head killed him. Murdered by Officer Darren Wilson Ferguson PD
Oscar Grant 22, Jan. 1, 2009 Oakland, CA – Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale Station. Officer Johannes Mehserle and another officer were restraining unarmed Grant, who was lying face down. Mehserle drew his gun and shot Grant once in the back. Murdered by Oakland Transit Police
Ramarley Graham 18 Feb. 2, 2012 New York – Mr. Graham walking on the street near his home when He was approached by plain cloths officers in NYPD marked raid jackets. The officers were investigating suspected drug sales at a bodega. Graham fled on foot towards home and was followed by the officers. After officers kicked down the door they followed him into the building, he entered his Grandmothers bathroom. An officer ordered Graham to “Show me your hands! Show me your hands!” After he failed to comply, the officer shot Graham once in the chest. Residents of the apartment say that police didn’t identify themselves. There were no weapons found on Graham’s person or at the scene.
Chavis Carter 21, July 29, 2012, Jonesboro, Ark. – A small amount of marijuana was found on him and he was put in the back of a police car, without being handcuffed, when a background check revealed an open warrant for a marijuana charge in Mississippi He was then searched more thoroughly a second time, according to police, handcuffed and put in the back of the police car again. That’s when police say the left-handed Carter retrieved a gun he had somehow managed to conceal through two searches, maneuvered his cuffed hands, and shot himself in the right temple.
Rekia Boyd 22, March 21, 2012 Chicago – Boyd was an innocent bystander in Chicago’s Douglas Park around 1:00 a.m. on March 21, 2012 when Officer Servin, responding to a disturbance call, arrived on the scene. The officer exchanged words with Antonio Cross, who was also in the park. After turning away, Servin, who was in his car, claims he saw Cross pull out a gun. It was actually his cell phone. Servin fired five shots “blindly” over his shoulder, shooting Cross in his thumb and striking Boyd in the head. Rekia died the next day at Mount Sinai Hospital. Cross was charged with aggravated assaulted against Servin. The officer did not appear for the court date, so charged were dropped. Boyd’s family will receive $4.5 million as part of a wrongful death settlement, they say justice has in no way been served until or unless Servin is criminally charged in the shooting death. Murdered by Chicago PD
Eric Garner 43, July 17, 2014, in Staten Island, New York – Previously had been arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes, a police officer Justin Damico who attempted to arrest Garner after he had broken up a fight which brought additional police units to the scene. A New York City Police Department officer, Daniel Pantaleo, put Garner on the ground by the use of force, which included the use of a chokehold. Eric was unarmed and continued to scream “I can’t breathe!” On August 1, 2014, medical examiners concluded chokehold and chest compression as the primary causes of Garner’s death. Murdered by NYPD
Tamon Robinson 27, April 2012, New York City – Tamon was struck and killed by an NYPD police car after Robinson was allegedly caught stealing cobblestones from a public housing complex although he had permission to take the stones.. The official accident report states the police car was stopped on a footpath outside the Bayview Houses last April when Robinson “did run into” the vehicle, causing him to fall backward and strike his head. Multiple witnesses came forward, saying Robinson was deliberately mowed down by the cops. Both police and fire officials initially described Robinson’s injuries as non-life threatening, but on the day of the incident, witnesses told DNA info that police at the scene pulled Robinson from under the car, yelling “Wake up! Wake up!” before bouncing him off the hood of the car. Robinson was in a coma for six days before dying. During that time, he was handcuffed to his hospital bed. Murdered by NYPD
Kimani Gray 16 March 2013 Brooklyn NY- Kimani had been fixing his belt when he was shot. A total of 11 rounds were fired, seven bullets struck the teen, three entered from his back, suggesting he was running away. Kimani was heard begging ‘Please don’t let me die,’ ” One of the officers replied: “Stay down, or we’ll shoot you again.” The only publicly identified eyewitness, Tishana King is standing by her claim that the young man was empty-handed when he was gunned down, one officer stood “right over” Gray, continuing to shoot him while he was on the ground. Neither cop identified himself as law enforcement when the incident began. One of the cops involved has threatened her life. Murdered by NYPD
Kendrec McDade 19, March 24, 2012 Pasadena, CA: – Oscar Carrillo, reported his computer stolen and falsely told police he’d been robbed at gunpoint. Officers Jeffrey Newlen and Mathew Griffin responded. Unarmed Kendrec ran past the police car, carrying a cellphone in his pocket. McDade fled on foot up Sunset Street with his right hand at his waist. As he ran, Officer Griffin sped past him in a patrol cruiser and blocked the street as Officer Newlen chased him on foot. McDade was about to run past the cruiser when he turned and ran directly toward where Griffin was seated. “He left the sidewalk and he’s running at me,” Griffin told investigators. “This — this scares the crap out of me. I don’t know why he is running at me. He’s still clutching his waistband. I think he’s got a gun. I’m stuck in the car. I got no where to go.” Griffin fired four times through the open driver’s side window. McDade was two or three feet away. Griffin then ducked down to his right to avoid being hit by shots he expected from McDade. McDade suffered three fatal wounds and five other non-lethal rounds. Murdered by Pasadena, CA PD
Victor White 22, March 3, 2013 Iberia Parish, LA – According to the Louisiana State Police, deputies with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office were investigating a fight when they stopped White as he was walking down the street. “Deputies supposedly discovered he was in possession of illegal narcotics,” “White was taken into custody, handcuffed behind his back and transported to the Sheriff’s Office for processing.” Upon arrival at the sheriff’s office sometime in the early morning hours White became uncooperative and refused to exit the patrol vehicle. “As the deputy requested assistance from other deputies, White produced a handgun and fired one round, striking himself in the *back*”. The Iberia Parish Coroner Carl M. Ditch released a copy of White’s autopsy stating White was shot in the chest, not in the back, in the area of his right nipple. The bullet exited out his left side. However the records show the manner of death as a suicide. Murdered by Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Dept.
Yvette Smith 47, Feb. 16, 2014 Bastrop, TX – Two Bastrop County Sheriff’s deputies went to check out a call at Smith’s boyfriend’s house. The caller said he and his son were fighting over a gun. Investigators say when deputies arrived; Yvette came to the door where deputy Daniel Willis shot her twice, once in the lower abdomen and hip. Yvette died from her injuries. Initially, officials said Smith came to the doorway with a firearm and disregarded Willis’ command. They later retracted that statement saying it’s unclear whether Smith had a gun. Officer Willis was arrested, booked into jail and fired from the sheriff’s office. His bond was set at $100,000. A lieutenant and a sergeant with the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Department were demoted and suspended for tampering with records following the shooting. Murdered by Bastrop PD
Timothy Russell 43 (and Malissa Williams) Nov. 29, 2013 Cleveland Ohio – It began with a pop, perhaps a backfire from a car speeding past police headquarters. At least 30 patrol cars chased their vehicle, a chase that ended with 13 officers firing 137 rounds, killing two people. No weapon or shell casings were found in the fleeing car and the chase route was searched for any trace of bullets. Russell had been shot 23 times and Williams had been shot 24 times. Murdered by 137 bullets by Cleveland PD READ MORE
Malissa Williams 30, (and Timothy Russell) Nov. 29, 2013 Cleveland Ohio – It began with a pop, perhaps a backfire from a car speeding past police headquarters. At least 30 patrol cars chased their vehicle, a chase that ended with 13 officers firing 137 rounds, killing two people. No weapon or shell casings were found in the fleeing car and the chase route was searched for any trace of bullets. Russell had been shot 23 times and Williams had been shot 24 times. Murdered by 137 bullets by Cleveland PD READ MORE
Dante Parker 36, Aug 12, 2014 Victorville, CA – San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department considered him a suspect in the attempted burglary of a house by a thief on a bicycle. A deputy from the Victorville Station stopped the unarmed Parker while he was riding his bicycle around 5 p.m. after the reported breaking-and-entering attempt. The resident who called deputies had told them the suspect fled on a bicycle. Dante died in the custody of sheriff’s deputies after being stunned by a Taser several times. Murdered by San Bernardino County Calif. Sheriff’s Department
Ervin Jefferson 18, May 2012 Dekalb County, GA – Ervin ran outside their home towards a crowd of people who had driven up in two cars threatening his sister. Dekalb County police confirmed two private security guards shot and killed Ervin after responding to a disturbance outside of his home. They were supposed to be securing the premises of The Village at Wesley Chapel, an apartment complex near the family’s home. After being shot, someone drove a car into and on top of him, literally under the car.” Curtis Scott, 25, and Gary Jackson, 26, were charged with impersonating police officers on the night that 18-year-old Ervin Jefferson was killed. Murdered by Atlanta Security Guards
Amadou Diallo 23 February 4, 1999 Bronx New York – Diallo was standing near his building after returning from a meal. Four *plain-clothed NYPD Officers* claimed Diallo matched the description of a *since-captured well-armed serial rapist* involved in the rape or attempted rape of 51 victims. When they approached him. Diallo ran up the outside steps toward his apartment house doorway, ignoring their orders to stop and “show hands”. Diallo reached into his jacket and withdrew his wallet. Plain Clothed Officer Carroll yelled “Gun!” All 4 officers opened. During the shooting, lead officer McMellon tripped backward off the front stairs, causing the other officers to believe he had been shot. 41 shots were fired, more than half of which went astray. Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon and Kenneth Boss, fired a combined total of 41 shots, 19 of which struck Diallo. Murdered four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers
Patrick Dorismond 26, March 16, 2000 New York – Undercover police officers approached Dorismond and his friend as they were standing outside the “Distinguished Wakamba Cocktail Lounge” and asked him where he and his partners could purchase marijuana. Dorismond declared he was not a drug dealer. Dorismond’s friend, Kevin Kaiser, claims neither of the officers identified themselves. The first undercover cop approaching Dorismond was aggressive and “in their face.” Kaiser said one of the cops who initiated the fight, hitting unarmed Dorismond first. Officer Anthony Vasquez, shot Patrick Dorismond in the chest during a scuffle. The single bullet from Vasquez’s 9mm pistol had struck Dorismond’s aorta and his right lung, and he rapidly bled to death. On July 27, 2000 a grand jury declined to indict Officer Vasquez in the death of Dorismond, announcing that they had found the shooting to be accidental. Murdered by NYPD
Ousmane Zongo 16, May 22, 2003 New York City – Police had targeted a Manhattan storage facility while investigating a CD/DVD pirating operation. Zongo repaired art and musical instruments at the same location but was not implicated in the scheme. NYPD officer Bryan Conroy, disguised as a postal worker guarding a bin of CDs when Zongo appeared to turn on a light. A chase ensued that ended when Zongo ran into a dead end. Conroy shot Zongo four times, twice in the back. Conroy did not receive any jail time but was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and was given five years’ probation. Murdered by NYPD
Timothy Stansbury Jr. 19, January 24, 2004 Brooklyn, New York – Stansbury an unarmed 19-year-old was shot and killed by New York Police Department Officer Richard S. Neri Jr. Officer Neri and a partner were patrolling the rooftop of a housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood approximately 1 a.m. Officer Neri, with his gun drawn, approached a rooftop door to check the stairway inside. Neri testified to a grand jury he fired his standard Glock 17 pistol unintentionally when he was startled when Stansbury pushed open the rooftop door. Stansbury died from one shot in the chest. The grand jury found the shooting to be accidental. Murdered by NYPD
Sean Bell 23, November 25, 2006 New York City – The night of his death, Bell was holding his bachelor party at Club Kalua, a strip club being investigated by undercover police over accusations the owners fostered prostitution. Bells friend Joseph Guzman had an argument with a man outside the bar, and supposedly threatened to get a gun. Supposedly thinking a shooting was about to take place, plain-clothes officer Gescard Isnora followed Bell and his friends tp their car. Isnora alerted his backup team, the detectives never identified themselves when they approached with weapons drawn. The three men were shot at a total of fifty times by a team of plain clothes undercover NYPD officers, killing Sean and severely wounding his friends, Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman. An autopsy showed Bell was struck four times in the neck and torso. Guzman was shot 19 times Benefield, who was in the back seat, was hit three times. Three of the five detectives involved in the shooting went to trial on charges ranging from manslaughter to reckless endangerment, they were found not guilty. Murdered by NYPD
Kelly Thomas 37, July 10, 2011 Fullerton, CA – Kelly was a homeless man diagnosed with schizophrenia who lived on the streets. On July 5, 2011, about 8:30 PM, officers of the Fullerton Police Department responded to a call from the management of the Slidebar Kitchen that someone was vandalizing cars near the Fullerton Transportation Center. While investigating, they encountered the shirtless and disheveled Thomas and attempted to search him. In the 34.14 minute video, unarmed and compliant Kelly can be heard repeatedly screaming in pain while officers are repeatedly asking him to place his arms behind his back. He audibly responds “Okay, I’m sorry!” and “I’m trying!” while the officer’s stretch his arm back. The police officers claim that, unable to get Thomas to comply with the requests, they used a taser on him (up to five times according to a witness statement, and the video footage). In the video Thomas can be heard screaming “Dad! Dad!”. Six officers were involved in beating Thomas, who was unarmed. He died after being beaten by Jay Cicinelli, Manuel Ramos, and Joseph Wolfe, three members of the Fullerton Police Department, on July 5, 2011. Thomas was taken to St. Jude Medical Center before being transferred to the UC Irvine Medical Center, where he was comatose on arrival and not expected to recover. He never regained consciousness. Medical records show that bones in his face were broken and he choked on his own blood. The coroner concluded that compression of the thorax made it impossible for Thomas to breathe normally and deprived his brain of oxygen.
EXTREMELY GRAPHIC VIDEO of the BEATING of KELLY THOMAS
Criminal trial: On January 13, 2014, former Fullerton police Officer Manuel Ramos was acquitted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the 2011 death of Thomas. Former Cpl. Jay Cicinelli was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter and excessive use of force.
Anonymous response: In August 2011, the Internet activist group Anonymous demanded that the officers involved be prosecuted, the Fullerton Police Chief resign, and that Thomas’s family be awarded US$5 million in compensation; they threatened to shut down the Fullerton municipal website if their demands were not met. In January 2014, after the police officers involved were acquitted, Anonymous released their personal addresses, as well as the identities of the jurors. On January 18 and 19, Anonymous took down several websites belonging to or run by Fullerton police and municipality.
Orlando Barlow 28, Jan. 29, 2010 Las Vegas NV – a suspect in a domestic disturbance at the southwest Las Vegas home of his girlfriend. Orlando surrendered and was on his knees when Officer Hartman shot him from 50 feet away. Hartman testified he thought Barlow was reaching for a gun and the shooting was ruled justifiable. Later, a federal investigation discovered two other uses of excessive force by Hartman and the officer was finally fired ONLY after he and two other co-workers printed t-shirts with “BDRT” on the front…”Baby’s Daddy Removal Team.”
Aaron Campbell 25 Feb. 16, 2010 Portland OR – Jones’ aunt who had first called 9-1-1 that afternoon, saying she couldn’t reach her niece, whose boyfriend had a gun and was suicidal over the death that day of his younger brother. Officer Quackenbush called and asked him to come out in a conversation marred by a bad connection and interference. Unarmed Campbell emerged, walking backward with his hands locked behind his head. Five officers standing ready behind a parked patrol car and a garbage bin in the parking lot said they were surprised. They unleashed a dog when they saw Campbell start running after getting struck by the beanbags, he fell down and the dog was on top of him. The first shot hit Campbell in the buttocks, and he seemed to lean over, about to run. From behind a police car Officer Ronald Frashour fired five from his AR-15 rifle at Campbell’s lower back and buttocks killing him. Murdered by Portland, OR PD
Victor Steen 17 October 1, 2009 Pensacola, FL – Was struck and killed by the cruiser of Police Officer Jerald Ard while riding his bicycle. Officer Ard claims to have spotted Steen at an empty construction site around 1:50 AM and attempted to stop him for questioning. According to Ard, Steen fled the area. Ard pursued Steen in his police cruiser and attempted to fire a Taser weapon from the window of the moving cruiser. When the boy refused to stop, the officer aimed his Taser out the driver’s window and fired. The boy fell off the bike and the cruiser ran over him dragging his lifeless body until the cruiser came to a stop at a median in an empty parking lot. A judge ruled the officer committed no crime.
Renisha McBride 19, November 2, 2013, Dearborn Heights, Michigan – McBride crashed her car on the west side of Detroit. Police report a 911 caller (approximately 1:00 am) said a woman had been speeding down the street, struck a parked car, got out of the vehicle, and then left on foot. Police initially considered the incident a low priority, so no officers were immediately dispatched. Forty minutes later, another call was placed indicating that the driver had returned. EMS arrived on the scene, but McBride had again walked away and was not treated. It is unclear what McBride was doing during the three hours between the crash and the fatal shooting. It is believed she was looking for help after her phone died, and becoming disoriented by the crash, in which she may have sustained a head injury. The Caucasian homeowner, 54-year-old Theodore Wafer who lives alone, claimed he believed someone was breaking and entering the night he discovered McBride on his doorstep. “On that night he was woken up. … Everything was dark in the house, and he was awakened by sounds of a person knocking on his door. Instead of calling the police Wafer opened the front door and shot McBride in the face, firing through a screen door.
Version #1: Wafer first suggested to police that it was an accident but later admitted to intentionally pulling the trigger.
Version #2: Wafer claimed he discharged his gun accidentally
Version #3: Wafer claimed he feared for his life
Coroner’s Report: Entrance shotgun wound to the face, with no evidence of close-range discharge of a firearm noted on the skin surrounding this wound. The wound track passed through the soft tissue and bones of the face and entered the brain. The wound track was from front to back, and right to left. Multiple lead pellets and fragments of wad were recovered from the brain and retained. The manner of death was homicide.
Theodore Wafer convicted of second-degree murder. Maximum sentence is 32 years in prison, eligible for parole after serving a minimum of 17 years. Murdered by Homeowner Theodore Wafer
Alonzo Ashley 29, July 19, 2011 Denver, CO –Suffering from a heat stroke Alonzo got so overheated that he vomited. He was trying to cool down by splashing water on his head from a fountain near the elephant enclosure when a zoo staffer asked if he needed help. He allegedly responded by saying he wanted to be left alone, leading to calls to zoo security and Denver Police who describe him as so wild the press the taser device directly against him to immobilize him completely. Only after he was belatedly brought under control did he begin convulsing, then stopped breathing. He died at a nearby hospital. Murdered by Denver PD
Wendell Allen 20, March 7, 2012 New Orleans LA – Officer Joshua Colclough was executing a search warrant related to a marijuana investigation fired a single bullet into the chest of Allen who was shirtless and wearing only jeans and sneakers in the home’s stairwell – had no weapons on him. Former cop Joshua Colclough admitted he shot her unarmed son dead, during a botched drug raid. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and accepted a four-year prison sentence.
Ronald Madison (mentally disabled) 40 September 4, 2005 New Orleans, LA – “The Danziger Bridge Shootings” New Orleans police fabricated a cover-up story for their crime, falsely reporting that seven police officers responded to a police dispatch reporting an officer down, and that at least four people were firing weapons at the officers upon their arrival. New Orleans police received a call from an officer at Danziger Bridge reporting gunfire. Several NOPD officers—including Sgt. Kenneth Bowen, Sgt. Robert Gisevius, Officer Anthony Villavaso, and Officer Robert Faulcon—arrived at the scene in a Budget rental truck. They proceeded to open fire with assault rifles and a shotgun on the unarmed Bartholomew family who had been walking to a grocery store with family friend James Brissette who were sheltering behind a concrete barrier. Two brothers, Ronald and Lance Madison, fled the scene, but were pursued down the bridge by Gisevius and Faulcon in an unmarked state police vehicle. Faulcon fired his shotgun from the back of the car at Ronald. Bowen was later convicted of stomping Ronald on the back before he died. The police shooters stated that while approaching the bridge, they had been fired on by civilians, and were forced to return fire. Homicide detective Arthur “Archie” Kaufman was made the lead investigator on the case. He was later found guilty of conspiring with the defendants to conceal evidence in order to make the shootings appear justified, including fabricating information for his official reports on the case. NOPD lieutenant Michael Lohman also encouraged the officers to “provide false stories about what had precipitated the shooting” and plant a firearm near the scene. Guilty verdicts were handed down for Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon, Villavaso and Kaufman on August 5, 2011. Murdered by New Orleans PD
John Crawford 22, August 5, 2014 Beavercreek, Ohio – Two police officers responded to a 911 call about a man waving a gun at customers inside a Walmart store. Crawford was shot in the torso and died. He was carrying an air rifle/pellet gun he’d picked off a shelf from inside the store. Video contradicts statements by police and witnesses that Crawford ignored commands to drop the gun and “looked like he was going to go violently.” One of the officers in Crawford’s death was involved in a 2010 shooting that was ruled self-defense. Murdered by Beavercreek PD
James Brissette 17, September 4, 2005 New Orleans, LA – “The Danziger Bridge Shootings” New Orleans police fabricated a cover-up story for their crime, falsely reporting that seven police officers responded to a police dispatch reporting an officer down, and that at least four people were firing weapons at the officers upon their arrival. New Orleans police received a call from an officer at Danziger Bridge reporting gunfire. Several NOPD officers—including Sgt. Kenneth Bowen, Sgt. Robert Gisevius, Officer Anthony Villavaso, and Officer Robert Faulcon—arrived at the scene in a Budget rental truck. They proceeded to open fire with assault rifles and a shotgun on the unarmed Bartholomew family who had been walking to a grocery store with family friend James Brissette who were sheltering behind a concrete barrier. Two brothers, Ronald and Lance Madison, fled the scene, but were pursued down the bridge by Gisevius and Faulcon in an unmarked state police vehicle. Faulcon fired his shotgun from the back of the car at Ronald. Bowen was later convicted of stomping Ronald on the back before he died. The police shooters stated that while approaching the bridge, they had been fired on by civilians, and were forced to return fire. Homicide detective Arthur “Archie” Kaufman was made the lead investigator on the case. He was later found guilty of conspiring with the defendants to conceal evidence in order to make the shootings appear justified, including fabricating information for his official reports on the case. NOPD lieutenant Michael Lohman also encouraged the officers to “provide false stories about what had precipitated the shooting” and plant a firearm near the scene. Guilty verdicts were handed down for Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon, Villavaso and Kaufman on August 5, 2011. Murdered by New Orleans PD
Steven Eugene Washington 27, (Autistic) March 20, 2010 Los Angeles CA- Died from a single gunshot wound to the head. Although no weapon was found, officers said they feared for their lives because Washington did not respond to their commands as and appeared to be reaching for his waistband. Steven had been walking home after visiting a friend Murdered by LAPD
Travares Mcgill 16, July 18, 2005 Sanford, FL – Two people in McGill’s car survived unhurt. They told authorities they were parked at an apartment complex when someone, they weren’t sure who shined a bright light into their car. Security guards William Patrick Swofford and Bryan Ansley were on one of their regular patrols, witnesses testified McGill tried to back out and get away. But as he did, he scraped two vehicles, including the guards’ and broke the leg of James Dean, 54, who had stepped out of McGill’s back seat moments earlier pinning him between McGill’s Dodge and a van parked next to it. As McGill continued backing up, Ansley drew his 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. The teenager then shifted into drive and slammed down on the gas, according to a state accident-reconstruction expert the car’s tires began to spin and smoke. The car skittered sideways, leaving skid marks, then lurched forward. That’s when the guards opened fire. A review of more than 600 pages of evidence shows the bullet killing McGill hit him in the middle of the back and that Swofford kept firing after the car was no longer headed toward him. When it was over, investigators collected seven shell casings and seven bullets, two from McGill’s body. They hauled McGill’s borrowed Dodge to a garage, it had been hit by six bullets. FDLE lab analyst N. Scott Henderson calculated their trajectories. At least one of Swofford’s bullets, the agency concluded, hit the passenger-side door at a nearly 90-degree angle, meaning McGill was no longer moving toward when Swofford pulled the trigger. The fatal bullet hit teenager in back. Murdered by Sandford FL PF
Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. 13, Sept. 29, 1994 New York – Nicholas described as an honors student by his teachers was playing with a toy guy with other kids from the housing projects in Brooklyn where they lived when he and Officer Brian George met in the staircase. Officer George mistook the 18-inch toy rifle for a real one. The kids playing with the young boy insisted he dropped the gun before the shots were fired. Officer George never served a day in jail for the boy’s death. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Jamiel Johnson 16, Sept, 29, 1994 Brooklyn, NY- Shot once in the stomach by Officer Robert Rodriguez, a plainclothes New York City police officer who said the youth had pulled a toy replica of a 9-millimeter gun from his waistband. Officer Rodriquez claims “He was observed by three plainclothes anti-crime officers adjusting his waistband several times and supposedly “ordered to stop,” Mr. Johnson fled, going over a fence, with Officer Rodriguez in pursuit and the other officers seeking to cut him off by going around a corner. The officers are telling him, ‘Stop, police,’ with their shields out.” When the youth was on the other side of the fence Johnson turned and pointed the gun at Officer Rodriguez, who fired one time. However neighbors whose apartments overlook the driveway said they heard the police shoot Jamiel Johnson immediately after shouting for him to halt. Mr. Johnson was in critical but stable condition at Kings County Hospital. Shot by NYPD
Malcolm Ferguson 23, March 1, 2000 Bronx NY – Five members of the Street Narcotics Enforcement Unit of the housing police had been on their way to 1057 Boynton Avenue, a public housing building where there were complaints of drug activity. The officers moved toward a group of three men in the hallway. The unarmed Ferguson, bolted up the stairs, one of the officers, Louis Rivera, ran after him. At some point, on the second-floor landing, there was a struggle supposedly the officer’s firearm discharged. A witness to the events leading up to the shooting: ”I saw two guys with hoods go into the building, they didn’t look like cops.” Ferguson’s Mom was awarded $10.5 million in damages by a jury of five blacks and one Hispanic it two days to decide the city and NYPD were 100% responsible for Ferguson’s death, however Officer Rivera, was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. Murdered by NYPD
Duane Brown 26, Jan. 13, 2012 Brooklyn NY – Duane Browne and his girlfriend were upstairs watching a movie when they heard a strange noise coming from his brother’s basement apartment house they shared. Dressed in pajamas, Brown saw his brother being beaten in the basement by two masked men. He raced upstairs and fetched a loaded .38-caliber revolver (which cops later claim was unregistered). Browne ran outside holding the gun just as the cops were arriving. But the cops fired without identifying themselves or saying a word. With a single shot to the chest, Browne staggered back upstairs, apparently not knowing it was a police officer who fired the bullet “I just got shot. Call the cops,” were Brown’s final words to his girlfriend. Instead of rushing to get Browne medical help, police kept paramedics from treating him for critical minutes while they rummaged through the house searching for incriminating evidence. Murdered by NYPD
Angelo Clark 31, Jan. 16, 2012 – Littlerock AR – SWAT officers entered Clark’s home approximately 6:30am and were met by Angelo holding an AK-47 rifle at the top of a short set of stairs. LRPD claims a search and seizure warrant was the result of a weeks’ long investigation by undercover narcotics officers and included a controlled buy of crack cocaine from Clark at his residence. Clark was accused of pointing an AK-47 at the police but he had no way of knowing that the people who broke into his home were police until after he was shot. No cocaine was located, however police say they found a small grow operation of marijuana, marijuana plants and some scales along with another handgun and some ammunition. Murdered by a SWAT team searching for drugs.
Clinton Roebexar Allen 25, March 10, 2013 Dallas, TX – Officer Clark Staller fatally shot Clinton Allen during a confrontation. Dallas police have said “Allen exhibited signs that he was high on PCP” he claims Clinton charged him, grabbed his collar and choked him prior to the shooting. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office autopsy reports: One of the seven bullet wounds was to Allen’s back. The other six were to his chest, abdomen and left upper arm. Officer Staller has credibility problems because of a disciplinary history for being untruthful to a supervisor and entering inaccurate information on a police report, among other things. Murdered by Dallas PD
Stephen Watts 15, (mentally challenged) Feb. 1, 2012 Calumet City, Il – Stephen Watts, Stephon’s father, had reportedly called police after arguing with his son, who didn’t want to go to school, having been instructed by social workers that Watts should be handled by authorities when agitated. Police claim they found Watts armed with a knife in the basement of his parents’ home. When one officer sustained a defensive wound to his left forearm, two other officers on the scene fired their weapons. Steven Watts says his son was shot once in the leg, and then again in the head. Murdered by Chicago PD
Manuel Loggins Jr. 31, February 7, 2012, Orange County, CA. – Loggins was at the wheel of his GMC Yukon with two of his daughters inside when he crashed through a gate parking lot of San Clemente High School. Loggins left his daughters, aged 14 and 9, in the SUV and walked to the athletic field carrying a Bible. When Loggins returned to the SUV, Sandberg ordered him to stop and show his hands, but he ignored the deputy and displayed a “mean” expression. “Give me my kids back”. After Loggins climbed back into the SUV, Sandberg believing the children’s lives were in danger, shot him three times through the window of the vehicle, killing Manuel in front of his 9 and 14-year old daughters. After witnessing the murder of their father, his two daughters, 9 and 14, were detained in isolation for 13 hours… Orange County authorities said they will pay $4.4 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the family of an unarmed U.S. Marine sergeant fatally shot by a deputy. Murdered by Orange County PD
Jason Moore 31, (mental disorder) Sept. 17, 2011 Ferguson, MO – Officers encountered a dazed-looking man, naked and unarmed walking from behind a building in a residential area. A witness said Moore had been yelling “glory to God” and “I’m Jesus” He “was suffering from a psychological disorder and demonstrated clear signs of mental illness”. Officer Brian Kaminski ordered Moore to put his hands up and walk toward him. Kaminski fired his Taser prongs into Moore’s chest and legs, one prong struck Moore in the left side of the chest near his heart and another prong hit him in the right thigh. A second officer, Michael White, arrived and physically held Moore while Kaminski repeatedly tasered Moore with electric currents until he became suffered a heart attack, became unresponsive and died on the scene. Murdered Ferguson MO PD
Joseph Jennings 18, Aug. 27, 2014 Ottawa, Kansas – Joseph had a history of mental issues and had just been released from Ransom Memorial after he attempted suicide by swallowing some 60 pills the day before. Ottowa police were called to the parking lot of Orscheln Farm and Home for a report of a man with a gun and found Jennings in a ‘suicidal state,’ The Officers confronting Jennings were the same two officers who’d rushed him to the hospital where they pumped his stomach the day before. He was suicidal. He had only been out of the (psychiatric) hospital for three hours. Brandy Smith, Joseph Jennings Aunt said her husband tried to intervene but he was threatened by the police. “My husband was going to tackle him. He was within arms reach. The police said to get back or they were going to shoot him too” Smith thought they were going to “bag” him, which is when they shoot with bean bags instead of bullets, six officers, and one cop yelled, ‘Bag him!’ they bagged him two more times. Police pulled their guns and 16 shots rang out. Unarmed Joseph fell to the ground. He was rushed to an Ottowa hospital where he died of his injuries.
Johnnie Kamahi Warren 43, Feb. 15, 2012 Dothan, Alabama – Dothan Police Department received a call from Houligan’s Bar when Warren apparently became disorderly inside the business, which led three employees to take him outside as he continued behaving in a combative manner. When a sheriff’s deputy arrived he saw the three men struggling with what appeared to be an intoxicated patron on the ground outside the business. The deputy deployed a Taser in an attempt to get him under control. Shortly thereafter three or four Dothan police officers managed to handcuff Warren when he started going in and out consciousness. Warren was UNARMED when he was electrocuted to death for the crime of public intoxication by the unidentified police officer. Murdered by Dothan, AL PD
Raymond Luther Allen Jr. 34, Feb. 27, 2012 Galveston TX – Allen Jr. rented a room at the Beachcomber Motel. He was seen jumping from a second story balcony. A worker at the motel said she saw Allen Jr. jump twice and that’s when the police showed up. Instead of helping the unarmed man … the police pumped him with 50,000 volts of electricity with a taser two to three times then hog tied him. The crime listed on the incident report is resisting arrest. Investigators said Allen Jr. stopped breathing at the scene, was revived, then rushed to the hospital. He died two days later. Murdered by Galveston PD
Dante Price 25, March 1, 2012 Dayton OH – Two Ranger Security Guards Justin Wissinger, 24, and Christopher Tarbert, 32 were patrolling the parking lot at the apartment complex when they saw Price, as he attempted to keep an appointment to babysit his own kids.. They pulled their guns and ordered him to stop. Instead, Price fled in his car, and the guards shot at him at 22 times. The Guards exceeded their legal authority in trying to detain Price and by using deadly force to try to make him comply because police officers; they did not have any arrest powers. Private citizens do not have the legal authority to detain someone for a misdemeanor. The Guards said they had no choice but to shoot Dante Price because he tried to run them down with his car. Murdered by Apt. Security Guards
Bo Morrison 20, March 3, 2012 West Bend, WI – When police broke up a party where alcohol was being served to underage people, Morrison ran away and hid on a neighbor’s back porch. Homeowner Adam Kind shot him in the chest. Kind was not charged under the “Castle Doctrine” claiming he had a right to defend his home against a perceived threat. Murder by homeowner Adam Kind
Darryl Berry 45, March 6, 2012 Bush Creek Township, PA – In the aftermath of a car accident on a rural stretch of the PA Turnpike involving an unarmed Berry who had no illegal drugs or alcohol in his system. State Trooper Marshall Kephart arrived and alleged Berry released his two Rottweiler’s on Trooper Kephart and then proceeded to attack the officer with a metal flashlight. Dr. Joyce Hamilton Berr, Daryl’s Mother said “My son didn’t have a criminal record” and she couldn’t remember him ever being in a fight. She also said her son didn’t train his dogs to be aggressive and described one of them as being like Marmaduke, the genial Great Dane from the comic strip. “Daryl was very unassuming, He thought all people were basically good, not malicious.” Coincidently there is no video recordings of the incident available, as the trooper’s dash cam didn’t record the shooting. Murdered by a PA State Trooper
Melvin Lawhorn 26, March 1, 2012 Kershaw County, SC – Shot by County Sheriff when he tried to avoid a drug traffic stop. After receiving a tip that Lawhorn would be picking up a large amount of drugs Narcotics Officers pulled over a pick-up truck driven by Daryl Herbert, while the vehicle was stopped, Lawhorn stepped on the gas pedal. A deputy tried to stop the vehicle, but the truck ran over his foot. The deputy was holding on to the car as it sped off and claims while being dragged he shot through the window fatally wounding Lawhorn. A patrol car then rammed the pick-up, bringing it to a halt. The sheriff claims the deputy was dragged about 120 feet and had tire tracks up his boot and leg. He was treated at a nearby hospital for torn ligaments and abrasions, and released. It is unclear exactly how the deputy managed to shoot Lawhorn while being dragged beneath the vehicle. Murdered by Kershaw County, SC PD
Ronald Singleton 45, July, 13, 2014 Manhattan NY – Singleton was taken into police custody after a yellow cab driver waved down a police officer near St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan. The cab driver claimed the passenger was “acting overly irate and irrational, cursing, screaming and causing alarm” Singleton then exited the taxi and “became combative with the officer, struggling while being taken into custody. The officer radioed for assistance and other officers responded along with members of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. Singleton was placed in a “protective body wrap by the ESU officers. In the ambulance on the way to the hospital Singleton went into cardiac arrest and pronounced dead on arrival. The medical examiner released a statement ruling his death a homicide, stating cause of death by the “physical restraint by police during excited delirium due to acute phencyclidine (PCP) intoxication. Murdered by NYPD and NYPD Emergency Service
Aiyana Mo’Nay Stanley Jones 7, May 16, 2010 Detroit, MI – Just after midnight on the morning of May 16 seven-year-old, Aiyana slept on the couch as her grandmother watched television. A half-dozen masked officers of the Special Response Team —Detroit’s version of SWAT—were at the door, guns drawn. In tow was an A&E crew filming an episode of The First 48. Thirty-four hours earlier, Je’Rean Blake Nobles, 17, had been shot outside a liquor store on nearby ID’d a man named Chauncey Owens as the shooter and provided this address. The SWAT team tried the steel door to the building. It was unlocked. They threw a flash-bang grenade through the window of the lower unit and kicked open its wooden door, which was also unlocked. The grenade landed so close to Aiyana that it burned her blanket. Officer Joseph Weekley, the lead commando—who’d been featured before on another A&E show, —burst into the house. His weapon fired a single shot, the bullet striking Aiyana in the head and exiting her neck. Police first floated the story that Aiyana’s grandmother had grabbed Weekley’s gun. Then, realizing that sounded implausible, they said she’d brushed the gun as she ran past the door. But the grandmother says she was lying on the far side of the couch, away from the door. Compounding the tragedy is the fact that the police threw the grenade into the wrong apartment. The suspect fingered for Blake’s murder, Chauncey Owens, lived in the upstairs flat. Murdered by the Detroit Special Response Team… Video of Aiyana Stanley-Jones First 48 Hours Evidence 1 READ UPDATE 10-3-14
Nehemiah Dillard 29, March 5, 2012 Gainesville FL – Dillard, who lived in Spring Hill in Hernando County and was reportedly going through a divorce, was detained Sunday under the *** “Baker Act” after displaying strange behavior in a stranger’s yard on Southwest Sixth Terrace near Micanopy, Kelly said. He was apparently in the area to visit his mother. Deputies claim they tried to talk Mr. Dillard down, when that didn’t work they blasted him with 50,000 volts of electricity from their taser although he continued to fight back. A second shot was fired from the taser. This second electrocution effort brought Dillard down. He was transported to a local hospital … Dillard went into cardiac arrest and died either en route to a hospital or shortly after arriving where he was promptly pronounced dead. murdered by Gainesville FLPD
*** “BAKER ACT”; Florida Statute 394.451-394.47891 (2009 rev.)), allows the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual and allows for involuntary examination (emergency or involuntary commitment) which can be initiated by judges, law enforcement officials, physicians, or mental health professionals. There must be evidence that the person: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/programs/samh/mentalhealth/docs/Baker%20Act%20Overview%202013.pdf
• possibly has a mental illness (as defined in the Baker Act)
• is a harm to self, harm to others, or self-neglectful (as defined in the Baker Act).
• Examinations may last up to 72 hours after a person is deemed medically stable and occur in over 100 Florida Department of Children and Families-designated receiving facilities statewide.
Michael Lembhard 22, March 7, 2012 Newberg, NJ – Police reportedly spotted Lemhard on Liberty Street and tried to stop him for an outstanding warrant for missing a court date, but Lemberd took off when they approached him. Following him into an apartment building four police officers’ broke down the door without a warrant. Lembhard only had a small pocketknife when the police opened fire and at least nine shots were fired killing him. Lembhard was a father of two; officers pointed a gun at the head of one of the children. Murdered by Newberg, NJPD
Brian Claunch 45, Sept. 23, 2009 Houston, TX – After two police officers arrived in the middle of the night at a group home for the mentally ill responding to a report that Claunch, a recognized paranoid schizophrenic and double amputee who had lost an arm and a leg in a train accident, was acting aggressively. His caretaker had refused to give him a cigarette and a soda. Claunch was clutching an object as he advanced on one of the police officers. Claunch trapped one officer with his wheelchair in the corner of a room where he couldn’t get out. As he advanced toward the officers, Claunch refused to show his hands. The object turned out to be a pen, which Claunch attempted to use to stab the cornered officer. The 2nd officer, Matt Marin, was “in fear of the safety of his partner and the safety of himself,” Marin then fired his duty weapon into Claunch’s head killing him. The grand jury declined to indict the Houston police officer for shooting Claunch for refusing to drop the pen. Murdered by Houston PD
Jersey Green 37, March 12, 2012 Aurora, IL – Officers responding to several 911 calls regarding a man acting wildly and jumping on parked vehicles. Upon arrival, Aurora Police Officer Matthew Huber observed Green on top of a parked SUV. When Green saw the officer, he jumped off the vehicle and began running. Green proceeded to run toward Officer Spayth’s fully-marked squad car and jumped on the hood. As Spayth exited the car, supposedly Green moved toward him in a threatening manner. Officer Huber believe Green was going to attack Spayth so he deployed his Taser striking him in the upper thigh and side. The two officers then struggled with Green who was eventually taken into custody with the assistance of a third officer, Enrique Gutierrez. That was enough provocation for a police officer to pump another 50,000 volts of electricity into Green, the jolt was enough to knock Green to the ground where the three police officers handcuffed and put him into custody. The unarmed Green was in physical distress so an ambulance was summoned. Suffering from a seizure in the back of the ambulance while being treated by paramedics Green stopped breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. Murdered by Aurora, IL PD
Sheron Carter Jackson 21, March 27, 2012 Baltimore MD – Police claim a person inside the home called 911 operators reporting a man inside was armed with a weapon and they feared he may do something ‘crazy’. Apparently Sheron was the one who called the police to the house. Ordered to answer the door by his mother, he was shot multiple times and killed by a licensed and trained officer who claims the young man wielded a “knife-like object”. Murdered by Baltimore PD
Dale Graham 29, Oct. 28, 2008 Baltimore MD – Graham a political activist, was shot and killed by Baltimore City police when officers responded to the house of his children’s mother due to a call of a domestic disturbance. Graham was shot several times by multiple officers who were caught lying about how many times he was shot – not releasing the autopsy report to his mother until months later. Six (6) different versions given to the family, who was responsible for the shots fired that ended this young man’s life, NEW police policy that does not reveal that information (even to the deceased family members), to the “on-going investigation” of the officer(s) involved, which has yet to determine whether the shooting was justified homicide or plain murder. Murdered by Baltimore PD
Tendai Nhekairo 18, March 27, 2012 Cobb County PD Atlanta, GA – Police responding to a 911 call reporting a “suspicious person” say they “encountered a nude man armed with two knives.” According to police, Tendai “tried to feloniously assault” one of the “officers.” This prompted the cop to shoot the young man who scheduled to graduate high school in a few weeks, killing him instantly.
Police Version 1: Police originally said they had to shoot Nhekairo when he threatened them with 2 knives.
Police Version 2: Tendai lunged at them with a knife during the standoff.
Police Version 3: Naked and armed with a gun.
Police Version 4: Naked and armed with several weapons. Murdered by Cobb County PD Atlanta, GA
Marvin Booker 56, Oct. 9, 2010 Denver, CO – Homeless street preacher who often recited Martin Luther King Jr. speeches, jailed on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia. Video footage shows Booker at jail intake processing unit, dressed in a dark suit and waving his arms, approaches the desk, but doesn’t sit. Officer Gomez tries to grab Booker and he jerks away then walks heading toward his shoes. The video shows the deputies holding Booker down with Grimes at his head grabbing him around the neck in a carotid hold. After a few moments during which Booker was told to stop resisting or he would be tased, another deputy jumps a rail that fronts the booking desk and retrieves a taser from a lock box. Booker was tased one time for eight seconds. He stopped resisting and Officer Grimes releases his hold. Deputies are then seen carrying him to a cell and taking him inside. There is no video camera footage of the inside of the cell. The deputies claim to have removed the handcuffs. Booker placed his hands at his side and grunted. After deputies back out of the cell, a nurse is called in to evaluate Booker. Officer Grimes looks through the cell window and doesn’t see Bookers back moving so he shouted to get the attention of the nurses who tried to resuscitate him. When first responders arrived they too tried to bring him around to no avail. Coroner’s Report: Cause of death “cardiorespiratory arrest during physical restraint” homicide. Deputies were cleared by a criminal investigation which found they had not broken any laws. Murdered Street by Denver PD Deputies
Cary Ball Jr. 25, April 24, 2014 St. Louis, Missouri – 3 time Honor Student Ball was accused by Police of refusing to pull over for a traffic stop and eventually crashed into a parked car then started running. Several witnesses say Ball threw his gun to the ground and was walking toward police with his hands up to surrender when he was shot “the police looked at the gun on the ground and fired. He never fired. They never fired, that is until the gun was nowhere near him.” Despite Ball placing his gun on the ground, police shot him 25 times, 7 of the 25 shots hit him in the back. It has also been reported by witness that Ball had already been handcuffed and was lying face down on the ground which would account for the 7 bullets in his back. Murdered by St. Louis PD
Corinna Mullen 20, 1987 Central City KY – Corinna, a file clerk with the Central City Police Dept. confided to her supervisor Detective Billy Fields that her roommate was involved with drug dealer Jeffrey L. Boyd. The night before she was to move back home to her parents’ home; asleep in her room she was attacked and brutally raped and repeatedly stabbed. The body of Corrina was found in the trunk of her car, parked in the Central City Municipal Garage by a maintenance worker who noticed blood dripping from the trunk of a car. Authorities found Mullen’s beaten and mutilated body stuffed inside the trunk. An extensive search headed by Corinna’s supervisor Detective Billy Fields went nowhere. The Mullen family looked for justice for almost 22 years and during this time a new detective took Billy Fields place and sifted through every piece of evidence to no avail. Out of nowhere a woman came in and told the detective when she was 16, as she walked home from a friend’s house a police car pulled up, a man jumped out (Jeffrey L. Boyd) and dragged her into the car where she spotted Detective Billy Fields as the driver. They drove her to Corrina’s apt. and made her watch as Corrina was raped and murdered, then they and a 3rd man raped her. The 16 yr. old managed to get away. Lieutenant Detective Billy Fields was sentenced to life in prison, after he was found guilty of murder, rape, kidnapping, sodomy and tampering with physical evidence. Jeff Boyd was also sentenced to life in prison for Mullen’s murder, kidnapping and rape. The third defendant, Jimmie Cramer, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for manslaughter, rape and kidnapping. Murdered by Central City Police Detective
Israel Hernandez 18, Aug. 7. 2013 Miami Florida – According to Hernandez’ friends, Felix Fernandez and Thiago Souza they were acting as lookouts as Hernandez, well known for his art, spray-painted an empty building. But before Hernandez finished the graffiti, Miami Beach Police spotted him, and he took off running. Hernandez jumped a fence, hid in a building. When one officer was in close reach he fired his Taser at Hernandez. According to Hernandez’ friends, the officers shoved Hernandez against a wall and who was then motionless on the ground. Fernandez and Souza said the officers “were high-fiving and congratulating each other as their friend was in need of medical help, they were all just laughing”. Hernandez was transported to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. Murdered by Cops Miami PD
Jonathan Farrell 24, Sept, 16, 2013 Charlotte, N.C. – Ferrell’s car ran off the entrance road to a sprawling suburban neighborhood crashing his car into trees. Ferrell kicked out the back window and headed up a hill to the first set of closely-clustered houses he could see. He began “banging on the door” of a home to attract attention. The woman inside answered, thinking it was her husband coming home late from work. When she saw Ferrell, she shut the door and called police. The unarmed Ferrell made no threats. Officers responding to the breaking and entering call found Ferrell walking away from the house, barefoot on a road that only leads to the neighborhood’s pool (Ferrell likely lost his shoes in the car wreck, kicking his way out the Camry’s back window). Ferrell ran toward the officers and as two red laser dots from stun guns flashed on his chest, Jonathan Ferrell hitched up his pants and held out his arms to show officers he was unarmed. Officer Randall Kerrick who didn’t identify himself as a police officer fired his gun 12 times, hitting Ferrell 10 times. Ferrell died at the scene. Murdered by Charlotte PD
Ferrell was at least the sixth person to be shot by Charlotte-Mecklenburg officers since the start of 2012. Four of them have died.
Henry Glover 31, September 2, 2005, New Orleans, LA – Officer David Warren shot Glover in the chest with a .223 rifle as Glover tried to pick up stolen goods taken near an Algiers strip mall shortly after the Hurricane Katrina struck. Glover’s brother, Edward King, and sister, Patrice Glover, came to Glover’s aid. Glover’s neighbor William Tanner drove Glover and his brother to seek medical attention at a nearby elementary school, which had been commandeered by a SWAT team of officers. SWAT officers at the school immediately placed Tanner and King into handcuffs, and beat them. Glover sought help from a group of NOPD officers, but the cops refused to treat him or call for an ambulance, allowing him to bleed to death in the back seat of a car. The police seized both the auto and Glover’s body. Officer Greg McRae set Glover’s body ablaze. The car was eventually discovered in an isolated spot along the Mississippi River Levee down the street from a NOPD office with Glovers charred body in the destroyed Chevrolet Malibu. Istvan Balogh, a former law enforcement officer who had come in from out of state, discovered Glover’s corpse on September 9.
Five current and former officers of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) were charged with Glover’s death. David Warren, a rookie at the time, was convicted and sentenced to 25 years and 9 months in prison for shooting and killing Glover. Former NOPD police officer Greg McRae was convicted of obstructing justice and other charges in the burning of Glover’s body and was sentenced to 17 years and 3 months in prison. Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann is charged with assaulting civilians who came to Glover’s aid, as well as obstructing a federal investigation through the burning of Glover’s body in a 2000 Chevy Malibu. He faces a maximum of 60 years in prison. Former NOPD Lt. Robert Italiano and NOPD Lt. Travis McCabe are charged with obstructing justice and lying to the FBI. McCabe is also charged with lying to a federal grand jury. Italiano faces up to 25 years in prison, while McCabe faces up to 30 years in prison.
A federal appellate court has overturned the convictions of two former New Orleans police officers imprisoned in connection with the killing.
Billey Joe Johnson 17, Dec. 2009 George County, MS – Billey was a star football player with a bright future in December 2009 when he was stopped for a traffic violation by George County (MS) deputy sheriff Joe Sullivan. Sullivan’s patrol car did not have a camera and the young victim in this story is dead. The George County Sheriff’s Department claims that on that fateful morning, Billey Joe attempted to break into the home of an on-again, off-again girlfriend in the nearby city of Lucedale. According to the sheriff’s department, he left the scene and ran a red light at 5:34 a.m. After a 1½-mile pursuit, Billey Joe got out of his truck, met sheriff’s deputy Joe Sullivan and handed over his license. Billey Joe returned to his truck, supposedly put a 12-gauge shotgun he used to target deer to his head and committed suicide. None of his friends or family is convinced someone forced Billey Joe on his knees, shoved the shotgun barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Probable cause of death, George County (MS) deputy sheriff Joe Sullivan.
Montalito McKissick 37, Aug. 21,2011 Oklahoma City, OK – Unarmed Montalito McKissick fled from Oklahoma City police officers Sgt. Daniel Godsil and Officer Justin Walters who had been called to break up a fight at the El Dorado Club. Godsil and Walters gave chase shooting him with at least 50,000 volts of electricity from their tasers. Officers shot McKissick with a Taser where McKissick collapsed in a yard near the club. After they handcuffed him, officers noticed McKissick wasn’t breathing. They removed the handcuffs and began CPR an EMSA paramedic claims he discovered a baggie lodged in the victim’s throat. Police didn’t say if the baggie contained drugs. Moments later McKissick was declared dead. Murdered by Oklahoma City PD
Rufino Lara 54, July 10, 2012 Houston TX – Florida Ruvio, a family friend, bumped into Lara on his way back from a liquor store in southwest Houston. Lara told her that some men were chasing him with a knife and asked her to call police. When two officers arrived to investigate, they approached Lara, asking him to stop and put his hands up. “They were speaking to him in English only. (Police claim the spoke in both Spanish and English). Lara, who doesn’t speak English, did not stop the first time, Ruvio said. Eventually, he put both hands up against the wall of a vacant store, facing his back to the officers. “He didn’t have his hands in his pocket or his shirt,” said Ruvio, who remained with Lara throughout the event. A second witness, 14-year-old Rigoberto Rubio, who was buying water from a machine nearby, said he also saw Lara with both hands against the wall. Suddenly, Lara turned around to face the officers and was shot fatally by McGowan, his hands still suspended in the air a beer can in one hand. Stunned at the scene, Ruvio yelled to McGowan that she had killed an innocent person, and McGowan responded that “he had drawn out a gun.” McGowan then proceeded to tear Lara’s shirt open and take off his shoes. No weapon was found. Ruvio brought out her phone to take a video of the scene, she said, but an officer seized it from her, telling her she was not to record anything. Murdered by Houston PD
Eugene Ellison 67, December 9, 2010 Littlerock AR – Eugene Ellison, an African American war veteran, was killed by Police Office Donna Lesher while working off duty with Officer McCrillis as a security guards in the apartment complex where Ellison lived, Lesher entered Ellison’s home uninvited with anot McCrillis after spotting his door open and refusing to leave when asked. Following an alleged physical altercation in which Eugene’s glasses come off, and he was pepper-sprayed directly in the eyes. However, by the time the back-up officers arrived, any physical contact between Lesher, McCrillis and Ellison was over and they were outside of Eugene’s apt. Instead of walking away Lesher took out her gun, pointed it at Ellison through his door and shot him twice. Another officer present at the shooting, said Ellison had not presented a deadly threat and that Lesher and the other officers were all outside when she opened fire into the house, killing Eugene. Officer Lesher had failed to issue any warning. Murdered by Off-duty Littlerock PD
Lesher and her partner, Tabitha McCrillis, were cleared of any wrongdoing by an internal inquiry. But it has since emerged that Lesher’s husband was a supervisor in the LRPD homicide department, which carried out the investigation. US prosecutors launch investigation into fatal Little Rock shooting
Deandre Brunston 24, August 24, 2003 Compton, CA – Sherriff’s deputies of Los Angeles County received report on Deandre Brunston for domestic violence. He was un-armed and shot 22 times on the front stoop of a tiny apartment holding a flip-flop as a weapon. The suspect in the video (See EXTREMELY GRAPHIC video here) appears to fear the police dogs and was begging the police to take them away. There’s lots of barking and screaming in the video, but you can clearly hear the plea that he was drop the weapon and surrender but he was scared of the dogs and wanted them gone and also wanted someone to call his estranged girlfriend. The first shot is fired, Deandre disarms instantly by tossing the flip-flop toward a police dog, once disarmed, 81 shots were fired. Frenzied K9 comes running towards the suspect and is caught in the crossfire. One of LA County Sheriffs scooped the dog and rushed him to the hospital, while a still-livin Deandre bled to death. The dog went to the hospital and Deandre stayed as cops walked around him. In the name of justice. Murdered by LAPD
Tyrone Brown 32, June 5, 2010 Baltimore MD – Off-duty Baltimore Police Officer Gahiji Tshamba and three female friends were at the rear door of the Red Maple when Mr. Brown allegedly got touchy with some women standing outside, moving to hug one, and grabbing the butt of another. When she smacked him, he shoved her back. Gahiji Tshamba fires 13 rounds hitting ex-Marine Tyrone Brown six times. “Life is too short.” Those were some of the last words spoken by former Marine Tyrone Brown moments before he died in a hail of bullets, according to a patron who was in the bar the evening the deadly shooting occurred. Police have searched for Tshamba, a 15-year- veteran of the force for the a week, Detectives believe Tshamba was attempting to avoid capture and may have possibly left Baltimore. He faces first-degree murder charges. Originally Prosecutors ruled the shooting justified but disciplined him for being intoxicated on the job. Eventually convicted of manslaughter, Tshamba was sentenced to 17years in prison, with two years suspended. Officer Gahiji Tshamba was had a history of getting into trouble while drinking, had been allowed to continue on the force. Murdered by Off-duty Baltimore Police Officer Gahiji Tshamba
Christopher Middleton 26, Aug. 12, 2012 Chicago, IL -An off-duty officer was riding his motorcycle when he saw 4 year old Taniyah Middleton dart directly in his path. He ditched his bike to avoid hitting her but it skidded, hitting the girl and her 18-year-old cousin. The child’s father, Christopher Middleton inside a nearby restaurant, approached the officer yelling and screaming. Apparently the officer told Middleton to calm down. Middleton said he “didn’t give a (expletive)” and punched the officer in the face. Another person hit the officer in the back of the head. The girl’s 18-year-old cousin, who ran into the street after the girl and was holding her hand when she was hit, also kicked the officer while he was on the ground. The officer removed his weapon and fired once, hitting the un-armed Middleton in the groin, The officer claimed he felt he was near losing consciousness and fired at Middleton in defense of his life. Tanya Jones, who identified herself as Middleton’s fiancée and the mother of the 4-year-old girl, said she and Middleton had been visiting his family in Maywood when he decided to dine at a restaurant nearby. She said she came outside after the fight had begun and saw both men trying to get up off the ground when the officer shot Middleton. “Chris asked him, ‘Why did you shoot me, why did you shoot me,’ Middleton died at Loyola University Medical Center. Murdered by Chicago PD
Alan DeWayne Blueford 18, May 6, 2012 Oakland CA – During a phone call to his father, Alan told him he and 2 friends were standing on the corner waiting for “some girls in a white Chevy”. After the phone call, Oakland police officers approached with guns drawn. The police officers had been called to respond to another incident, but decided to stop Alan and his friends because they “believed the young men had a concealed weapon.” Alan ran away from the police officers. Approximately two blocks down the street the officer chasing Alan shot him multiple times. The officer also shot himself. Although Alan had his brown wallet with his ID, Oakland Police Department never called to tell his parents, Alan’s body was left lying in the streets for approximately 4 hours. Alan’s two friends were detained for over 6 hours. After their release, one of the young men had the traumatic task of calling Alan’s parents and telling them their son had been shot and killed. Murdered by Oakland Police Officer
Police Verson # 1: “a suspect” (Alan) and a police officer exchanged gun fire and the officer was shot in the stomach by the suspect, the suspect was shot by the officer. Both were said to have been rushed to Highland Hospital where Alan died and the police officer was expected to recover. OPD reported that they retrieved Alan’s firearm at the scene.
Police Verson # 2: OPD changed their story to state that the officer was shot in the leg and an investigation was in process to determine whether the officer was wounded by “friendly fire.”
Police Version # 3: OPD changed their story yet again, admitting and confirming that THE OFFICER SHOT HIMSELF.
Niles Meservey 51, June 10, 2009 Everett, WA – Several people called 911 from a restaurant to report Niles Meservey was drunk and trying to drive away. Officers arrived and boxed in his Corvette along a fence. But Meservey refused to get out of his car. An officer used a stun gun even though the car was running and the Corvette drove forward, crashing into a fence: the Taser jolt probably caused the crash. The moment the Corvette hit the fence, it buckled and hit a bystander. Officer Troy Meade fired seven shots with his handgun into Meservey’s back, killing him An autopsy confirmed Niles Meservey died from multiple gunshot wounds. Meade was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, but eventually acquitted. He was later found to be civilly responsible, and the city of Everett was forced to settle a claim with Meservey’s family for $500,000 on top of the $640,000 spent on Meade’s defense. Meade was suspended with pay for 24 months and received $183,984.87 in tax-funded salary. Murdered by Seattle PD
Robin Taneisha Williams 21, June 25, 2012 Philadelphia PA – Barry Searfoss a highly intoxicated off-duty state trooper returning from a fundraiser raising money for youth scholarships in honor of a girl who was killed by a drunk driver traveling approximately 76 miles per hour when his truck slammed into the car of Robin Taneisha Williams. A few moments earlier, Williams’ vehicle had reportedly suffered a mechanical failure and was in the process of slowing to a stop. Searfoss’s truck slammed into the rear of the Williams car, which then burst into flames. Williams was found in the driver’s seat, which was in a partially reclined position. A witness and motorist on the road with Williams described what she saw in her rearview mirror to police as a “fireball” that erupted from Williams’ vehicle. Searfoss failed two field sobriety tests, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and was transported to Abington Memorial Hospital for a blood test, which showed a 0.188 percent BAC, more than twice the legal limit. Searfoss was suspended without pay and He charged with homicide by vehicle, two counts of driving under the influence, careless driving and reckless driving.. Cause of death was attributed to multiple blunt force injuries, thermal burns and smoke inhalation, according to the criminal complaint. Murdered by Off-duty PA State Trooper
Kiwane Carrington 15, Oct. 9, 2009 Champaign, Illinois – It started with a neighbor calling police about two people he thought might have been trying to break-in, then, another person called 911 to say they thought three people were breaking in. Carrington and his friend were trying to get into the place where Kiwane stayed but the door was locked. The Chief of police, R.T. Finney showed up. When Officer Norbits arrived, the Chief already had his gun drawn so Norbits drew his. Norbits, with gun in hand allegedly got into a tussle when Kiwane and his friend supposedly disobeyed police orders. Officer Norbits’ gun ‘accidentally’ (their words) went off fatally striking Kiwane”. The officer only received a 30 day suspension without pay which he has yet to serve as the FOP is currently appealing the decision. Murdered by the Champaign, Illinois PD
Kendra James 21, May 5, 2003 Portland, OR – James was a passenger stopped by Portland police officers Rick Bean, Kenneth Reynolds, and Scott McCollister. The driver, Terry Jackson, was arrested and placed in a squad car after he was discovered to have an outstanding warrant. After he and another passenger in the car were removed peaceably by the officers, James jumped from the back seat into the driver’s seat. McCollister claims to have made several unsuccessful attempts to remove James while partially within the vehicle through an open door. He claimed to have tried to pull James out by her hair, and also attempted to use a Taser. He said that he had also attempted to use pepper spray to subdue James, but was unable to operate the canister; an investigation by the Portland Police Bureau found McCollister’s pepper spray canister was operational, but no traces of spray were found. McCollister drew his firearm and held it to James’ head, demanding she exit the vehicle. McCollister said he then felt the car move and, concerned that he could have fallen out and been run over, fired a single shot. Several witnesses alleged that McCollister did not fire while within the car; powder residue testing indicated that McCollister’s handgun was at least 30 to 48 inches away from James when discharged, completely inconsistent with McCollister’s version of events. Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schrunk declined to hold a public inquest into James’ death; McCollister was cleared by a federal grand jury. Murdered by Portland PD
Jose Santos Victor Mejia Poot 29, April 2, 2001 Portland OR – Experiencing an epileptic seizure after boarding a city bus on the morning of March 30, 2001. Tri-Met driver Terry Johnson waved Officer Ferner over because Spanish speaking Jose was short on his fare and was apparently having problems communicating. A struggle broke out after Officer Ferner tried to get Jose to leave. Ferner then pulled Jose off the bus, and the two men separated briefly. According to witnesses on the bus and at the Plaid Pantry store, three other male officers showed up almost immediately and wrestled Jose to the ground, repeatedly striking him in the ribs and legs, kicking, punching and pepper spraying him when a female officer jumped out of her patrol car, hitting Jose in the head with a flashlight, punching him repeatedly in the face and dropped her knee into his neck and back three or four times. The officers continued beating Jose after he was handcuffed, his feet were bound and he was hogtied then placed in a patrol car and driven to psychiatric ward of Gateway Hospital. 2½ days later Jose broke out of his room and apparently knocked a staff member down. 25 police officers responded to a call from the hospital. Sources at the hospital said there were no witnesses to the shooting and no security camera in the hallway where the shooting took place. Police allege Jose was wielding a metal bar he’d ripped off a door and was advancing toward officers. The officers claim to have used used verbal commands, pepper spray and fired several nonlethal beanbag rounds before Jeffrey Bell fired two fatal shots, killing Jose. A Multnomah County grand jury in the arrest and subsequent fatal shooting of Jose ruled Portland police officer Jeffrey Bell did not act criminally. Murdered by Portland PD
Shereese Francis 30 (schizophrenic) March 15, 2012 Jamaica, Queens, NY – Shauna Francis called 311 looking for some information. She wanted to call an ambulance for her 30-year-old sister, Shereese, but wasn’t impressed by the quality of care at Queens General, the nearest hospital. Shauna wanted to know if she could ask the ambulance to take Shereese to a Long Island hospital. The 311 operator told Shauna she would have to take that question up with the EMTs. Shauna drove to her mother’s home where Shereese was living and as she pulled into the driveway, she saw a police cruiser had already arrived, and four officers were approaching the front door. Assuming an ambulance was on its way, Shauna led the officers into the house, where her mother, Eleen, explained Shereese was in her bedroom in the basement. Eleen saw the officers wrestle Shereese onto a bed, all four of them piling onto her as they pressed her facedown into the mattress and handcuffed her. Within 20 minutes of the police arriving, Shereese Francis had stopped breathing. When Shereese was finally taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center she was pronounced dead. Hospital staff told the family she likely had been dead for at least 90 minutes before she arrived. The death certificate signed by the medical examiner listed Shereese’s death as a homicide and cited the immediate cause of death as “compression of trunk during agitated violent behavior (schizophrenia) while prone on bed and attempted restraint by police officers.” Murdered by NYPD
Keith Vidal 18, January 5, 2014 Boiling Spring Lakes, No. Carolina – Vidal’s father, Mark Wilsey, had called the police for help when the boy suffered what was described as a psychotic episode armed with a screwdriver and wanting to fight his mother. Three law enforcement officers from three different agencies answered the 911 call. After repeatedly tasering the troubled young man and while pinned down beneath two other officers the officers simply shot him as a time-saving measure saying “We don’t have time for this!” Murdered by Boiling Spring Lakes PD
Tarika Wilson 26, Jan. 4, 2008 Lima OH – Officers had been looking for Wilson’s boyfriend, Anthony Terry, a suspected drug dealer and were there to arrest him. A stun grenade was detonated outside to create a loud noise prior to entering the residence because Officers were obviously aware children were inside as there were toys in the yard and front porch. Police broke down the door and started shooting, Takika’s oldest daughter, 8, told relatives her mother ran upstairs after police detonated the charges. Chavalia recklessly fired three shots into a bedroom where un-armed Wilson and her six children were gathered, even though he could not clearly see her or whether she had a weapon. Officer Chavalia shot blindly into the bedroom killing Tarika and wounding her year-old son in the shoulder. One of the child’s fingers had to be amputated. Chavalia, an officer of 32-years, testified that he thought his life was in danger. He said he saw a shadow coming from behind a partially open bedroom door and heard gunshots he thought were aimed at him. The gunfire he heard was coming from downstairs, where officers shot two pit bulls. A Lima, Ohio jury has acquitted police officer Joseph Chavalia of involuntary manslaughter. Murdered by Lima, Ohio PD
Damon Lowery 29, December 1999 Lynnwood, WA – Lowery’s friend called police to his home when Lowery, who was visiting, began acting irrationally after taking drugs. Nine (9) police responded to the scene and got a woman and her boyfriend out of the home. Lowery crashed through a window in the back of the house and fell approximately 15 feet where with his back to the fence an Officer Ladd shot him 10 times with lead-pellet-beanbags from less than 10 feet away. (This is significant because Officer Ladd admitted aiming at Damon’s abdomen with those first shots: the manufacturer recommends aiming the “bean bag” rounds at “lower extremities” from less than 30 feet or risk significant injury or death). He climbed over a fence and into an adjoining property where officers emptied six full cans of pepper spray including some sprayed directly into his open neck wound while beating him. Sgt. Adams, who arrived on the scene after most of the confrontation occurred, clocked in her time of arrival and testified she saw 180-pound-plus Officer Shane Nicholson standing on handcuffed and unarmed Lowery’s neck and back. An EMT who arrived over two minutes later testified Nicholson was still on Lowery when he arrived. Lowery was taken by ambulance to OHSU Hospital and pronounced dead. The Deputy State Medical Examiner: “He died from sharp-force injuries to his neck” The Medical Examiner later testified her office did not have the information about Nicholson standing on Lowery at the time she signed the autopsy report. Murdered by Lynnwood PD
Victor Duffy Jr. 25, June 2012 Tukwilla, WA – Mrs. Mills, Victors mother called 911 during a fight with his younger sister despite his “deathly” fear of police. Victor had been diagnosed as being bipolar and having post-traumatic stress disorder after a confrontation with police in which he was tased six years prior. Mills said she told the officers who came to her house that her son was mentally ill and had not been taking his medications. “I begged them not to use a Taser on him,” “I told them he was afraid and I asked them to take care of him.” She said she and other family members were herded outside leaving her son alone in the house with police. “As soon as we were out, I heard ‘zzzt,’ ‘zzzt,’ and him screaming. As officers tried to take him into custody for an involuntary mental-health commitment, Duffy attempted to escape and broke his ankle by jumping out of a second-story window. While her Victor was on the ground and unable to move, officers attacked him, used the Taser on him again and handcuffed him. Medics were summoned to treat the ankle injury and transport Duffy to the hospital. A short while later he was dead. Murdered by Tukwilla PD
Stephen Dons (race and age unknown) Jan. 27, 1998 Portland, OR – A house occupied by Steven Douglas Dons was visited by 3 Police Bureau’s Marijuana Task Force and surmised there was a marijuana growing operation there. While those officers went to obtain a search warrant, two other officers from the MTF called for backup. After the backup officers arrived, Sgt. Jim Hudson, officers Steven Morrow, Kim Keist and Colleen Waibel knocked on the door, yelling “Portland Police.” The officers did not know if anyone was in the home. After receiving no answer, Hudson used a paving stone to break down the front door, 23 minutes before the warrant was signed. The officers were met with gunfire. Keist and Hudson were injured; Waibel was killed. Officers returned fire and Dons was shot once in the chest. At 4:45 AM on February 25, Dons was found dead in his medical cell at the Justice Center jail, where he was in custody of the County Sheriff. Although Dons was suspected of killing a police officer and wounding two others, he was not under guard. Authorities say they were checking on Dons through a window twice an hour. Police claim they found a sheet tied around Dons’ neck at one end, and around the bed frame at the other and he was taping the “up” button on his hospital bed. The official story is that Dons, weighing over 250 pounds and paralyzed from the waist down, tied the sheet around his neck and bed frame, then rigged the control for his hospital bed using electrical tape and a wad of paper to raise it until he was strangled. No one other than jail staff ever saw Dons with this alleged contraption in place. There was a surveillance camera in Dons’ cell, but it was conveniently out of order and had toothpaste smeared over the lens. Interesting how Dons’ ability to kill himself while not only paralyzed, but heavily medicated. Murdered by Portland PD
Corey McGinnis 35, July 1, 2012 Cincinnati OH – Police responding to calls about a fight and shots fired at a basketball game. Police shot McGinnis with a taser while he was trying to protect his four sons after a brawl broke out. McGinnis was shot in the upper torso with a Taser police had not regularly tested (later testing showed the taser was emitting higher voltage than manufacturer specifications) McGinnis collapsed from cardiac arrest at the Crutchfield Park and died five days later in the hospital. A settlement for $650,000 will help support McGinnis’ eight children. Murdered by Cincinnati PD
Damon Abraham 34, May 11, 2012 Baldwin, LA – Abraham showed up at the police tation to investigate a restraining order that was filed against him. After police told him he had warrants our for his arrest, Abraham fled on foot. A Baldwin Police Officer repeatedly used a taser on Abraham and hit him over the head with a baton after he ran from police. Abraham was held at police headquarters after being tased but then began showing signs of physical distress. He was transported to Franklin Foundation Hospital and was then being moved to a Lafayette hospital when he died en route. Murdered by Baldwin PD
Bobby Louis Merrill Jr. 32, April 11, 2012 Saginaw, MI – Merrill was headed to his mother’s house when he was met by police. The Saginaw Police Department said they received a complaint of someone disrupting traffic and jumping on to vehicles and they found Merrill just a few blocks from his destination. After an altercation with police in the street, police said, Merrill was subdued with a Taser, arrested and placed in the back of a police car. Police said he was being combative and was tasered 5 times, but they initially did not appear to have an effect on him. One of the taser blasts connected with Merrill and he was subdued then handcuffed before placing him in the back of the police car. Merrill went into cardiac arrest and according to witnesses police were high-fiving each when they finally allowed the medical responders to treat Merrill. The medical personnel had been onsite before the tasing but weren’t allowed to help. Merrill was pronounced dead at Saint Mary’s of Michigan hospital a short time later.
Clinton Hightower 27, May 15, 2012 Dekalb GA – Hightower was walking to his sister’s home to babysit. Officer Jason Cooper driving 80 mph with no lights or siren on his way to a fatal shooting in another part of the county when he struck Hightower killing him instantly. Killed by Dekalb PD
Reynaldo Cuevas 20, Sept. 7, 2012 New York – Cuevas was working closing up the bodega where he worked when armed robbers held him and his uncle hostage. He and his uncle both managed to escape as police were arriving. As they sprinted from the store, Cuevas was shot in the torso by a cop. According to Jesse Rodriquez a neighborhood resident “The first guy ran out with his hands on his head. The second guy ran out and tripped by the fire hydrant,” referring to Cuevas. And the cops shot him.” Cuevas, who was not armed, was shot once in the torso “People were screaming, ‘He works there! He’s an employee!” “He’s innocent.” Cuevas was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Murdered by NYPD
Adaisha Miller 24, July 1, 2012 Detroit, MI – Adaisha was celebrating the weekend before her 25th birthday at a fish fry at Officer Parrish’s home by friends who knew him.
Police Version # 1: Adaisha was standing when she hugged an off-duty police officer Parish while dancing at a party causing the officer’s service weapon to fire.
Police Version # 2: Adaisha was performing some kind of ‘exotic dance’ that placed her in the line of fire for Officer Parrish’s holstered gun to discharge.
The bullet punctured Adaisha’s lung and hit her heart, she died at the hospital. Officer Parish was cleared of charges.
Walwyn “Smiley” Jackson 26, (emotionally disturbed) September 7, 2012 Queens, NY – His family had called 911 when they found him holding a kitchen knife to his own throat. Jackson was distraught at being unemployed and unable to provide for his 2-week-old son. His Grandmother, Gloria Cameron, said “We called 911 because we wanted an ambulance to come to take him to the hospital. He was no threat or harm to anyone but himself. When the police came to the door, I didn’t want to let them in. They told us to get out of the way and stay downstairs. One of them went for their gun as they went upstairs. I tried to tell them he’s sick. I started to cry and then I heard the shot. He never even made a sound. Rather than apologize to the family, the NYPD continues to victimize them, including at the wake. The police parked a van down the street, harassed and searched people or their way inside, and even ticketed her 21-year-old son when he picked up a beer can someone had left on the ground outside. Murdered by NYPD
Darrius Kennedy 51, (mentally ill) Aug. 18, 2012 New York – Kennedy was skipping along 7th Avenue with a kitchen knife when he was confronted by the police. Kennedy had a history of mental problems, and was previously taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation. After becoming agitated by the encounter, he began to walk backwards down Seventh Avenue, refusing to drop the weapon. Continuing to walk backwards, away from police, for 5 blocks and at least three minutes, there is still no Emergency Service Unit in sight. The police have no batons or tasers. Police say they pepper-sprayed Kennedy six times, but it failed to stop him. After Kennedy allegedly lunged at the cops, they shot him 12 times however Kennedy from 15 to 20 feet away while standing at their squad cars. Michael Massett, 41, 18 years on the job, shoots three or four times. Peter Rogers, 33, a police officer for the last seven years, pulls the trigger of his Glock nine or 10 times. Thirteen bullets strike Kennedy: six in the chest and abdomen, three in the back, two in the left upper arm and one in each thigh. He is pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, at 3:42 p.m. Murdered by NYPD
Steven Rodriguez 22, Jan. 23, 2013 Monterey Park CA – Rodriquez had no alcohol or drugs in his system at the time he broke several windows with a lead pipe bender at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant. Police were called and according to the YouTube video, Rodriguez raised the pipe bender, but he did not retract it as though he was going to swing. Monterey Park Police Officers Peter Palomino and Everado Romo tazed him, but when that didn’t work, each fired five shots killing him instantly claiming they were in fear for their lives. Officers and emergency responders did not did not give Rodriguez adequate medical attention after he was shot, he was left alone, handcuffed, bleeding and dying on the ground of the parking lot for approximately 10 minutes before anyone gave him medical assistance. Monterey Park paid the family $875,000 for wrongful death. Murdered by Monterey Park PD
Davinian Darnell Williams 36, May 9, 2012 Jacksonville FL – Officer Jeff Edwards began following Williams for “driving suspiciously in an area known for drug activity. According to Officer Edwards Williams tried to evade him by making sudden turns and running stop signs. When Williams finally stopped, police claim Williams refused commands to show his hands and was moving around inside the vehicle. Officer Edwards moved from one side of the car to the other to get a better view of what Williams was doing. “The suspect made a sudden motion, reaching down”. Edwards opened fire, shooting seven times through a side window hitting Williams with six of the shots. Williams died at the scene. Williams had drugs in his socks but no weapons were found. Murdered by Jacksonville PD
James Harper 31, July 24, 2012 Dallas TX – Dallas police officers responded to a 911 kidnapping call at a known drug house. The 911 call that turned out to be phony. Officers claim when they entered the house, they saw a gun and four suspects running in four separate directions. According to the 3 other witness/suspects “ they heard what sounded like someone trying to break in and made a decision to leave out the back of the home to escape what they perceived to be a dangerous situation.” The officers gave chase, with Rowden tasked with running down Harper. Rowden claims to have caught up to Harper several times, and they fought each time, Harper allegedly kicked the officer in the chest. Rowden was losing the fight and was exhausted when he claims Harper said, “You’re going to have to kill me.” Rowden shot when he thought it appeared Harper was reaching for a weapon in his pocket. Rowder shot unarmed Harper in the back 3 times claiming he feared for his life. Murdered by Dallas PD
Jeterius Moore 18, May 10, 2012 Selma, AL – Police say they got a call about a “disturbance” in the area. When they arrived, police say one of their cops became “engaged” with an individual and “shots were fired. It can be safety assumed Jeterius was unarmed…or at least did not have a firearm. Police in all jurisdictions immediately will tell the public of guns possessed by individuals they shoot and kill, which justifies these summary executions in most Americans’ eyes. The fact Selma police are not releasing any details at all and will not answers any questions when a young man was killed by their department makes this appear to be yet another senseless murder. Murdered by Selma PD
Dillon Taylor 20, Aug. 11, 2014 Salt Lake City, UT – Taylor was exiting a 7-Eleven with his brother and cousin when officers arrived in response to a report of a man with a gun in the area “waving a gun around.” When police arrived, they found three men leaving the convenience store. One of the men, later identified as Taylor, reportedly matched the description of the man reported in a 911 call. Police said Taylor ignored the officers’ commands to stop. Taylor’s brother, Jerrail Taylor, they were both wearing headphones and didn’t immediately hear the officers, who were shouting conflicting commands and shot Dillon Taylor 2 times even though he was unarmed and posed no threat. Murdered by Salt Lake City PD
Christopher Jerome Thomas 22, June 28, 2012 Dothan AL –The traffic stop, which is highly questionable initiated the pursuit which started between a marked patrol K-9 vehicle and a white Ford Explorer driven by Thomas. The pursuit spanned 12 blocks, starting on Blackshear Street. Thomas’ SUV traveled across a busy roadway and ended in the strip shopping center in a parking lot striking a printing business and injuring one person inside. Officer Darren Moody jumped from his car and began firing shots before giving Thomas a chance to obey instructions. Officer Moody shot Thomas five times with all bullets passing Thomas’ in a left-to-right trajectory, including two in the neck. Witnesses at the scene claim Officer Moody ran toward Thomas’ car and fired at nearly point blank range with the officer NEVER in the path of Thomas’ vehicle, witness’s also testified Thomas was not moving, and not facing anyone including Moody at the time of the shooting. Of course the shooting was not captured in the video recording, only the chase during which Officer Moody appears to make at least two misrepresentations to dispatchers and supervisors. The officer reported speeds of 30 miles per hour when his patrol car was actually traveling at 62 miles per hour while passing through a residential neighborhood. Moody has claimed twice that Thomas’ car attempted to strike an unmarked police car while the video clearly shows Thomas swerved to miss it. Officer Darren Moody claims he thought he was chasing Jerry Jerome Hill, a convicted felon also known as “Booty Bop” as they both “are African-American.” Murdered by Dothan PD
Trevion Davis 13, June 28, 2012 Clayton County GA – Clayton County police officers responding to a burglary saw multiple suspects leaving the location. Attempting to make contact with Trevion, who had a BB gun. An officer was forced to open fire, shooting the boy in the head. The teen was transported to a hospital, where he later died. Murdered by Clayton County Police
Clayton County District Attorney Tracy Graham-Lawson “it’s possible 18-year-old Jamar Odom, who is accused of participating in the burglary, could face a murder charge since he was involved in a crime that led to Davis’ death.’
Omar Abrego 37, Aug. 14, 2014 Los Angeles, CA – LAPD claims police attempted to pull over Abrego because he was driving erratically and almost hit a pedestrian. Officers say he attempted to flee, first in his vehicle, then on foot, before eventually being caught. In the ensuing altercation, police officials claim Abrego suffered a laceration. Witnesses claim to have seen officers striking unarmed Abrego on his head and face, one saying the beating lasted 10 minutes. A cell phone video shows a motionless Abrego with a bloodied face, lying on the ground. An ambulance was called to the scene, and 12 hours later, Abrego was dead. The LAPD claim the two sergeants involved in the incident were injured as a result of the arrest and that the department has mounted an investigation into the incident. Murdered by LAPD
Jacinto Zavala 21, Aug. 14, 2014 Greeley CO – Greeley Police claim a 911 caller reported an intoxicated man armed with “two or three guns”. Zavala, a military veteran reportedly had a brief encounter with police, which officials claim, Zavala refused their commands to drop a weapon and instead pointed it at officers, leading them to shoot and kill him. Police maintain Zavala was brandishing an AR-15, he was armed only with a BB gun, and he never raised it at the officers. The source of the 911 call, who claimed the suspect had PTSD. Zavala’s family alleges he didn’t suffer from the disorder, but that officers should have behaved differently if they believed they were responding to a mentally unstable individual. The Weld County District Attorney’s Office is currently investigating the case, though details about incident have not yet been released. Murderd by Greeley PD
Diana Showman 19, Aug. 14, 2014 San Jose CA – Diana Showman suffering with severe bipolar disorder, called 911 reportedly telling dispatchers that she had a gun and was going to shoot her family. However, no one else was at home with her. When Showman later approached officers outside of her home with a large black object in her hand, the officers ordered her to drop it, but when she disobeyed police claim, an officer fired one fatal round. Showman had a black cordless drill in her hand. Showman’s parents, as well as local police, are demanding a thorough investigation of the shooting. Murdered by San Jose PD
Michelle Cusseaux 50, (mentally ill) Aug. 14, 2014 Phoenix AZ – On the same afternoon, a veteran officer from the Phoenix Police Department arrived at 50-year-old Michelle Cusseaux’s apartment in order to transport her to an in-patient mental-health facility. Police say Cusseaux — who was said to have serious mental illness which included schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression — met the officer at her front door with a hammer in her hand when she was shot dead. The Arizona Department of Public Safety will conduct a criminal investigation into the shooting after Cusseaux’s mother asked that the city use an independent agency to look into the incident. Murdered by Phoenix PD
Joshua Paul 31, Aug. 17, 2014 (photo: Joshua in front) Carpentersville, Illinois – Joshua was pulled over by police for suspicion of driving on a revoked license. Officers informed Paul he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest due to prior traffic violations, and attempted to take him into custody. Police reported a “brief physical struggle,” which left Paul with a laceration under his chin requiring on-scene medical attention from paramedics. The extent of his injuries was reportedly more substantial as he was eventually taken to the hospital in an ambulance, where he died a few hours later. The cause of Paul’s death and extent of his injuries have still not been officially released, although witnesses testify they believe his neck was broken. The Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit has launched an investigation into the incident. Murdered by Carpentersville PD
Maria Fernanda Godinez 22, Aug. 19, 2014 Orlando FL – Several people called 911 to report a man with a gun outside of a downtown nightclub, but that he hadn’t fired it yet. According to a police affidavit, police ordered Kody Roach, the gunman, to get on the ground, but when he started to back up toward the club again, witnesses say policed fired as many as a half-dozen shots. Police say during a police confrontation with the gunman, 22-year-old Maria Godinez was killed by a stray bullet fired by an officer. Roach survived the shooting and now faces a murder charge for the killing of Godinez. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has launched an investigation into the shooting. Murdered by Orlando PD
Guillermo Canas 36, (mentally ill) Aug. 28, 2014 St. Paul MN – Police say they received 911 calls describing a man walking down a street wielding a pipe and bashing in windows. A witness described the man as homeless. St. Paul Police Chief Tom Smith said that the man was attacking officers with rocks and had also apparently attacked a school bus with a metal pipe. Witnesses say that when police arrived, the man was throwing rocks and trying to punch police officers just before he finally charged at one of the officers and was fatally shot. Murdered by St. Paul PD
Marlon Horton 28, Sept. 7, 2013 Chicago IL – Horton was reportedly attempting to visit his girlfriend on the morning of Sept. 7, 2013, but a lawsuit claims that his cell phone battery had died, leaving him unable to call his girlfriend to get into her building. Horton then asked two building security guards, one who turned out to be an off-duty Chicago police officer, to let him into the building. When the pair of guards refused to let him in and asked him to leave, Horton allegedly began to urinate near the police officer’s car and a scuffle began. It ended with Horton being shot as he moved toward the off-duty police officer. Transcripts from 911 calls reveal a dispatcher instructing the off-duty officer to give Horton medical assistance after Horton had been shot, but security video from the scene of the shooting shows no assistance was given. The Chicago Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the incident. Murdered by Chicago PD
Hernandez L. Dowdy 36, June 27, 2014 Memphis TN – Memphis police arrested Erica M. Moore on June 23, when police received complaints from a BP Gas Station about women soliciting truckers on the lot. Moore had been seen at the BP and warned to leave the area before she was arrested. She was charged with criminal trespass and pedestrians soliciting rides or business. She told an investigator that after she had been arrested for flagging down cars, she didn’t know who had her silver 2008 Pontiac G6, it was stolen by a gunman. Moore claimed she was carjacked about 9:30 p.m. on June 22 by one of four people she allowed in her car. She said she had given two men wearing dreadlocks and two women a ride after failing to find a man called “Hap” because he needed her to buy Xanax. Moore told police she gave them a ride with the condition one of them take the wheel, because she suffers from anxiety about driving. Moore reported the man driving her car pulled over, told her to get out at gunpoint and then said he would kill her and her family if she called police. June 27 a GPS company notified the Memphis department’s Communications Bureau that the car was in the 3400 block of Wingate. Police reported Dowdy refused to stop, fled east, struck another vehicle and bailed out of the car. “According to officers on the scene, the suspect reached toward his waistband and indicated he had a gun, at which time the suspect was fatally shot by Memphis police pursuing the driver of what was reported to be a carjacked vehicle. But there was no carjacking. The Southaven woman who made the claim has been charged with the felony of making a false offense report to Memphis Police. Dowdy was pronounced dead later at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. The department on Friday released the name of the officer involved, James Archie, 40, who joined the force in November 2006. Archie remains relieved of duty with pay during an investigation of the shooting. Police officials have declined to release additional information, saying in statements that the exact details surrounding this incident are still under investigation. Murdered by Memphis PD
Deshone Lamar Travis 20 June 27, 2012 Port Wentworth, GA – Port Wentworth police department had been asked to assist Pooler Police detectives on a robbery investigation they were conducting in Pooler at the Wendy’s on Highway 80. The investigation led to a home in Port Wentworth and while there, police encountered unarmed Deshone Travis. Robert Travis told us he received a call from his son saying ” police wanted to impound his car and it had something to do with a robbery. I told him I would be right there”. “Everything was calm, no one was irate or anything, so I thought I was just going there and to see what was going on with the car and talk to the officers and see what why they thought his vehicle was involved. But when I got to the scene that was not the case. The glass was busted out of my son’s car which was in the street and I realize my son is in that car and I am asking what happened?” Witness Algerene McKinnon, “police wanted to search Deshones’ car, but then gave him back his keys. I think Deshone assumed he was free to go so he went to the car and was backing away”. McKinnon said officers were not behind the car, but rather to the side on the grass. He said one officer from Pooler followed Deshone to the passenger side of the car after Deshone got inside the vehicle. ‘He told him to get out but he didn’t,” when the car began moving, that’s when officers began shooting from the grassy area to the side. An officer walked behind the car and fired. “Their lives were not in danger”. Murdered by Port Wentworth PD
Shantel Davis 23, June 15, 2012 Brooklyn NY – Plainclothes cops spotted Shantel Davis drive erratically in a Toyota Camry she’d allegedly stolen at gunpoint earlier in the month. After running a series of red lights, she crossed a double yellow line, where, according to NYPD she crashed into a minivan. As cops approached unarmed Davis, she attempted to open the passenger side door. A cop was hit by the door and pushed backwards. Davis then reportedly went back to the driver’s side and put the car in reverse, hitting the gas. At the same time, another cop, Detective Phil Atkins, entered the vehicle through the driver’s side door, attempting to put the car in park. In one hand, he was carrying a gun. “He’s attempting with the other hand to shift the gear into park,” “When she’s hitting the gas, a single round was discharged from his firearm, striking the woman in the chest.” Cops then asked Davis to step out of the car, she stumbled onto the street, bleeding profusely as a large crowd looked on in horror. One witness said “She did not try to put no car in reverse, they were already on her, she had nowhere to go.” Murdered by NYPD
Christopher Brown 17, June 15, 2012 Baltimore MD – Teens were throwing rocks and ringing doorbells at random houses in their Randallstown neighborhood. Christopher Brown had expressed disapproval of the vandalism that had residents complaining to police. But a friend said the high school junior and church usher — dubbed “Mr. Congeniality” by his teachers — reluctantly agreed to join in. According to this friend, he accompanied a separate group trailing behind Brown. They approached a house; he doesn’t think any of the teens out that night knew that a police officer lived on the street, it just happened to be the final house targeted in their game. Some members of the group were acting unusually rowdy and broke away from the rest of the pack. Brown was behind the rowdier group of teens who went to Laboard’s house, and heard two bangs, possibly from a rock and a kick on the door, but the friend was too far away to see who threw the rock or the officer rush out. The friend said he saw Brown in the street at the time, too far away to have thrown anything. People scattered, but Brown was slowed by a knee brace. One of the other kids asked him, “Where’s Chris? Where’s Chris?” About five minutes later, Brown called him on his cellphone “There’s people looking for you all,” Brown whispered. “Get in a house and stay there.” He thought Brown was calling him from his house and was speaking in hushed tones to keep his mother from hearing. Later, when the friend saw county police officers and a helicopter in the area, he thought they were searching for vandals. The friend said Brown did not throw the rock that thumped against Off-duty Police Officer James D. Laboard’s front door. But it was Brown who was caught after Laboard, chasing the teen through yards and between houses, cornering him several blocks away where Laboard found the 17-year-old hiding in some bushes. “The officer hears the young man in the bushes and tells him to come out. The police claim “the young man refused to come out, so the officer reached into the bushes and pulled him out, and Brown engaged in a physical fight with our officer, in the course of that physical fight, at some point the young man became unconscious”. Brown ended up dead by asphyxiation, ruled a homicide by the state medical examiner. James D. Laboard, a nine-year veteran, faces charges of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter in the asphyxiation death whom police said he chased after a group of teens threw a rock at his front door on June 13. Each count carries a maximum of 10 years in prison. Murdered by Baltimore PD
Derrick Gaines 15, On June 5, 2012 San Francisco CA – Hanging out with friends. They had been to McDonald’s. They first went to the bus station, but when no bus came, they wandered back towards McDonald’s and an Arco station. A police car was watching them, making Derrick look over. The cop swooped into the Arco station, full of people, and asked the young men why they were there. “Derrick backed off and started to run. Police Officer, Joshua Cabillo, hit Derrick on the head with his gun; then they struggled on the ground. Derrick was carrying an old gun, which didn’t have a firing pin. It was an old collector-type gun, not visible inside his clothing. It skidded out to the side, after he had been knocked down. The cop pointed the gun to Gaines’s throat and shot him point blank. Witnesses say Gaines’s gun wasn’t near enough to have been a threat.” His mother says that Gaines had been writing rap songs, and she believes the gun may have been a prop. a gentleman who was trained in CPR offered to help, but Cabillo refused to allow it, attempting CPR himself instead. Derrick was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where they went to great lengths to save him. They found a wound in his neck and his lower back.” There was an extensive investigation, including ‘re-creation’ of the scene at the service station. The conclusion was that it was a ‘justified’ shooting. Officer Cabillo was part of a special Neighborhood Response Team [a police unit aimed at combating gang violence in the neighborhood], which swings into high gear when school is out. He has been quoted as saying that he loves foot pursuits.” Neither Gaines nor his friend was a member of any gang. Murdered by San Francisco PD
Kijuan Byrd 28, June 1, 2012 Miami FL – Security Guard Lukace Shane Kendle noticed Byrd and Smathers inside of a Ford F-150 in a nearby parking space rolling up marijuana cigarettes. Kendle says he first decided to join co-workers across the parking lot, but turned back to retrieve something from his truck. As approached his truck, Kendle says he saw the Ford’s doors swing open and then heard someone shout, “I’m going to kill that n—–.” Kendle says as Smather’s was exiting the vehicle, he “might have been pulling something ‘upwards.’ Kendle never saw a weapon, but says he feared for his life. He then pulled out his gun and shot Smathers four times, then focused on Byrd. He told the cops he shot in Byrd’s direction once because he felt his life was in danger. Byrd had crawled under the vehicle at this point. In the warrant, Kendle said he could not see Byrd’s hand, but still fired anyway because he was still “in fear for his life.” Byrd and Smathers were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where Byrd later died. An autopsy later revealed that Byrd was shot 11 times. Smathers was still hospitalized Friday in critical condition. Kendle was allowed to go free after shooting by invoking ‘Stand Your Ground Law’ Murdered by Private Security Guard
Darius Simmons 13, May 31, 2012 Milwaukee WI – Surveillance video taken from John Henry Spooner, a 76-year-old own security cameras showed him emerge from his house and confronts Darius, who is retrieving his family’s garbage cart from the street. Spooner points a gun at Darius, who quickly moves back a few steps asking if he’s had stolen some of his guns. The boy, who held his hands up and said he didn’t have anything. Spooner then talks to Darius’ mother, who’s standing on her porch out of view of the camera, and Spooner briefly points the gun in her direction. Moments later, Spooner points the gun back at the boy standing a couple of feet in front of him. He fires, hitting Darius in the chest. The teen stumbles and runs away, and Spooner fires a second shot that misses. Darius’ mother, Patricia Larry, testified she chased her son to where he collapsed in the street and held him in her arms as he died. “I pulled his shirt up, he had a bullet hole in his chest. He took one more breath and that’s it.” Spooner paced up and down the sidewalk until police arrived a few minutes later. Police officer Richard Martinez testified that he was handcuffing Spooner when Spooner acknowledged, “Yeah, I shot him.” John H. Spooner was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide. He acknowledged shooting the 13-year-old in the chest while the teen’s mother watched. Murdered by a neighbor
Anton Barrett Sr. 41, May 29, 2012 Vallego CA – Police claim Barrett was driving a white Lexus without its headlights on near an intersection where they were conducting a routine DUI checkpoint. When Barrett failed to stop, they went after him. The chase ended at an apartment complex where Barrett and two other male passengers jumped out of the car and ran. Barrett was confronted by an officer and told to show his hands. The officer says instead, Barrett ran towards him, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a dark colored metal object. The officer claims he was forced to fire on Barrett multiple times and that when Barrett tried to get up after being shot, another officer tased him to subdue him. Barrett died later at a hospital from his injuries. Police now admit the object in question wasn’t a weapon but the victim’s wallet. Barrett may have run because he was afraid of getting another DUI and losing his job”. Murdered by Vallejo PD
David Winston 27, May 25, 2012 Birmingham AL – Winston, his common-law-wife and three children, were temporarily staying at the hotel while waiting on their apartment to be ready. The two had left their room to smoke in a grassy area next to the hotel when hotel security guard Pierre Myles approaches and told them to go back into their room. Myles wasn’t supposed to be armed but he’s brought his own gun for his job, Winston was unarmed. On the hotels video tape Winston and Myles are seen arguing and yelling. Myles fires the first shot into the ground. When Winston starts running between two cars, Myles follows firing multiple times. The video of the shooting was synced with a 911 phone call from a hotel employee to dispatcher “ He just shot the guest” Winston is seen in the parking lot suffering from 16 shots from Myles Ruger 9mm pistol. Myles can also be seen shooting a bystander in the leg. Myles was sentenced to 25, to life in prison for the murder charge and 10 years in prison for the second degree assault on the woman, with both sentences to run concurrent.
Dewayne Bailey 38, May 8, 2012 Memphis TN – Bailey was in a public store parking lot asleep with the car running. Someone observe him and contacted local police. While attempting to awaken Mr. Bailey, he awoke suddenly and was startled. It is stated that Mr. Bailey exited the vehicle and started to become physical with the officers however it is also states Mr. Bailey got back into his vehicle and proceeded to drag a police officer making three white officers shoot him 32 times. One black officer that’s states “I DID NOT FEAR FOR MY LIFE SO I DIDN’T SHOOT”. Witnesses disputed the claim by police that when they woke Bailey up, he got out of his car and fought with them, then got back in his car and started driving it. Murdered by Memphis PD
Jeremie McCraven 20, Feb. 10, 2012 Memphis TN – Police claim McCraven was the leader of an auto theft ring and been arrested several times in stolen vehicles. Jeremie was shot in the back while fleeing police while allegedly driving a stolen car. Murdered by Memphis PD
Christian Freeman 19, (paranoid schizophrenic) June 12, 2012 Memphis TN – Police claim Freeman charged at two officers with a knife and they shot him to death. That was Freeman’s second encounter with police. He spent a month in a mental health ward after allegedly yelling and making obscene gestures at police officers in April 2012. Freeman’s uncle in Texas, Todd Jones, said police should have tried to incapacitate and restrain Freeman rather than shooting him. Memphis Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is used as a model for intervention services regarding arrests of mentally ill people in crisis, but Memphis police do not use it. Murdered by Memphis PD
William Howlett 41, March 10, 2012 Memphis TN – After police chased and arrested Howlett for allegedly attacking his girlfriend he mysteriously became “unresponsive”. Murdered by Memphis PD
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Delores Epps 53, and Mackala Ross 13, Aug. 26, 2013 Memphis TN – Officer Beard ignored police regulations to use the flashing lights and the siren on his car when he hit a car driven by Michael Ross, killing Mackala Ross and Delored Epps. Michael Ross was critically injured and remained in the hospital. A fourth passenger was treated and released. Beard, who has been suspended with pay, suffered minor injuries. Sept. 2013 Former Officer Beard agreed to plead guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated assault in the crash that killed the mother and daughter and injuring the father and will ONLY serve six months in jail. Murdered by Memphis PD
Randy Green (age unknown – legally blind) March, 2012. Memphis TN – Green was pepper-sprayed to death by Memphis police officers on the campus of the University of Memphis, where he was attempting to use the library. It is not known if his case was even properly referred to the Medical Examiner’s office, or if they examined the crime scene, and whether this is yet another case of ME-police cover-up. Murdered by Memphis PD
Justin Thompson 15 , September 24, 2012 Memphis, TN – Justin was shot four times by a Memphis police officer, the motive was presented as “robbery”. No weapon or other evidence of “robbery” ever presented. His brother whom they claim was a participant was never arrested, and was not even on the scene. The ME’s office is purportedly investigating the body, but has issued no findings of any sort, or have decided to keep such finding a secret at the behest of the police. This appears to be yet another cover-up of police misconduct and excessive use of force by the County Medical Examiner’s Office, working in collusion with the police and local political authorities to protect their interests rather than impartially presenting the facts to the public or a grand jury, if need be. Murdered by Memphis PD
Bobby Rodriquez (age unknown) July 19, 1995 Jersey City NY – Police officers Hazecamp and Wolfe pulled Bobby over, allegedly for running a stop sign. Police claim that the unarmed Rodriguez then jumped out of his van and ran into a vacant lot. The officers gave chase. Wolfe said he scuffled with Rodriguez and lost control of his weapon. Wolfe’s gun went off three times. Hazecamp then shot Bobby four times, and he died on the spot. The two cops each suffered a minor wound. Witnesses contradicted the police account. Several people who ran to the vacant lot when they heard the shots arrived to see Bobby lying face down in a pool of blood, with the cops removing handcuffs from behind his back. The cops deny this, but cannot explain why he would have fled and braved police gunfire over a traffic violation. As it turned out, Bobby had been driving home to pick up his companion to take him to work. His companion was Jose Torres, the prisoner being transported in the back of Chiusolo’s car the night that Maximino Cintron was killed. Jose Torres told the press that ever since he testified to the grand jury in 1991 Jersey City police had continually harassed him and Bobby Rodriguez. The grand jury ruled the killing of Bobby Rodriguez to be justifiable homicide. No indictment was returned. Murdered by Jersey City PD
Lorenzo Davis 28, July 3, 2012 Memphis TN – Lorenzo Davis was allegedly caught selling drugs in front of a house and when police tried to arrest him for possession of crack cocaine, Davis supposedly punched one of the officers and took off running. After police chased and arrested him, he was dragged him down a gravel driveway and across a street. Officers say he was profusely sweating and had a rapid heartbeat. He collapsed while in the squad car. They neighbor witnessed 6 officers beating Davis. Doctors at Methodist Hospital who examined Davis told his mother the only drug in his system was Tylenol and that he had severe head injuries, contusions, internal bleeding, and a broken leg. Family members told the news media they believed police beat Davis to death. To discredit the family, the medical examiner’s autopsy claimed that Davis died from an overdose of cocaine poisoning, which caused him to struggle with the police, thereby justifying the severe beating they gave him. Murdered by Memphis PD
Julio Tarquino 22, May 11, 1995 Jersey City NJ – Julio, his fiancée, and a friend went to a gas station convenience store to buy some food around 3:30 a.m. Two white men began taunting and insulting them and Julio and his friends headed to their car to leave. As they were leaving, Officer John Chiusolo (who killed Maximino Cintron four years earlier) drove up. He was off-duty and out of uniform. He handcuffed Julio and beat him to the ground, kicking him repeatedly in the head. Julio’s finacée attempted to reason with Chiusolo and was also beaten. Julio was arrested for assaulting an officer, then taken to Christ Hospital in Jersey City and treated. He was released back into police custody at 6:30 a.m. “coherent and even joking,” according to hospital personnel. Six hours later, Julio was returned to jail – a time lapse that has never been accounted for. Fifteen minutes later, he was found slumped over in his cell, convulsing. He died of skull fractures. Community protests followed, and another man, German Barrantes, came forward to say that Officer Chiusolo had beaten him at a traffic stop a few days before the murder of Julio Tarquino. In September, 1995, Chiusolo was indicted for second-degree manslaughter. As of September, 1997, he remained free on bail with no trial. Murdered by Jersey City PD
Charles Livingston 32, Dec. 27, 2012 Memphis TN – Police claimed they killed Livingston while he was fleeing from a McDonald’s restaurant, which he allegedly robbed, and that supposedly he pointed a gun at them while he was escaping. Charles was the only suspect of the McDonald’s robbery who was apprehended. There were two more in the actual robbery. One is believed to have fled on foot, and the other is believed to have been driven away by a female accomplice. For over 30 years the MPD has been under a U.S. Supreme Court decision forbidding them from shooting “fleeing felons” like Livingston in the back. Murdered Memphis PD
Donald Moore 67, Jan. 11, 2013. Memphis TN – Was shot to death on Police claim that when they came to Moore’s home to serve him with a warrant for animal cruelty, he pointed a gun at them. However, when the cops came busting into the house, they broke down the door in the middle of the night and never announced they were police officers. Moore was fatally shot when he went for his firearm on a night stand. Murdered by Memphis PD
Steven Askew 24, Jan. 17, 2013 Memphis TN – After falling asleep in his car waiting for his girlfriend to come home from work. Two police officers, who were called to the area on another matter, claimed when they approached Askew’s car, he pointed a gun at them and they killed him. Askew was licensed to carry a gun. A video of the incident disputes the police version of events. Murdered by Memphis PD
Horace Whiting 63, March 10, 2013 Memphis TN – Police Officers Forrest Wright and Brandon Hatley claim Whiting had a shotgun when they confronted him in front of his house and that he fired at them when they told him to put the gun down. A neighbor of Whiting said Whiting never pointed the gun at anyone, and that he was on his own porch. Officers involved in deadly shooting ad numerous previous reprimands Murdered by Memphis PD
George Golden 42, March 27, 2013 Memphis TN – The incident began when Kimberly Houston, an off-duty Memphis Police Deparment officer moonlighting as a security guard, reported she saw Golden shoplifting at the Walmart, then followed him out of the store. Houston, who has numerous anger-related disciplinary infractions in her MPD personnel file, then flagged down two on-duty cops who were in the lot: Erica Washington, 29, and Leon Dickson, 33. Shot, kicked and beaten by two police officers in the parking lot of a Walmart store, where police claim Golden was shoplifting. A cell phone video taken by a bystander shows that one cop beat and kicked Golden while he was lying on the ground after being shot by another cop. Police made no reference to the fatal shooting in their final incident report, covering up the cause of death. Memphis PD
Daniel Brock 47, (mentally ill) April 10, 2013 Memphis TN – A complainant told police at the Shelby County Sheriff’s Appling Farms Station he was at AutoZone when he first noticed a male suspect following him. When he noticed Brock tailgating him, he attempted to evade him. The complainant said while attempting to flee, he stopped at the light and Mr. Brock, exited his vehicle and approached him. Mr. Brock began beating and spitting on his window while making threats to kill him. The complainant exited the interstate and drove to Appling Farms Station seeking assistance from Police. The suspect got back into his vehicle and also exited the interstate and continued to follow the complainant to the police station. As officers arrived to assist, Brock sped off the precinct lot as the responding officers pulled into the area and found that the suspect had crashed. Brock exited his vehicle and approached the officers while holding his hand behind his back. After commands from the officers requesting that he stop and show his hands were ignored, an officer shot one time from his duty weapon striking him. Mr. Brock was pronounced deceased on the scene. Murdered by Memphis PD
John Walker May 18, 2013 Memphis TN – Walker was working for a private company working as a traffic escort for a funeral when an off-duty police officer Larry Jackson pulled out in front of him hit the motorcycle Walker was riding. MPD spokesperson Sgt. Karen Rudolph said “no disciplinary actions will be taken at this time. This incident occurred due to an accident which was reported and proper notification was made, therefore he followed policy.” Murdered by Memphis PD
Sharmel Edwards 49, April 20, 2012 Las Vegas NV – Went on what her boyfriend described as a romantic date. Later that evening, he claims he woke up and discovered she’d gone on a late-night drive. He called the police and reported she took his car from a bar “without his permission.” He also reported he kept a gun in the car’s console. Officers pursued Edwards, calling in a SWAT team for back-up. Multiple witnesses claim that she exited the car with her hands up and unarmed, while the police and others claim she was holding a gun. A total of five officers fired at least 15 bullets at the woman with three handguns, a rifle, and a shotgun. The gun in the car Edwards was driving was never fired. Edwards was shot multiple times and died at the scene. The five officers that fired upon Edwards were Melvyn F. English, 43, Todd G. Edwards, 31, Truong T. Thai, 38, Matthew J. Cook, 43, and Christopher M. Grivas, 31. Grivas was involved in another fatal shooting less than a year ago. Murdered by Las Vegas PD
Tyisha Miller 19, Dec. 28, 1998 Riverside, CA – Three days after Christmas in 1998, Tyisha Miller got a flat tire while driving home after spending the day shopping and drinking with friends. When her cousin and a friend arrived to pick her up, she was unconscious and unresponsive to their knocks on her window, with a gun on her lap. They immediately called the police, who were informed of the presence of a gun, so they approached the vehicle with guns drawn. Because Miller would not wake up, police forced entry into the car. When one of the officers attempted to remove her gun, police claim that Miller sat up and grabbed for her gun. Officers then opened fire 23 times, hitting Miller with at least 12 bullets, including four in the head. Murdered by Riverside PD
Andre Jones 18, Aug. 22, 1992 Jackson MS – – Andre Jones was a Jackson, Mississippi college student who was found dead in a Simpson County Jail. He and his girlfriend Tanisha Love had gone out the night before, but when they went to a police checkpoint, an officer claimed that Andre threw a gun out of the car and they arrested him. When he was found dead, authorities claimed that he had hanged himself with a shoelace. However, his family and friends believe that he was murdered and that his death may have been racially-motivated. They also believe that his death may have been connected to several other suspicious deaths that occurred in the jail in the years prior. Andre was more than likely murdered. A separate pathologist who exhumed the body and studied it found evidence of other stuff and claimed in his findings the hanging was staged. He was killed, maybe even accidentally, but then the cover up to stage a hanging went into effect. Too many other people saw or heard strange things happening, including the wheelchair affidavit. Some cell-mates even later heard that the shoelace thing was staged to make it look like a suicide. In February of 1996, Lumumba announced that he would pursue lawsuits on behalf of Charles and Esther Quinn. A few days after the Quinns’ son Andre Jones had been arrested in August of 1992, he was found hanged in a shower stall in the Simpson County jail. The case attracted national attention for three reasons: first because he was one of the last of forty-eight jailhouse hangings of young African American men in Mississippi since 1987; second, because an independent autopsy ruled the death a homicide after state’s pathologist had called it a suicide; and finally, because the hanging happened under the supervision of Simpson County Sheriff Lloyd “Goon” Jones. Jones had become infamous after being accused in the deaths of two foreign journalists covering the landmark racial integration admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi in 1962. Jones was later implicated in the murders of two Jackson State University students in 1972. Lumumba won substantial damages for the Quinn family. Murdered by Jackson PD Read more:
William Terrel Allen 31, April 6, 2012 Tulsa OK – Vigilantes 19 year old Jake England and 33 year old Alvin Watts. In an video interview the England described the trauma of watching first his father and then, nearly two years later, his girlfriend being shot dead (suicide) a few feet away from him. He also lamented his father’s death exactly two years earlier “at the hands of a f–king n—-r” Three Crime Stoppers tips helped lead authorities to the men, according to the affidavit. A caller described England as “a racist (who) hates black males” and said he had “bragged about other shootings.” England and Watts went into a largely African-American section of Tulsa shortly after midnight and gunned down apparent strangers at four locations. Two men and one woman died after being shot in the chest — with one of them found “lying face down” outside a funeral home: Bobby Clark, Dannaer Fields and William Terrel Allen, two others were shot and survived. All the shooting victims are black. Police have identified Watts and England as white. Another person phoned to say that England had gone off to burn his truck, which was similar to the vehicle seen by several people including one of the survivors in an around the area where the shootings took place. Sheriff deputies soon after found a 1989 Chevy truck with the Cherokee Nation tag on fire in North Tulsa. The third caller to contact Crime Stoppers on April 7 said England had “made several comments about killing black people” and wanted “justice” for his father’s killing. This person added that England “uses drugs and will not go down without a fight.” Murdered by vigilante’s
Bobby Clark 54, April 6, 2012 Tulsa OK – Vigilantes 19 year old Jake England and 33 year old Alvin Watts. In an video interview the England described the trauma of watching first his father and then, nearly two years later, his girlfriend being shot dead (suicide) a few feet away from him. He also lamented his father’s death exactly two years earlier “at the hands of a f–king n—-r” Three Crime Stoppers tips helped lead authorities to the men, according to the affidavit. A caller described England as “a racist (who) hates black males” and said he had “bragged about other shootings.” England and Watts went into a largely African-American section of Tulsa shortly after midnight and gunned down apparent strangers at four locations. Two men and one woman died after being shot in the chest — with one of them found “lying face down” outside a funeral home: Bobby Clark, Dannaer Fields and William Terrel Allen, two others were shot and survived. All the shooting victims are black. Police have identified Watts and England as white. Another person phoned to say that England had gone off to burn his truck, which was similar to the vehicle seen by several people including one of the survivors in an around the area where the shootings took place. Sheriff deputies soon after found a 1989 Chevy truck with the Cherokee Nation tag on fire in North Tulsa. The third caller to contact Crime Stoppers on April 7 said England had “made several comments about killing black people” and wanted “justice” for his father’s killing. This person added that England “uses drugs and will not go down without a fight.” Murdered by vigilante’s
Dannaer Fields 49, April 6, 2012 Tulsa OK – Vigilantes 19 year old Jake England and 33 year old Alvin Watts. In an video interview the England described the trauma of watching first his father and then, nearly two years later, his girlfriend being shot dead (suicide) a few feet away from him. He also lamented his father’s death exactly two years earlier “at the hands of a f–king n—-r” Three Crime Stoppers tips helped lead authorities to the men, according to the affidavit. A caller described England as “a racist (who) hates black males” and said he had “bragged about other shootings.” England and Watts went into a largely African-American section of Tulsa shortly after midnight and gunned down apparent strangers at four locations. Two men and one woman died after being shot in the chest — with one of them found “lying face down” outside a funeral home: Bobby Clark, Dannaer Fields and William Terrel Allen, two others were shot and survived. All the shooting victims are black. Police have identified Watts and England as white. Another person phoned to say that England had gone off to burn his truck, which was similar to the vehicle seen by several people including one of the survivors in an around the area where the shootings took place. Sheriff deputies soon after found a 1989 Chevy truck with the Cherokee Nation tag on fire in North Tulsa. The third caller to contact Crime Stoppers on April 7 said England had “made several comments about killing black people” and wanted “justice” for his father’s killing. This person added that England “uses drugs and will not go down without a fight.” Murdered by vigilante’s
Suzie Marie Peña 19 months old July 10, 2005 Los Angeles CA – Suzie was the 19-month old little girl who was killed when her drunk and meth and coked-up father, Raul Pena, threatened violence in a quarrel with his wife, Lorena Lopez. Lorena went to get a restraining order, Raul Pena managed to get into a shootout with police, most of the time while holding his baby daughter. Eventually an LAPD SWAT team stormed the inside office of Pena’s South LA used car dealership where the man was holed up. Of the 50 rounds that the SWAT guys fired in that final battle, two struck Raul, killing him, and two struck the little girl, one of them hitting her in the head, killing her too. LAPD and special SWAT officers fired at least 250 bullets into an auto shop after a three-hour standoff with Peña. Two bullets hit and killed Suzie Peña. The incident was recorded by nine video cameras, which recorded a total of 27 hours of footage. Supposedly, none of this footage documented the killings of Suzie or Jose Peña. The LAPD deemed the incident a “hostage situation,” but no negotiator was ever called. Instead, five officers stormed the office where the Peñas were located. At the same time, 11 officers opened fire, leaving one police officer injured and both the father and his daughter dead. The commission’s main finding absolved the police for killing Suzie and her father. It was determined the cops acted within the LAPD’s use-of-force policy. The report also concluded that two Los Angeles police officers involved in the early stages of the incident violated department tactics and policy. But these officers will remained on the force and received pnly light, internal punishment. The commission squarely blamed the murder on Peña’s father, a victim of police violence himself. It issued its ruling after meeting behind closed doors with police chief William Bratton for nine hours. As a result, no criminal charges will be filed against the officers involved in the killings. In a 10-page letter to the LAPD, Deputy District Attorney Renee S. Cartaya; wrote the 11 police officers involved in the incident “acted lawfully in self-defense and in defense of others when they used deadly force against Jose Peña.” LAPD chief, William Bratton, applauded the officers’ “outstanding job. I want to commend the men and women of this department who in every instance of this incident behaved courageously, marching toward danger, every one of whose interest and intent was to save the life of the hostages.” LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa praised the commission and supported the police. In a statement, Villaraigosa said that he is ”confident that the commission reached the appropriate decision”. Murdered by LAPD
Robert Ethan Saylor 26, (Down syndrome) Jan, 12, 2013 Baltimore MD – When Saylor’s caretaker had gone outside to get the car after a screening of “Zero Dark Thirty,” Saylor returned to a theater seat because he wanted to watch the movie a second time but he was without a ticket. Frederick County Sheriff’s deputies were summoned to oust Saylor. Three off duty deputy sheriffs moonlighting as security guards went in. Saylor’s aide pleaded for everyone to wait it out and allow her to deal with the situation. His mother was on the way and warned Saylor would “freak out” if touched. Saylor had a reported medical history of anger issues, especially when confronted or touched particularly by strangers. Deputies dismissed her advice and told her to stay out of the theater. They went in, ordered Saylor to leave then grabbed him when he refused, swearing at them. When he resisted, the others officers joined in. The three deputies and Mr. Saylor all fell into a heap” in a side aisle of the auditorium. Deputies cuffed him, while Saylor struggled and cried, “Mommy, mommy. It hurts.” He cried out for his mommy in the final moments of his life “. The three sets of officers wrestled with 294-pound Saylor and he fell to the ground with a deputy on his back face down on the floor with the deputies sitting on him to accommodate his girth. Saylor became unresponsive so the deputies rolled him over and he started breathing on his own, he still had a pulse when emergency medical workers arrived. The deputies then re-handcuffed Saylor, but his heart stopped again as they tried to apply a breathing apparatus and a breathing tube, which they had difficulty inserting. They couldn’t find a pulse, so they removed the handcuffs and started chest compressions. Saylor was pronounced dead at Frederick Memorial Hospital. An autopsy later revealed his larynx was crushed, injuries to his wrists, face and torso consistent with being handcuffed while lying on his stomach. He also showed signs of “positional” asphyxia, or having been in a position in which he couldn’t breathe. A grand jury did not indict the deputy sheriffs. Murdered by Baltimore Off-duty Sheriff’s
Mark Anthony Barmore 23, Aug. 24, 2009 Rockford, IL – Officers Oda Poole and Stan North were in a prisoner transport van when informed by a dispatcher Barmore was wanted for questioning in regard to a reported incident involving a woman and knife. An outstanding warrant for Barmore indicated he should be “considered armed and dangerous.” Unarmed Barmore ran inside the church to avoid police, entering through a locked door before it could close behind Sheila Brown and her daughter, Marissa. He tried to hide in a large storage room with no possible exit other than the door he entered, which was located in a reception/work area in the corner of the large room in which 12 children, 4 to 12 years of age, were being cared for by three adult staff. Poole and North, entered with drawn weapons, according to witnesses and called for Barmore to come out. It is unclear exactly what happened as he came out. What is clear is that one officer fired once and the other fired three times, leaving Barmore dead on the floor with three entry wounds in his back. Two of the three staff people working in the room with the 12 children were members of the pastor’s family—his wife, Sheila, and his daughter, Marissa, were witnesses to the shooting. The daughter left the room during the shooting, running up the stairs to notify Apostle Melvin Brown, her father, the pastor. The officers called for supervision and support, both police and medical pronounced Barmore dead. Investigative procedures required in all cases of police use of deadly force began immediately, including statements taken from Sheila Brown, Marissa and each of the 12 children interrogated separately, allegedly without parents, lawyers or DCFS representatives allowed to be present. Although a grand jury, as well as other agencies, ruled the shooting justified, an outside investigation by Independent Assessment & Monitoring alleged the officers had not acted according to department policies and training in the minutes leading up to the deadly use of force. The report also identified a number of other alleged deficiencies, including no apparent supervisory oversight during the incident. The Police Department completed its own review. No action taken against North, pending the outcome of his application for disability, which is being considered. Poole was suspended for 30 days and will be subjected to a fitness-for-duty evaluation before he may resume full-time duties. Murdered by Rockford PD
Michael Sago Jr. 16, Oct. 1, 2011 Rockford, IL – Michael was hanging out with adult relatives, when one of them attempted to rob a pizza cafe. Off duty sheriff deputy Frank Pobjecky of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Dept. and friend Vince Tarara happened to be inside the small carryout pizzeria when men wearing dark hooded sweatshirts with cloths covering their faces demanded money. One of the relatives pointed a .357-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver at Tarara, deputy Pobjecky seized the opportunity to grab the weapon. Both men struggled for possession of the gun. Pobjecky said he was aware Tarara routinely carries a Glock semiautomatic handgun in a holster on his hip covered by his shirt while at work. As Pobjecky struggled for the Smith & Wesson, the other would-be robbers supposedly joined the fight. At the same time, Pobjecky took the holster off Tarara’s hip and within moments shot the three men and a lookout who entered the restaurant as shots were being fired. Three men fled out the front door. Pobjecky locked the door behind them and told a restaurant employee to lock the side door and call 911. Pobjecky then turned to his right and noticed Coates on the floor, wounded and looking up at him. “I patted him down. He was unarmed and trying to get up. I told him ‘Stay down. Stay down. I’m a sheriff’s deputy.’ The two other men left and Sago, Jr. tried to leave the scene too. Pobjecky shot the unarmed teen in the back, Sago Jr. fell to the ground just outside the pizzeria, which is located across from a hospital, and lay bleeding in the parking lot until he died. Frank Pobjecky, violated Sago, Jr.’s civil rights, used excessive force, failed to provide medical care, and failed to summon paramedics in a timely fashion. It was discovered the entire incident was captured on the pizzeria’s video security system. Sago, Jr.’s family has not been permitted to view the video footage. A grand jury did not indict Pobjecky. The three adults with Michael were convicted for his murder although they never fired a bullet. Winnebago County Sheriff Richard Meyers said he believes that Deputy Pobjecky’s actions were “in compliance with all department policies and procedures and acted according to proper police training.” Sheriff Meyers subsequently nominated Pobjecky for a law enforcement award for his actions. Murdered by Rockford PD
Devin Brown 13, Feb. 6, 2005 Los Angeles, CA – Brown and a 14-year-old friend led Police Officers Dana Grant and Steve Garcia on a short high-speed chase in an allegedly stolen vehicle. Police officers who were on patrol shortly before 4 a.m. when they saw the Toyota drive through a stoplight. As reported the Newton Division officers turned on their police car’s siren at 3:49 a.m., Garcia radioed to say they were pursuing a possible drunk driver. The top speed they cited was 40 to 50 miles per hour and the chase was over just minutes after the car skidded turning around a curve and came to a stop. The 14 year old, got out and ran away, leaving Devin alone. Officer Garcia was reportedly standing away from the patrol car when the Toyota began to move backwards traveling no faster than 2 mph and hit the cop car. The Toyota then drove forward nine feet, coming to rest alongside the police car. Within seconds, a cop got out of his car and standing by the Toyota’s passenger side window, it took Officer Garcia just seconds to draw his gun and fire: Five shots. Then five more. Seven of them struck and killed the boy who sat alone in the front seat ending his life in a violent burst of gunfire. Garcia was so trigger-happy five bullets hit his own vehicle. The police claim the small compact backed into the police car, and the cop fired “in fear of his life.” And because a cellphone held by Brown’s companion was a gun”. People in the neighborhood disputed many aspects of the police version, casting doubt on whether Devin was ordered to get out of the car before police opened fire, and even whether Devin was even driving. After slandering Devin authorities in L.A. have made a big show of “apologizing.” The LAPD disciplinary board met behind closed doors and overruled the Civilian Police Commission by determining Officer Steven Garcia was justified in shooting Brown. Murdered by LAPD
Michael E. Bell 21, Nov. 9, 2004 Kenosha WI – After a night out with friends Bell and a friend were followed by Officers Strausbaugh and Officer to Bell home. Officers ordered him out of his car, handcuffed him behind his back. After being thrown to the ground and tased Bell managed to get away and attempted to flee to his backyard. Officers gained control, bouncing him back and forth between the blows like a “teeter-totter” while they kicked and kneed him., as he yelled “Get off of me.” With his left leg trailing behind him Bell limped away. Officer Albert Gonzales ran into the backyard with gun drawn. Strausbaugh screamed “He’s going for my weapon” Strausbaugh shot Bell in the temple. Bell went limp and died. Murdered by Kenosha PD READ MORE Wisconsin Passes First State Law Requiring Independent Investigations of Police-Custody Deaths READ MORE
Nicholas Hans Killinger 23, Feb. 23, 2004 Santa Monica CA – At the conclusion of a 90-minute high-speed pursuit ending outside Santa Monica High School, the Malibu man’s vehicle rolled back toward two patrol cars after he failed to negotiate a U-turn, television viewers saw two officers fire into the back window of Killinger’s Ford Tempo. A third officer fired when Killinger’s car struck a patrol car as the man flung open his door. Killinger, who sustained wounds to the upper body and left arm, died about an hour later at a Santa Monica hospital. Claiming they acted in self-defense, Hollywood Division Officer Manuel Solis and Rampart Division Officer Carlos Ocegueda said they were entitled to use deadly force to protect themselves or others from immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury. Witnesses said they were cold-blooded killings. Murdered by LAPD
Kathryn Johnston 92, November 21, 2006 Atlanta, GA – Three officers entered Kathryn’s home in what was later described as a ‘botched’ drug raid. Officers cut off burglar bars and broke down her door using a no-knock warrant. Police said Johnston fired at them and they fired in response; she fired one shot out the door over the officers’ heads and they fired 39 shots, five or six of which hit her. None of the officers were injured by her gunfire, but Johnston was killed by the officers. Police injuries were later attributed to “friendly fire” from each other’s weapons. Officer Smith handcuffed Johnston as she was dying. Johnston was pronounced dead at the scene. One of the officers planted marijuana in Johnston’s house after the shooting. Later investigations found that the paperwork stating that drugs present at Johnston’s house, which had been the basis for the raid, had been falsified. The officers later admitted to having lied when they submitted cocaine as evidence claiming that they had bought it at Johnston’s house. Three officers were tried for manslaughter and other charges surrounding falsification and were sentenced to ten, six, and five years. Murdered by Altanta PD
McKenzie Cochran 25, Jan. 25, 2014 Detroit, MI – The day after he had been asked to leave the building over suspicious behavior, Cochran returned and reportedly told a worker at a mall jewelry store that he wanted to kill someone. The worker called security, and when Cochran wouldn’t leave, guards pepper-sprayed and restrained him. He struggled on the ground as three officers held him for several minutes, one with a knee in his back. Cell phone video shows Cochran crying out and saying, “I can’t breathe,” One of the guards can be heard saying, “If you can talk, you can breathe.” Southfield police say Cochran was unconscious, cuffed and in a “seated position” by the time their officers arrived. Paramedics brought him to Providence Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He also asked for bystanders to call 911 and said he was dying. “Stop resisting,” a guard repeated several times during the incident, captured in a longer cell phone video from a bystander: The Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Cochran’s death an accident, naming the cause of death as position compression asphyxia. No charges filed against vigilante Mall Cops. Murdered by Mall Security Guards.
Anthony Baez 29, Dec. 22, 1994 Bronx, NY – Early in the morning on Cameron Place in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx,New York. The fatal encounter began when Anthony Baez and his brothers hit a police car with their football accidentally around 1:30 am. Officer Francis Livoti ordered them to go home. The Baez brothers continued their game, playing in the opposite direction. Officer Francis Livoti arrested David Baez first for disorderly conduct. He then attempted to arrest Anthony Baez, who had protested his brother’s arrest by crossing his arms in front of his chest. A scuffle ensued, while other officers arrived on scene. Baez was subdued, lost consciousness, and was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead of asphyxiation. Officer Livoti denied that he had used a choke hold, asserting that any choking was unintentional and that he had not caused Baez’s injuries or death. In June 1998, Livoti was convicted in Federal court of violating Anthony Baez’s civil rights, and was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison. Livoti was released in April 2005, after serving six and a half years. Murdered by NYPD
Erik “Ricky” Bradley (age unknown possibly mid to late 30’s) March 25, 2013 Lawndale, IL – Ricky allegedly found police surveillance equipment in an abandoned building while he was scrapping. That equipment was being used to watch the local drug trade. Ricky took it and walked around all day with it in a black bag. That same night, hours before Ricky was murdered, neighbors told me he was roller skating, his friends skated with Ricky often. He was a sportsman, a former teacher who caught a bad wave on drugs and ended up homeless. According to police, they responded to a call of a ‘theft in progress’ at 1500 block of South Kostner. There they found Bradley with a bag of stolen items. During a ‘protective pat down,’ Bradley allegedly reached for a gun, at which point the officers shot and killed him. Larry Kimbrough, a neighbor Bradley’s contends police officers killed him in retaliation for stealing a police detective’s laptop days earlier, then planted a gun on him. Larry maintains Ricky wasn’t the kind of man to carry around a gun. “If he had a gun, five minutes later he would sell it for some money to go do what he liked to do.” … So how did Ricky Bradley end up behind a building at 15th and Kostner with two bullets in his head and six in his body? The story of Ricky’s ending brings up more questions than answers. The police say Ricky had a gun while in their custody and he reached for it when being searched. Everyone in the area knew that if Ricky had a gun he would exchange it for drugs. He wasn’t in the business of sticking people up. He washed cars and collected metal. He was higher than high. Some would even say happy. Family and friends say there are two crime scenes in this case: One, that the official police story of Ricky being killed behind an abandoned building is false; and two, that allegedly police shot him in his home, an abandoned house which was across the alley where his body was found. Outraged, about 200 people in the neighborhood broke into the house where Ricky stayed, where they found blood remains. There is fresh blood is on the stairs outside and in a room upstairs. Police refuse to answer to this discovery. Murdered by Chicago PD
Eulia Mae Love (mentally ill from grief) 39, Jan. 3, 1979 Los Angeles, CA – Shortly after her husband died, and raising 3 young daughter the gas company showed up at her door for an overdue bill of $69. The service man would need to collet $22.09 or he would disconnect her service. As he was turning off the gas meter Ms. Love raised her shovel as she screamed obscenities and brought it down on his shoulder. She then went to the corner market, brought a money order for the $22.09. The police were called, exiting their cars with guns drawn. Ms. Love had a 11-inch boning knife she had been using to whack at two rubber trees in her front yard. When the cops approached her from approximately 15 ft. away, Ms. Love, reacted emotionally refusing to put the knife down screaming she wouldn’t let her children go hungry. The Officers began to approach her, Officer O’Callahan whacked her knife hand and it fell to the ground, she managed to retrieve it and threw at at the officer, missing him. Two minutes and 27 seconds after their arrival, she lay dead with eight bullet wounds. Police Chief Daryl Gates exonerated the officers as they were within departmental policy but they’d used “faulty judgment and poor tactics” in approaching Love with their guns drawn. Murdered by LAPD
Margaret LaVerne Mitchell 54, (mentally ill and homeless) May 21, 1999 Los Angeles, CA – Ms. Mitchell was wheeling a shopping cart when she was stopped in the by bicycle officer Larrigan and his partner, Kathy Clark who believed the grocery cart she was pushing might have been stolen. Ms. Mitchell walked away from the police her shopping cart held all her possessions, including her trademark red blanket. As she walked down the street, someone driving by recognized her, pulled over and tried to talk the cops out of hassling her. But the cops continued their pursuit. Another witness saw her running and pulling the cart behind her as the cops ran after and catching her. During a verbal confrontation, Mitchell allegedly lunged at the officers with a screwdriver. Larrigan fired once. The single bullet struck her in the chest. She died shortly thereafter. In a decision issued by the district attorney’s office said it would not file criminal charges against Larrigan. There was just too much confusion surrounding the incident to determine whether or not he had actually committed a crime. Murdered by LAPD
Randall Jordan-Aparo 27, (DOC Inmate) September 2010 Franklin Correctional Prison FL – Incarcerated for check forgery Jordan-Aparo was serving an 18 month sentence. Experiencing cold-like symptoms caused by a pre-existing blood disorder documented in his prison medical file, Jordan-Aparo pleaded to be taken to the hospital for his blood disorder which had flared up. Instead of giving him proper medical treatment, guards locked him in solitary confinement and repeatedly sprayed him with poisonous mustard-colored gas. He lay in the cell for five days begging for help. He was found dead in solitary confinement with a Bible next to his head, covered in yellow residue from the gas. An investigation has uncovered officials covered up the death and claimed it was due to natural causes. Murdered by Franklin DOC Guards
Darren Rainey 50, (mentally-ill inmate) June 2012 Dade Correctional FL – Rainey defecated in his cell and refused to clean it up. The correction officers locked Rainey in a closet-like shower “He was crying, please stop, please stop, the guard said “Enjoy your shower, and left.” Rainey was scalded to death. Chunks of his skin were slipping off his body. When staff witnesses reported their finding to their boss, Inspector General Jeffery Beasley, Beasley alleged said that he would “have their asses” if they didn’t back off. Rainey was serving a two-year sentence for drug possession and housed in a psychiatric unit. After his death, guards forced another prisoner, Mark Joiner, fellow inmate who heard the man’s screams of pain and agony was forced to clean up the shower where Darren died, including chunks of skin.
The inspector general’s report said that the video camera in the shower area showed DOC officer Roland Clarke place Rainey in the shower at 7:38 p.m. Hempstead said the shower had sufficient room for an inmate to avoid a direct hit from the spray, but that the extreme heat would eventually make the air unbreathable as the scalding water lapped at inmates’ feet.Hempstead wrote that he and other inmates, whose cells are directly below the shower, began hearing Rainey’s screams about 8:55 p.m. It went on for about 30 minutes before it sounded like he fell to the shower floor. The DOC inspector general’s report said Clarke found Rainey dead at 9:30 p.m. and called for medical assistance. “I then seen [sic] his burnt dead body naked body go about two feet from my cell door on a stretcher,’’ Hempstead wrote. Miami-Dade homicide investigators were called to the prison. But another inmate, a convicted murderer named Mark Joiner, wrote in a letter to the inspector general that he was ordered to “clean up the crime scene’’ prior to the area being secured. Early in the week after the incident, maintenance workers at the prison disabled the plumbing that fed the shower, Hempstead told the Herald in an interview at the prison. Murdered by Dade Correctional Guards
Jerome Murdough 56 (schizophrenic) Feb. 15, 2014 Rikers Island NY – Former Marine was arrested for sleeping in a stairwell to avoid inclement weather he was sent to Rikers Island of misdemeanor trespassing after being unable to pay $2,500 bail. After the Temperatures in his cell exceeded more than 100 degrees as not checked on for at least four hours, was found slumped at the foot of his bed with a pool of vomit and blood on the floor in the early hours of Feb. 15 with an internal body temperature of 103 degrees. City Official Murdough said “he literally baked to death.” The officers watching him were supposed to be periodically checking on him, but didn’t. Murdered by Rikers Island Guards
Christopher Lopez 35, (schizophrenic) March 17, 2013 Pueblo CO – San Carlos correctional officers found Lopez in an intake cell at about 3:30 a.m. An hour later, six correctional officers dressed in riot gear entered his cell and dragged him out. They stripped him, chained and cuffed him to a wheeled transport chair, and pulled a spit mask over his head. They left him in the chair, slumped forward, held to the chair by a chain around his belly, the suit says. Sometime after 6 a.m., Lopez began shaking uncontrollably while having a grand mal seizure, the lawsuit says. At about 9:10 a.m., after a second seizure, Lopez’s body, which had been heaving with each breath, stopped moving as he died. Officers called mental health clinician Cheryl Neumeister, who arrived at 9:15 a.m. “I can see you breathing,” Neumeister called to the dead man, the lawsuit says. She left the area after chatting and joking. It took staff another 15 minutes to determine Lopez was dead. He was shaking and lying on his stomach. His arms were under his chest, and his face was on the floor. Lopez died on a cell floor after two severe seizures and other obvious and dire symptoms didn’t prompt staff to help him. *Lopez died from severe hyponatremia, a condition that develops when a person’s sodium levels fall fatally low. It’s been suggested that Lopez had been given too much psychotropic medication, which caused his body to begin shutting down. Several guards, nurses, and a mental health clinician stood outside Lopez’s cell, where he was lying manacled on the floor, talking
casually and laughing while he suffered a series of seizures. The facility was obligated to report it (within one day) yet failed for 17 months. Adrienne Jacobson, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections, excuse was “Lopez’s death was not reported to the health department because Lopez did not die in the clinic. When deaths occur in prison clinics, they are reported” Murdered by San Carlos DOC Officers
Frank Lee Smith 44, (DOC Inmate) Sept. 4, 2012 Miami, FL – He died mysteriously after a violent altercation with officers as he was being moved from a prison hospital to his cell at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford. No additional information is available.
Efrain Lopez 18, Nov. 9, 1992 Pacoima, CA – Santos Gallardo says she had never seen that wild glint in her son’s eyes before and it scared her. He looked and acted crazy–drinking holy water, draping rosary beads around his neck, and claiming to be both Christ and Satan. When he grabbed for his baby half-sister and smashed the window of her Pacoima garage apartment with a broomstick, she dialed 911. Gallardo, 40, said she just wanted police to bring Efrain Lopez under control. “I never thought they’d kill him”. But Los Angeles police officer, 30-year old Neil Goldberg, shot Lopez nine times during a confrontation on, which took 72 seconds, start to finish. The bullets pierced or grazed virtually every vital organ: heart, lungs, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys. Later, police said Lopez was under the influence of phencyclidine (aka PCP and “angel dust”) and was swinging a one-pound broomstick like a baseball bat at officers. The officer was neither prosecuted nor disciplined. But the city paid Lopez’s survivors $200,000. Murdered by LAPD
Luis F. Rodriquez (age unknown) Feb, 15, 2014 Moore, OK – Mrs. Nair Rodriguez got into an altercation with her 19-year-old daughter outside the Moore Warren Theatre and slapped her. A bystander who witnessed the incident reported the event to police. The mother-daughter disagreement upset Mrs. Rodriguez so much she had bolted for the family car. Her husband, Luis followed to calm her down when he was intercepted by five police officers. However instead of confronting Nair, the five cops took down her innocent husband Luis Rodriguez, beating, pepper spraying and pinning him on the road. “When they flipped him over you could see all the blood on his face, he was disfigured, you couldn’t recognize him”. In a state of shock, Nair Rodriguez took out her phone and recorded the final moments of the police brutality where she can be heard screaming and demanding officers to stop as her husband appears lifeless. See video here “Luis! Luis!” Please somebody tell me that he is alive,” she implored. “He is not moving,” she screams. The police responded to Ms. Rodriguez by telling her they had called a medical unit. Rodriguez can be heard demanding to know why they pinned down her husband to which officers replied, “He refused to give his ID.” Luis was then taken to hospital, however, Luis was soon pronounced dead. “Luis committed no crime. He was not armed. He had no gun, no knife, no weapon of any kind. But Luis is the one who lost his life that night,” Police say their actions were protocol, though three have been suspended with pay while the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation continues to investigate. Murdered by Moore PD
Tyree Woodson 38, August 6, 2014 Baltimore, MD – Woodson was on his was to see his parole officer. Allegedly wanted on attempted murder charges after being brought in on warrants for attempted murder and weapons violations. He was placed in a holding cell for several hours before being escorted to use the restroom. “The individual went into one of the stalls at which time a round was fired from within the stall, “Things don’t seem quite right here,” said Councilman Carl Stokes. “This person could have a gun, a high caliber gun, that could be used against other officers and then he allegedly kills himself?” The police department is claiming the weapon did not belong to them, and that they have no clue where it came from. “We don’t know how the weapon made its way into the police station, let alone into the bathroom,” Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez. “We know it was not our weapon.”… Died under mysterious circumstances at Baltimore Police Station
Jesus “Chuy” Huerta 17, Nov. 19, 2013 Durham NC – Officer Samuel Duncan picked up Huerta in response to a call about a runaway and learned there was a warrant out for his arrest. Duncan was transporting Jesus to Durham Police Department shortly before 3 a.m. to pick up a warrant charging the teen with second-degree trespassing. When the officer got to the parking lot, he heard a loud noise in the car and jumped from the vehicle. The patrol car rolled into a van and came to rest with Huerta in the back seat. Police say Jesus still had his hands cuffed behind him, slumped over in the back seat of the car, had a gunshot wound to the mouth, handgun was found on the floorboard of the patrol car. According to police, Duncan missed the .45-caliber handgun when he frisked Huerta. According to autopsy and toxicology reports, Huerta died of a close-range gunshot to the mouth and had in his system a potentially lethal dose of cough medicine that could have caused the teen to hallucinate. Murdered by Durham PD
Rudolf Rowe (25?) Aug. 16, 2012 FL – Five fired corrections officers from Union Correctional had been accused of using excessive force in the death of inmate. No additional information. Murdered by Union DOC Correctional Officers
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Patricia Cook 54, Feb. 9, 2012 Culpeper, VA – Police Officer Daniel Harmon-Wright was dispatched to find out why Sunday School Teacher Cook would not leave the Epiphany Catholic School’s parking lot. When Cook rolled up her window during questioning and began to drive away, Harmon-Wright fired two shots point blank, striking Cook in the face and the arm. As Cook drove away, Harmon-Wright fired through the back window, striking her in the head, the spine, and the heart. The last shot killed her and sent the Jeep careening into a telephone poll. In his statement Officer Daniel Harmon-Wright, claimed he was responding to reports of a suspicious woman sitting in her vehicle on the school’s property, and when he went to take Cook’s license, she rolled up his arm in her Jeep’s window and drove off, dragging the officer and forcing him to shoot. Kris Buchele, a carpenter who was working nearby “Harmon-Wright was not dragged and that he shot Cook before she drove away”; that “he didn’t have his arm caught because the officer’s left hand was on the door handle and right hand was holding a weapon”; that “he distinctly saw her roll up the window all the way before the officer shot out the glass and killed her.” The first two rounds, fired at point-blank range, tore into Cook’s face and arm. Another round, fired as Cook was driving away from the shooter, entered her brain. A fourth round severed her spine and veered into her heart, killing her. A telephone pole brought her Jeep Wrangler to a halt. Soon after Harmon-Wright was arrested, it was revealed that he had a tarnished military record, a drinking problem, and a history of harassing Culpeper residents. The first two problems nearly kept him from getting the job, and no one at the Culpeper Police Department will say why they didn’t. Harmon-Wright was convicted of manslaughter. On Friday, a jury recommended he serve three years in prison. Murdered by Culpepper PD
Jose Adan Cruz Ocampo 33, July 27, 2013 Durham NC – Police were dispatched to a stabbing call. When they arrived, they found a man cut on the face and bleeding. As three police officers arrived, one noticed Ocampo had a kitchen knife in his back pocket, and the officer announced to the other two officers the presence of the knife. At least two of the officers then drew their weapons, and in English ordered Ocampo to throw down the knife. Ocampo then took the knife from his pocket by the blade and presented the handle of the knife to the officer. Someone nearby then yelled to Ocampo in Spanish to throw the knife down, and as he was handing the officer the handle of the knife, Officer R.S. Mbuthia shot Ocampo, striking him multiple times in the chest. He died at the scene. When asked whether Ocampo, who speaks only Spanish, might not have understood the officer’s commands, Durham police chief Jose Lopez replied , “No matter what language you speak, when a police officer is pointing a gun at you, getting out a weapon is not a response that anybody would think to give. You put your hands up, not go into your pocket and pull out a knife. It was a deliberate act – bringing out the knife. Ocampo failed to follow the officer’s orders to raise his hands up and instead advanced toward the officer with the knife”. Witnesses later said Ocampo was trying to hand the knife to an officer when he was shot four times. Murdered by Durham PD
Matthew Walker 55, (DOC Inmate) Charlotte Correctional Institution April 11, 2014 FL – During visitations and letters he had written from prison to his sister Mae Atkins, he told her he had ongoing issues with an officer. “He did tell me something about some big bald-headed guy that didn’t like him”. Atkins did not want to reveal the officer’s name, but said her brother’s stories were disturbing. “The officer used the ‘n-word’ and told (Walker) what he was going to do to him,” and he did exactly what he said he was going to do.” Walker was slapped by a female corrections officer while he was handcuffed in his cell, a group of 10 prison employees handcuffed and beat Walker to death inside his cell. 32 Officers have been fired. DOC Officials are calling this “inappropriate use of force.” Murdered by Florida DOC Guards
Damion Foster 37, (suicidal DOC Inmate) Charlotte Correctional Institution April 18 (?), 2014 FL – Damion Foster was housed in the mental health unit at the Charlotte Correctional Institution. He died when corrections officers were attempting a “cell extraction’’ following an altercation with corrections officers in the prison’s mental-health unit. He was found dead inside the prison. His death is listed as an active investigation. 32 Officers have been fired. DOC Officials are calling this “inappropriate use of force.” Murdered by Florida DOC Guards
Richard Mair 43, (suicidal DOC Inmate) Charlotte Correctional Institution Sept, 2013 FL – another mentally-ill inmate, hanged himself. Mair, serving time for murder, left a note alleging a litany of cruel acts and punishments inflicted upon the mentally-ill prisoners by the prison’s corrections staff, including forcing inmates to fight each other in the yard for the entertainment of guards, they gambled while on duty, sold cigarettes and marijuana, and forced prisoners to perform sexual acts on each other threatening them if they filed complaints. Mair’s note also cited specific alleged events and named officers. Two corrections officers were suspended and one was fired in connection with Mair’s suicide, but not because of what was in the note. DOC officials concluded the suicide could have been prevented if the officers had conducted the required inmate checks. Richard Mair, committed suicide but tucked a very telling suicide note into his boxer shorts before taking himself left which alleged prisoners with mental health issues had been subject to cruel acts and punishments. “Life sucks and then you die, but just before I go, I’m going to expose everyone for who and what they are,’’ “I’m in a mental health facility…I’m supposed to be getting help for my depression, suicidal tendencies and I was sexually assaulted.’’ DOC Officials are calling this “inappropriate use of force.” Murdered by Florida DOC Guards
Lavar Valentin 35 (DOC Inmate) Charlotte Correctional Institution Aug. 1, 2014 FL – Valentin pleaded to be transferred because he feared he would be killed by his cellmate was found strangled in his cell by that same cellmate. Prison protocol dictates that inmates be isolated when they express fear for their lives, at least until their complaints can be evaluated. According to multiple sources, that was not done in the case of Lavar a slightly built convict who remained in a cell with his alleged tormentor, Eduardo Carmenates-Zayas. Also the prison system rules also call for corrections officers to conduct security checks every half hour. That, too, was not done. Only one corrections officer was in H Dorm, responsible for 265 inmates, at the time of Valentin’s death. That officer was by necessity deployed in a control room, not circulating to check on inmates’ well-being. The officer who would have been making the rounds had been pulled to another assignment. Valentin’s cellmate, Carmenates-Zayas, had not been charged in the death, which remained under investigation. Valentin was pronounced dead at Homestead Hospital at 2:56 a.m. One source said the dorm’s security breach happened between midnight and 2:30 a.m., as guards were taking turns watching a training video on security and staff awareness. Murdered by cellmate, allowed by Charlotte Correctional Institution
Richard Iannuzzi 44, died May 25, 2014 at Florida State Prison FL – DOC Officials are viewing Iannuzzi’s deaths as another in the wide spread abuse in the Florida Prison Scandal of 32 Officers fired. DOC Officials are calling this “inappropriate use of force.” Murdered by Florida DOC Guards
Frank Valdes July 17, 1999 Florida State Prison FL – nine corrections officers at Florida State Prison in Starke stormed the cell of Death Row inmate at about 3 a.m. on. The officers took turns wildly beating Valdes, stomping on him so fiercely that many of his organs and bones were crushed. 22 broken ribs and fractures of his sternum, vertebrae, nose and jaw and numerous internal injuries.According to other inmates, the guards threw Valdes corpse into a hallway, cleaned his bloody cell with bleach and put him in another cell before calling 911. For months after the beating, DOC officials called Valdes’ death a suicide, insisting he inflicted his own injuries by diving headfirst off his bunk, striking the bars of his cell. The autopsy, however, clearly showed bootprints embedded in his skin. Department of Corrections fired all nine prison guards who falsified reports and used excessive and/or unnecessary force and therefore violated the department rules. Capt. Timothy Thornton, 36, and Sgts. Charles Brown and Jason Griffis, both 28, were acquitted Feb. 15 of second-degree murder. Five others still face second-degree murder charges for his death. The Justice Department will independently review the entire case to decide whether action is warranted. Murdered by Florida DOC Guards READ MORE HERE
Shawn Gooden 33, April 2, 2014 Suwannee State Prison FL – Died under mysterious circumstances at Suwannee, and his death is also under investigation by the FDLE. Inmates there have long complained of violence, abuse and corruption at the prison, located in Live Oak, just west of Lake City. The facility is one of nine mysterious inmate deaths being investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Only one of those cases involves inmate-on-inmate killing. Murdered under the unwatchful eye of Suwannee State Prison Guards.
Suhani Bhakta 12, February 12, 2012 Wichita KS – Suhani and her cousin crossed mid-block to buy some groceries for the family who lived across the street. Police Officer Atlee Vogt responding to a burglary call and was speeding going as fast as 51 mph in a 30 mph zone without flashing lights or siren struck and killed Suhani. They drug tested the child who was crossing the street in front of her home, but not the 24 year old police officer who killed her. Officer Vogt declined to make a statement concerning the events of that evening. Murdered by Wichita PD
Marquez Smart 23 March 10, 20 12 Wichita, KS – More than a thousand people were being let out of a concert and
Officers were assisting as clubs were closing. Officials claim when Smart began firing rounds from a large caliber handgun into the crowd so they pursued him into in a nearby parking garage. Chief Norman Williams said Smart was confronted by officers and he ran, ignoring repeated commands to drop his handgun, Officers fired hitting him once and when an Officer caught up with him shot him a second time, fatally wounding Smart. Four other people were injured. A 29-year-old man and three females ages 17, 18 & 19, but Williams could not confirm whose bullets injured the other four victims. Smart was taken to a hospital in critical condition where he succumbed to his injuries. No physical evidence was ever found on Smart, no gun residue, no magazine cartridges, nor any of the shells casings that were fired, or on the individual bullets still contained within the magazines had Smarts fingerprints or DNA. Murdered by Wichita PC
Karen Day Jackson 45, July 11, 2012 Wichita KS – The woman was at her husband’s house after filing a protection from abuse order against him. Her husband left and called police Authorities were called to a disturbance. Police said a woman was sitting on a front porch with a knife, a bottle and lighter and was stabbing herself. Police said the woman then approached two officers with the knife she lunged at them so they shot her multiple times after she repeatedly ignored their commands to drop the weapon. Chief Norman Williams said the woman told the officers to shoot her when the officers asked the woman to “drop the knife.” Williams said the officers fired when the woman got about five to seven feet from them. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead. The department claims Karen was stabbing herself when they shot her. However, Karen’s body does not have any stab wounds, only bullet wounds. Murdered by Wichita PD
Troy Kevin Lanning II 24, April 12, 2012 Wichita KS – Dispatchers told the officers to look for a white vehicle. Officer Randy Williamson saw a white vehicle pass him while going the opposite direction. Williamson turned around, and saw it speed away. The driver refused to stop after the officer turned on his lights and sirens. The chase lasted seven minutes when the white vehicle drove up over a curb damaging a wheel. Four people bailed out of the vehicle, three men and a woman. The officer chased Lanning, yelling at him to stop. Lanning climbed over a privacy fence; the officer followed and confronted him in a backyard telling him to stop reaching into a bag containing nothing more than clothes and shampoo. Supposedly Lanning continued going through the bag, raised it and appeared to aim it toward the officer in a threatening manner. Multiple shots were fired at Lanning, hitting him in the back killing him. Lanning was taken to Via Christi Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators found no weapon, either in Lanning’s bag of belongings or in the white vehicle. Williamson has been the active shooter in at least three shootings and been involved in other excessive force cases, has been placed on “medical retirement” after confessing to making false statement in a separate shooting he was involved in. UPDATE: Police Department quietly fired Officer Randy Williamson, for the falsification of documents for shooting and the killing of an unarmed man who was obviously running away. Murdered by Wichita PD
Timothy Freeborn Collins Jr. 17, April 13, 2014 Wichita KS – Collins was unarmed, and, according to witness statements, had not planned on being involved in a robbery, but was simply in the car with his sister’s older boyfriend when they decided to commit the crime. Collins reportedly told the victim that he did not want to be there yet he was shot to death while fleeing from a robbery. When police arrived on scene, one of the officers was wearing an Axon body camera, but that officer was located in the front of the house. The shooting took place in the back of the home, after Collins fled out of the backdoor. Initially, police claim they yelled “stop police”, but the audio record from the police camera shows that officers opened fire without any verbal warning. Collins was struck in the back of the head with gunfire. The officers who opened fire on Timothy Collins Jr. are Shannon Dunkel and Robert Schmeidler. These officers were identified in the trials of the surviving defendants in the robbery case. Murdered by Wichita PD
DeJuan Colbert 28, Oct. 31, 2012 Wichita KS – Three suspects entered the store. Colbert encountered the store manager at the front and demanded access to the safe. An employee made a frantic 911 call reporting the robbery. Three minutes later, three officers arrived. The first officer through the door fired three shots, while two other officers approaching the door fired a combined total of 32 or 33 shots. The police lied saying “He charged us raising his right hand, knife above his head as I gave him repeated commands to get down on ground and drop the knife, he refused and continued charging”. However the store videos show an officer entering the store, gun drawn on Colbert as he ran toward the door with the bag of money he was carrying as he tried to bolt out the door. The officer fires when Colbert is only about a foot away, and other officers behind the first one open fire, too. Colbert staggers at the door entrance, and collapses as glass shatters in both doors cascading down onto the pavement where Colbert falls. As he lay dying on the cement officers are heard screaming “roll over, roll over”. Colbert was pronounced dead approximately half-hour later at a local hospital. The two other suspects were arrested inside the store after the shooting. An autopsy determined Colbert was hit 15 times by gunfire. Murdered by Wichita PD SEE VIDEO HERE
Icarus Randolph 26, July 4th, 2014 Wichita KS – Due to the noise created by fireworks on Independence Day, Randolph an Iraq Marine Veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder he’d struggled with since returning home a few years before. Randolph’s family called ComCare to get assistance regarding his mental health. ComCare informed the family they were unable to assist thwm. Police officers arrived at Randolph’s home, where they allege Randolph charged at them with a knife. Randolph was gunned down in front of family members who have identified as Officer Ryan Snyder as the shooter. Members of Randolph’s family encountered Officer Snyder in traffic, following the shooting. Officer Snyder reportedly rolled down his window and arrogantly asked Randolph’s sister, whom he recognized from the scene, if she had said something to him, or if she had something to say to him. Murdered by Wichita PD
Dane Garrett Scott Jr. 18, March 14, 2012 Del City, OK – After what is described as “a routine traffic stop” a chase ensued that ended with Scott Jr. hitting the back of an 18-wheeler two miles away near an I-35 on ramp. Eyewitnesses say Scott was attempting to surrender at the time he was shot. Others say he was attempting to run away with his hands up. On more than one account, witnesses claim Scott did not have a gun. There was a scuffle between the officer and Dane Scott Jr. and multiple shots were fire, at such close range, how could a trained officer only manage to shoot Scott once in the back? Dane Scott Jr. was shot in the back while he was standing–not during a struggle. Del City Police Captain Randy Trent Harrison faces manslaughter charge in 18-year-old’s death. Murdered by Captain Randy Trent Harrison Del City PD
Richard “Pedie” Perez 24, Sept. 14, 2014 Richmond CA – Police claim Officer Wallace Jensen first tried detaining Perez because he “displayed obvious signs of being very intoxicated.” Jensen said he shot Perez for trying to grab his gun. But witnesses have claimed Perez didn’t make threatening moves, though he resisted being arrested. It was mandatory for Jensen to carry a Taser and nightstick with him, according to John Burris, an attorney for the Perez family. But on the night of the shooting, Jensen didn’t have either, “We have no doubt Perez was resisting arrest but he was not threatening Murdered by Richmond PD
Cameron Tillman 14, Sept. 24, 2014 Houma LA – Two officers were responding to an emergency call of armed individuals entering the abandoned house. Residents of the loop said the run-down brick home where the shooting took place had been vacant for more than a year. Local kids were often seen going in and out of the building, which neighbors said had been empty since its last occupant left and there was no way Tillman and the others were robbing the home because it was completely empty. Andre Tillman, Cameron’s brother, was inside the abandoned house at the time of the shooting. He said somebody knocked on the door. “My little brother thought somebody was just clowning, because somebody is always clowning by the door. He opened (it) and the man just shot him. He didn’t have nothing in his hand.” Josh Miles, Tillman’s cousin, echoed those sentiments. “He stayed out of trouble. He was just a good kid, an honor student” Miles said. “I told the sheriff that as scared as he was, he’d never point anything at anybody.” Police allege during an altercation with a police the deputy opened fire, fatally wounding Tillman. Murdered by Houma PF
Kenneth Smith 20, March 10, 2012 Cleveland OH – Investigators claim the incident began when off-duty Cleveland Police Officer Roger Jones saw a suspect firing a weapon from a car outside the bar, and decided to follow the car on foot. After the car was boxed in, police said the driver of the vehicle and the rear seat passenger complied with their commands and were detained, but the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association maintains Kenneth Smith, sitting in the front passenger seat, did not, and that’s when off-duty officer Jones decided to bust out the car window. Off-duty officer Jones claims he couldn’t see Smith’s hands, at which point a gun was seen, and that’s when the officer fired, because he was in fear for his life.” The shooting was being reviewed by the prosecutor’s office, the other two people in the car had been released pending further investigation. Murdered by Cleveland PD
Michael Anthony Haynes II 24, March 10, 2012 Detroit MI – Haynes bought a box of condoms about 12:45 a.m. at a BP station on Detroit’s west side. When Haynes complained about the high price of the condoms and asked for a refund, the cashier refused. A heated argument ensued, and Haynes started knocking items from the store’s shelves. Ibrahim Kassim Saleh, the cashier emerged from behind bullet-proof glass and shot him in the back. The cashier claimed he “didn’t know he shot him because the man was walking out, He wasn’t attempting to shoot at him. He was just trying to scare him”. Haynes was placed in a car by his friend, Jerome Williams, 24, who was waiting for him outside the gas station. Williams rushed Haynes to Sinai-Grace Hospital where security guards pepper-sprayed Williams when they arrived at the wrong entrance — leading to 20 minutes of delays in treating Haynes, who was still alive. As Haynes lay in the back seat, Williams alleged guards also put a boot on his back, handcuffed him and thrust his head into a building. Williams was detained for six hours and told by guards he would be criminally charged. The hospital is facing scrutiny for possibly delaying treatment for Haynes. Ibrahim Kassim Saleh, 23, of Dearborn, is serving a 29-month to 15 year prison sentence after Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Michael Hathaway dismissed first-degree murder charges against him and a jury found him guilty of manslaughter and felony firearms. Murder by vigilante cashier
Kalvin Porter 34, May 19, 1999 Detroit MI – Kalvin was trying to buy a pack of cigarettes when two Yemeni Muslim Arabs, Fadhel Mazeb, 46, and Adel Altam, 26, illegal immigrant gas station clerks were leering and making inappropriate remarks at Porter’s 12-year-old daughter. An electrician and father of six was beat to death with a tire iron/ in front of his five children when he told them to stop looking at her. The gas station attendants sat on top of Porter and cut off his ability to breathe. The attendants in Porter’s case walked after Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Maggie Drake dismissed charges against one and a jury acquitted the second. Murdered by 2 illegal immigrant vigilantes
Robert Henning 22, Feb. 2, 2012 Los Angeles CA – He was passing through LA to see his daughter on her second birthday. His car had broken down on the freeway… There was an eyewitness not more than 10 feet from away said “he was maybe having a mental episode. … He was sitting in the middle of the road talking to himself. I pulled my car over to block traffic. I didn’t want the man to get hurt. I didn’t want to get out of the car; I didn’t know what was going on. So I called the police”. (The witness has a lot of guilt over that). A cop arrived, and the eyewitness heard him call in a 51-50 (police code for a person of danger to him/herself). “The next thing I knew there were four or five cars pulling up. As soon as the officers got out of their car, I heard them all lock and load their weapons. Unless I blinked, the man (Henning) never went for a gun. There was an officer holding him by each arm.” The Police claim he went for a weapon. … They shot him twice and killed him.. … Henning was unarmed. His keys were still in the car. He was a skateboarder; his skateboard was in the car. We know he had cash because he was traveling. The police say he had no personal affects with him. No cell-phone, no wallet. Murdered by Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
Ernest Duenez Jr. 34, June 8 2011 Manteca CA – Duenez parked his truck in his yard. Footage from Moody’s dashboard camera shows Manteca police officer John Moody following Duenez in his car. When parked in front of Duenez’s house, Moody told Duenez not to move. Duenez began to exit his vehicle when Moody charged, gun drawn. As Duenez was slowly exiting the vehicle, Duenez opened fire, hitting Duenez 11 times. Moody continued to fire into Duenez even as he lay injured on the ground. Later in the video, another Manteca cop, Armen Avakian, claims to find a knife in Duenez’s truck, which Moody claimed to see in Duenez’s hand as he was exiting. No knife appears visible in Duenez’s hand in the video, however. San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office cleared Moody of any wrongdoing. He has since been promoted by the Manteca Police Department to train other officers in his “tactics.” Murdered by Manteca PD
Luther Brown Jr. 32, April 10, 2012 Stockton CA – During a traffic stop which two officers pulled Brown over for not having license plates supposedly ran from Officer Pete Smith, there was a foot chase. When officers caught up to him a few houses down from the traffic stop Police claim Brown grabbed an officer’s baton and began beating them with it, forcing’ the officers to shoot him to death. Officer Smith claims an examination of Luther Brown Jr’s. car revealed what appeared to be rock cocaine, marijuana, prescription pills and a large amount of cash. Murdered by Stockton PD
James Earl Rivera Jr. 16, July 22, 2010 Stockton CA – Unarmed James Rivera was driving at normal speed to his home, Rivera was allegedly in a stolen car when Stockton Police Officers Gregory Nunn and Eriz Azavard began chasing him A second police car driven by San Joaquin County Sheriff Deputy John Nesbit rammed him again, pushing him through two neighboring garages and immobilizing his car. Witnesses at the scene say the crash through the garages would have easily injured James seriously. The three officers exited their vehicles and positioning themselves on both sides and behind (the seriously injured) James, opened fire with 48 rounds from 2 (9mm) handguns and a AR-15 Army Assault rifle. 19 of the 48 bullits hitting Rivera on both sides of his body and in the back of his head. His mother followed the ambulance to the hospital and was threatened by police dogs and forced out of the hospital when she demanded to see her sons body. Two years after the brutal assassination style killing of James Rivera, the police have still not released a report to the family. Witnesses have stated that James was stopped by Stockton police and let go minutes before he was killed. Police claimed they shot Rivera because they thought he would back his car up and was a threat to them. It is clear from pictures of the crime scene that it was impossible for James’ car to move. In fact, police had to use a tow truck to pull James car over the debris of the crash and out of the garage. This video contains disturbing images of the deceased after being rammed through two garages and shot 19 times. Murdered by San Joaquin County Sheriff
Jordan Baker 26, Jan. 16, 2014 Houston TX – Off duty Houston Police Officer J Castro, was moonlighting as a security guard for the strip mall was on the lookout for hoodie-wearing armed robbery suspects. Castro says Baker an unarmed college graduate “matched the description” of robbery suspects who’d held up three stores. The Officer claims he asked Baker for an I.D. and there was a scuffle, then a foot chase, with the officer finally cornering Baker in the alley. The officer told investigators Baker charged toward him, and that’s when he fired his gun. Murdered by off-duty Houston vigilante PD
Ron Reginald Settles 22, June 2, 1981 Signal Hill, CA – The incident began when he was pulled over for speeding by the Signal Hills Police Department in Long Beach, CA. He was arrested after a scuffle with SHPD white officers. The morning after his arrest, he was found severely beaten and hanging in his jail cell at the SHPD station. Police officials maintained Settles committed suicide, and no criminal charges were filed. His parents accused officers of killing their son and hanging him in a cell to cover up his murder. In a subsequent coroner’s inquest, attorney Johnny Cochran demonstrated the chokehold, which resulted in a jury’s finding that Settles had died “at the hands of another.” Moreover, the decision was reversed in court following the testimony of an expert (a Dr. Baden), who determined there was no evidence that Settles had died from hanging, but was most likely killed by a chokehold. The case was settled in 1983, and though the family was awarded $1 million dollars, no officer was ever brought to trial. Murdered by Long Beach PD
Manuel Diaz 25, July 21, 2012 Anaheim CA – Diaz a suspected car thief and considered a gang member by law enforcement officers was unarmed with two friends when they were approached by three Anaheim police officers. Diaz ran and one of the officers chased after him. According to a witness, Diaz was shot from behind, first in the buttocks, then the head. She also told reporters police proceeded to handcuff Diaz before searching him, despite his body lying bloody and motionless on the ground. Several witnesses also accused police of trying to buy cell phone recordings of the incident. Witnesses have told the source the man was handcuffed, then shot by police. No one is being allowed to take photos, when a group tried to take photos from an upstairs apartment, police shined a bright light onto the residents to block the view. Video show Diaz still alive March 6, 2014, a federal civil jury found the officers that killed Diaz not guilty of excessive force. Murdered by Anaheim PD
Martin Angel Hernandez 21, March 6, 2012 Anaheim CA – The definitive back-up, it was hoped, lay in possible surveillance footage from different mounted cameras. Martin’s mother Caroline Toneygay says, “But when my daughters went to see them, Anaheim PD had already came, took down three surveillance cameras and confiscated them.” As the investigation ran its course, she was insistent about finding what truths that they might hold. “This whole time I was told that the DA was still viewing the tapes by the attorney that had put a subpoena on them,” she adds, feeling led on. “Two days after the two recent shootings, the investigative DA on Martin’s case finally calls me back to ask me what videos am I talking about.” When Toneygay responded saying the same ones she always insisted on, she was rebuked, asked “what cameras?” and told that there were never any videos that captured the incident that night. Murdered by Anaheim PD
Joel Acevedo 21, July 22, 2012 Anaheim CA – Acevedo was riding in a 2003 silver Lexus SUV driven by Vanessa Janine Duran. Jose Gaudencio Hernandez was also a passenger in the vehicle that police later reported as stolen. After police officers engaged in a car pursuit, supposedly an occupant of the car shot at police, which led to police to shoot back. the SUV jumped the curb, blowing out its front tires as the three occupants took off running. Hernandez was said to have dropped and then picked up an object as he fled. Officer Phillips stated he believed the object was a firearm. Hernandez was later detained by Officer Lambaren, but the report does not specify the alleged object or if it was ever recovered by police. Duran and Acevedo ran in different directions. Phillips, an officer involved in the fatal 2009 shooting of Caesar Cruz in Anaheim, went on to claim that a dark shadow emerged towards the front of the second vehicle and when he heard a second gunshot, returned fire shooting four rounds from his .45 Caliber Glock Pistol. “I just had a dark shadow moving,” the officer is quoted as saying. “As soon as I got the dark shadow, I shot.” The night of the shooting, a photo emerged showing Acevedo with a gun between his legs. The OCDA report noted that Phillips kicked it out of his hand as he lay on the ground twitching after the shootout. Acevedo was never armed, officers altered evidence. Vanessa Duran, the driver of the SUV that night, told OCDA investigators she witnessed an execution-style killing as officers held down her friend before firing. Duran’s account was dismissed as without merit and at odds with the evidence collected at the scene. A female resident who lives in the apartment’s right above where the shooting took place told OC Weekly she heard five consecutive shots, with no apparent gun exchange. Another resident who lives a few blocks down said she heard a loud crash then sirens blaring of at least 20 police cars, which she says drowned out the noise of the apparent gunshots. Acevedo’s family tried to cross police lines to see his body and they were not allowed. A photo has been released of Acevedo’s body with a handgun sitting between his legs (which clearly looks clearly) A handgun was supposedly found in the silver SUV driven by Acevedo, which was reportedly stolen. Three other occupants were also in the car. Officer Phillips (who received a Distinguished Service Award this May for the Acevedo incident during the PD’s annual awards) and fellow officers Trang Pham and Daniel Lambaren had the young man detained and handcuffed. At that point, Phillips fired a shot to Acevedo’s head without warning. Murdered by Anaheim PD
Michael Anthony Kerr 54, (Schizophrenic DOC Inmate) March 12, 2014 Alexander Correctional Institution Raleigh NC –
Died Of Thirst After 35 Days Of Solitary. Kerr was found unresponsive in the back of a van March 12 after being driven three hours from Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville to a mental hospital at Central Prison in Raleigh. An autopsy released reports Kerr died of dehydration. The report also said he was receiving no treatment for the symptoms of his mental illness. Kerr was placed in “administrative segregation” on Feb. 5. On Feb. 21 and again on Feb. 24, records show Kerr was cited for intentionally flooding his cell. Proson officials state “The water may be cut off to prevent continuation of the misconduct or damage of the facilities or other property.” The following day, Feb. 25, records show Kerr was moved to “disciplinary segregation,” While in disciplinary segregation, inmates are sometimes deprived of basic amenities, such as bedding and a mattress for their bunk. Food rations may also be reduced to “Nutraloaf,” a hard-baked concoction containing the blended ingredients of a meal formed into a block. In an autopsy report released Thursday, Dr. Susan E. Venuti of the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office wrote that she was allowed to read internal prison report into Kerr’s death, though she was not permitted to make a copy. Venuti wrote that the report left unanswered key questions, including when the inmate last had food and water. Seven employees at Alexander have either been fired or resigned through the course of the investigation, including a guard captain, nurses and a staff psychologist. Murdered by DOC Officials
Timothy E. Helms 49 (mentally ill DOC Inmate) September 5, 2010 Alexander Correctional Institution Raleigh NC – The head of the state prison system said Friday that security camera footage of Timothy E. Helms being pulled from his smoke-filled cell shows guards did not beat him. But a second segment of tape shows the inmate being taken into another cell where he was alone with up to five guards, out of view of the prison’s cameras, for 22 minutes. Reviews of the Aug. 3 incident by both the state Department of Correction and the State Bureau of Investigation have failed to determine precisely how Helms received extensive blunt force injuries that left him a quadriplegic. The prosecutor said there was not enough evidence to pursue any criminal charges was not shown footage of guards at Alexander Correctional Institution taking Helms to another cell after they removed him from the one he set on fire. Helms, who had a long history of mental illness, had been held in solitary confinement for more than a year was left paralyzed after he said he was clubbed by correctional officers after setting a fire in his locked cell. Medical records indicated Helm’s skull had been smashed. A subsequent state investigation failed to determine precisely how Helms received his injuries, and prison officials denied any wrongdoing. Helms, had been previously diagnosed with multiple psychiatric disorders, and he must have rammed his head into the cement wall. Some states have moved to curb the long-term isolation of inmates, which can greatly exacerbate such psychiatric symptoms as paranoia, anxiety and depression. The longstanding policy in North Carolina’s prison system says no inmate should be housed in isolation for more than 60 days in a stretch. Helms’ prison records showed he was kept in isolation 571 consecutive days before the fire and altogether 1,459 days throughout his incarceration. READ The sad life and cruel death of Timothy Helms Murdered by North Carolina Dept. of Corrections
Glen Raeford Mabrey Jr. (age unknown) (mentally ill DOC Inmate) 1997 Raleigh’s Central Prison Raleigh NC – Vietnam veteran Mabrey died from dehydration after being held in solitary confinement. Mabrey’s water had been cut off for four days after he’d intentionally flooded his cell. Murdered by North Carolina Dept. of Corrections
Gil Collar 18, October 6, 2012 Mobile AL – Collar was student at the University of South Alabama. While naked the 5’4”, 140 lb student walked to the campus police station early on a Saturday morning. Collar attempted to open a locked door and banged on a window to the police station. An officer exited the building with gun drawn. Video shows that Collar approached the officer with arms outstretched and palms up. As Collar approached the officer, the officer backed away, then shot Collar once in the chest. Collar was never closer than four feet from the officer and didn’t try to grab his weapon. A second officer arrived and assisted in handcuffing Collar. He died from the gunshot wound. It was later determined that Collar had taken LSD prior to the incident. The officer had both pepper spray and a baton with him. Murdered by Mobile PD
Jose Manuel Guerena Ortiz 26, May 5, 2011 Pima AZ – Former Iraq veteran Jose Guerena was shot to death by Pima County Sheriff SWAT officers. They suspected Guerena of being part of a drug dealing operation (he was not involved). The officers prevented the ambulance from getting Guerena medical attention until they searched the house. The officers even pointed their guns at Guerena’s wife and 4-year-old son. The Pima county Sheriff’s department released a 1:17 video of the incident. The SWAT team was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Pima County Attorney’s Office and never apologized to Guerena’s family. Neighbors also said that the SWAT officers burst into their houses after the shooting and intimidated them, which the officers deny. The family had originally filed a $20 million complaint against all agencies involved, but none responded. Guerena’s widow has filed a lawsuit with the intent of letting a jury decide the award. Murdered by Pima PD
Joseph Erin Hamley 21, (mentally disabled) March 7, 2006 AR – Hamley, was shot and killed by state trooper Larry Norman while laying supine on the ground. Norman mistook Hamley for a fugitive. Norman was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of negligent homicide.[3] On June 28, 2007, Norman pled guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, 30 days of community service, one year of probation and a $1,000 fine.[4] Norman served 54 days of his jail sentence.[5] The Arkansas State Police settled a lawsuit on March 5, 2007 with the victim’s family for one million dollars.[6] Norman was later granted a full early medical retirement from the Arkansas State Police at the age of 40. Although the Arkansas State Police expressed regret for the shooting of Hamley, they deny any wrongdoing as part of the settlement. Murdered by Arkansas State Police
Juan Herrera 23, December 23, 2004 Buena Park CA – was shot and killed by Officer Ron Furtado after a car pursuit in Buena Park. Officer Furtado claimed that Herrera was reaching for a gun. Herrera’s family sued and hired a forensic expert who was testified Herrera was sitting upright. However, the city settled with the Herrera family for $5 million. Officer Furtado was not charged. Murdered by Buena Park PD
Douglas Zerby 35, Dec. 12, 2010 Long Beach CA – Several Long Beach police officers shot Doug Zerby 21 times, killing him instantly. Zerby was allegedly intoxicated and wielding what appeared to be a gun (it turned out to be a black metal-tipped water nozzle). The police were on the scene for around fifteen minutes and allegedly never identified themselves before shooting Zerby. The police claimed the use of force was necessary, but the family and filed a wrongful death suit against the police department. Murdered by Long Beach PD
Jason Alan Kemp 31, July 20, 2010 Grand Junction CO – State troopers were investigating a minor accident that resulted, at most, in minimal damage to a neighbor’s lawn involving a pickup pulling a trailer and jet ski” in which “the jet ski fell off the trailer and the truck was stuck in a neighbor’s yard.” Callers “said it appeared as if the three people trying to remove the truck were intoxicated”. They suspected Kemp, their neighbor was responsible as he may have been driving under the influence. The police wanted to gain entrance to Kemp’s house but Kemp insisted police comply with the Fourth Amendment and obtain a warrant before entering. Two supervisory officers, a corporal and a sergeant were present at the scene and supported and or participated in attempting to kick down the door and with guns drawn entered Kemps home. One witness said Kemp was shot after troopers fired pepper spray through a small opening in the door then shot him at point blank range. Murdered by Colorado State Troopers
Arthur Lee McDuffie 33, December 17, 1979 Miami FL – McDuffie was supposedly doing daredevil stunts on his motorcycle when police spotted him. After a high-speed chase, McDuffie was caught. At least a dozen police officers encircled him. For 20 minutes, according to reports, they beat him with nightsticks and flashlights. Four days later, after slipping into a coma he died. The police officers wrote up an accident report, saying McDuffie sustained injuries when his motorcycle hit a curb and went out of control. But, the pieces didn’t fit. The Dade County medical examiner became suspicious. Rumors about the “accident” were whispered throughout the police department, prompting an internal investigation of the case. Working together, the medical examiner and police investigators found that McDuffie was handcuffed when he was beaten. The killing blow had crashed into his forehead at 90 times the force of gravity. Murdered by Miami PD
Martin Lee Anderson 14, January 6, 2006 Panama City, FL – Bay County Boot Camp Youth Detention Center located in and operated by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. Within the first two hours of Anderson’s first day at the camp (where he had been committed for stealing his grandmother’s car, curfew violation during probation, and theft of candy), camp officials forced him to continue exercising after he stopped exercising. Drill instructors grabbed Anderson and applied numerous uses of force, including holding Anderson by the arms, take-downs, pressure point applications, and COVERING HIS MOUTH WHILE FORCING HIM TO INHALE AMMONIA. Anderson became unresponsive during this episode, and eventually died the next day in Pensacola, Florida after his parents elected to remove him from life support. On 28 November 2006, authorities announced the arrest of 8 people in connection with Anderson’s death. 7 guards and a nurse were charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. A 30-minute portion of the surveillance video depicting the coercion was made public. On April 16, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that no federal criminal civil rights charges would be filed against the eight people who were originally charged in his death. The press release included the following: “After a careful and thorough review, a team of experienced federal prosecutors and FBI agents determined that the evidence was insufficient to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges. Accordingly, the investigation into this incident has been closed.” Murdered by Bay County Sheriff’s Office
Nick Christie 62, March 27, 2009 Ft. Myers FL – Nick Christie was strapped naked to a chair at Lee County jail and until he died of heart failure after being pepper sprayed. The officers involved in the incident say that Christie was “combative, despite the fact he was restrained in a chair so he allegedly wouldn’t spit at his jailers.” However, other inmates on the cell block tell a different story. They say that there was excessive use of pepper spray, his whole head was turning purple, he was gasping for air and was telling the officers that he couldn’t breathe and that he had a heart condition. The District 21 Medical Examiner “ruled his death was a homicide because he had been restrained and sprayed with pepper sprayed by law enforcement officers.” The officers responsible were cleared of wrongdoing, but Christie’s family has filed a lawsuit against the police for his wrongful death. Murdered by Myers PD
Robert L. Hall 56, January 23, 1943 Newton GA – Hall was arrested at his home and transported him to the Court House Square, in Newton,’ where they beat him into insensibility. It is charged in the indictment that Hall died the same night, shortly after being taken to a hospital at Albany. Ga. Police in Baker County, Georgia beat with their fists and with a solid-bar blackjack about eight inches long and weighing two pounds. After Hall, still handcuffed, had been knocked to the ground, they continued to beat him from fifteen to thirty minutes until he was unconscious. Hall was then dragged feet first through the courthouse yard into the jail and thrown upon the floor, dying. An ambulance was called, and Hall was removed to a hospital, where he died within the hour and without regaining consciousness. A Federal Grand Jury at Macon GA returned an indictment on three counts on April 10, 1943 charging 2 Baker County law officers and a Newton GA city policeman with violations of the Fereral Civil Rights Statues. Named as defendants in the indictment were all of Newton GA: M. Claude Screws, Sheriff and Jim Bob Kelly, Deputy Sheriff of Baker County for a combined penalty of 13 years imprisonment and $16,000 in fines. Murder by 2 Georgia Law Enforcement agencies
Latricka Sloan 32, January 22, 2011 Attapulgus, GA – When Ms. Sloan approached a safety checkpoint on the highway, she made a U-turn back towards her home. An officer from the checkpoint caught up to Sloan about five miles from the checkpoint and performed a PIT maneuver (precision immobilization technique, is a pursuit tactic by which a pursuing car can force a fleeing car to abruptly turn sideways, causing the driver to lose control and stop) on Sloan’s vehicle. Sloan’s vehicle spun around and flipped into a drainage ditch. A witness reports that Sloan was not traveling fast and the witness thought the officer was going to pass Sloan’s vehicle but instead hit her vehicle. Sloan was killed in the crash. It was later determined that Sloan was not licensed to drive in Georgia and her Florida license had been revoked. The only reported violations on Sloan’s records were traffic citations. Murdered by Attapulgus PD
Flint Farmer 29, June 7, 2011 Chicago IL – Officer Gildardo Sierra and a partner had responded to a domestic disturbance call allegedly involving Farmer. When confronted by the police, Farmer fled. Sierra shot at Farmer multiple times, hitting him in the leg and abdomen. Publicly available police video shows Sierra circle the prone Farmer as three bright flashes emit from approximately waist level. Sierra fired 16 shots at Farmer, hitting him seven times. The coroner who performed the autopsy on Farmer reported that Farmer could have survived the shots to the leg and abdomen, but any of the three shots through the back would have been fatal. Chicago Police officer Gildardo Sierra had been drinking before reporting for work, but the Police Department waited more than five hours after the shooting to test him for alcohol. Although the Chicago police department ruled the shooting justified, by October 23, 2011 Sierra had been stripped of his police powers and the FBI had opened an investigation into the incident. Records reflect this shooting was the third by the Officer Gildardo Sierra since January — and the second fatality in six months. Murdered by Chicago PD
Sofia Salva (miscarriage) February 5, 2009 Kansas City KS – Salva a Sudanese native was driving to the hospital because she felt she was having a miscarriage. Two Kansas City police officers Melody Spencer and Kevin Schnell pulled her over for having stolen tags and suspected her to have stolen the car. On the police car’s dashcamera, Salva pleads to the officers twenty times to let her go to the hospital After the ninth request, the tape shows, a female officer Melody Spencer asked “How is that my problem?” The officers made Salva sit on the curb while they searched her car, purse and grocery bags. Spencer said, “that will be something you can take care of when we get done with you.” Salva was held overnight on traffic violations and outstanding city warrants. After being released the next morning, she delivered a premature baby boy who died immediately after birth. The officers were suspended and eventually fired. No tapes were available of Salva’s time in the jail, but she contends in the lawsuit that her continued pleas for help were ignored. The department said videotapes from that period had been recycled before it became aware of Salva’s claims. The city reached a $750,000 settlement with Salva in 2008 and the two officers lost their attempts to get the courts to overturn their termination. Baby murdered by Kansas City PD
Adolph Archie (age unknown) March 22, 1990 New Orleans LA – During a shootout, Archie was accused of killing Officer Earl Hauck. Moments later a security guard shot Archie in the arm and he was taken into custody by police officers. As the prisoner was driven from the scene in a patrol car, angry officers could be heard on the police radio cursing and calling for him to be killed. The demands were heard all over New Orleans. When the car carrying Archie arrived at a hospital, a mob of 100 plus screaming officers was there to meet it. No superior officers dispersed the mob. For reasons never been satisfactorily answered, Adolph Archie was not taken into the hospital, but was driven to a station house in the precinct of the officer he had killed. There he was fatally beaten. No officer was ever charged in connection with Archie’s death. A settlement of $333,000 was eventually reached between Archie’s family and the city, with one-third of the sum going to the family of the fallen officer. Murdered by New Orleans PD
Archie “Artie” Elliott III 24, June 18, 1993 District Heights MD – Elliott was driving home from his construction job in the late afternoon when Officer Jason Leavitt of the District Heights Police Department pulled him over for driving erratically. Leavitt administered a field sobriety test, which Elliott failed. After determining to arrest Elliott, Officer Leavitt searched Elliott, handcuffed him and placed him in the front seat of Leavitt’s police car, securing him in the seat with the seat belt and closed the car door. Shortly afterward, Officer Wayne Cheney of the Prince George’s County Police Department arrived as backup. Two officers were standing beside the car when they claimed that Elliott suddenly exited the car and pointed a gun at them. Both officers opened fire and shot Elliott a total of fourteen times. Police say they recovered a small, unloaded, .22 caliber handgun from the scene. Several witnesses disputed the officers’ account of the incident, however a grand jury declined to issue an indictment. Officer Wayne Cheney shot and killed 29-year-old Michael D. Reed in Upper Marlboro on Feb. 18, 1995. Cheney was also cleared of those charges. Murdered by District Heights PD
Raymond Robair 48, July 30, 2005 Treme LA – Several neighbors of the man who was killed testified they saw Officer Melvin Williams approach Raymond Robair on the street in and kick him in the side stomp and beat him repeatedly with a baton but the two officers accused in the case claim they were helping Robair, who they claim was found stumbling around and clutching his chest. To get him quick medical assistance, Officers Melvin Williams and Matthew Dean Moore — placed an unconscious Robair into their police car and drove him to Charity Hospital. The Officers falsely informed the hospital staff they found Robair under a bridge and all they knew was that Robair was a drug user. Based upon that information, the hospital treated Robair for a drug overdose rather than blunt force trauma. Robair suffered fractured ribs and a ruptured spleen as a result of the beating. He was pronounced dead within a few hours. An autopsy found that Robair suffered fractured ribs and a ruptured spleen. But the latter detail wasn’t noted by the Orleans Parish coroner’s office. The autopsy done by McGarry listed the fractured ribs, but states only that the spleen is absent, removed in surgery. Minyard classified the death as accidental. A second autopsy, performed 10 days later by Dr. Kris Sperry, the chief medical examiner in Georgia, recounts that doctor’s efforts to track down the spleen, which had been cut into sections. Sperry put the spleen back together, finding lacerations that indicated to him a rupture caused by blunt force to the abdomen, according to the autopsy found evidence of blows to Robair’s thighs and the back of his legs. Two New Orleans police officers were convicted in federal court in the beating death and cover-up after initially telling investigators the victim was suffering from a drug overdose. Murdered by Treme PD
Malice Green 36, November 5, 1992 Detroit MI – died while in police custody after being arrested by Detroit police officers Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers during a traffic stop. Green allegedly failed to relinquish a vial of crack cocaine. Nevers struck Green in the head with his flashlight approximately fourteen times during the struggle which, according to the official autopsy, resulted in his death. An Emergency Medical Service worker arrived on the scene and sent a computer message to his superiors asking, “What should I do, if I witness police brutality/murder?” Other officers and a supervisor arrived but did not intervene to stop the beating. Green had a seizure and died en route to the hospital. The official cause of death was ruled due to blunt force trauma to his head. Both officers were convicted of second degree murder, but in a retrial (due to juror misconduct), they were convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The City of Detroit paid a civil agreement of $5.25 million to Malice Green’s family. Murdered by Detroit PD
Ernest Satterwhite 68, Feb. 10, 2014 North Augusta SC – Ernest Satterwhite was a laid-back former mechanic with a habit of ignoring police officers who tried to pull him over so when Public Safety Officer Justin Craven said he tried to stop the vehicle Satterwhite was driving because he suspected the driver might be drinking. When the driver failed to stop, Craven pursued the vehicle. The 25 mile per hours slow speed chase resulted in several damaged mailboxes and two accidents. As the pursuit left Aiken County, North Augusta Public Safety notified the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office that the chase for 9 miles and was heading its way. Edgefield County deputies joined the pursuit just as it ended at Satterwhite’s residence. Satterwhite parked in his own driveway AND Craven ran up to Satterwhite’s parked car and fired several shots into the driver’s side door, telling the other officers that Satterwhite tried to grab his gun. The other officers couldn’t get Satterwhite’s door open, so they broke the passenger side window, unlocked that door and dragged him out. Investigators determined that North Augusta Public Safety Officer Justin Craven broke the law. A prosecutor, in a rare action against a police officer, sought to charge him with voluntary manslaughter, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. But the grand jury disagreed, indicting him on a misdemeanor. The grand jury opted for “misconduct in office,” a charge used for sheriffs who make inmates do their personal work, or officers who ask for bribes. Their single-page indictment, returned in August, contains no details other than accusing Craven of “using excessive force and failing to follow and use proper procedures.” Murdered by Public Safety Officer Justin Craven
Cayne Miceli 43, Jan. 5, 2009 New Orleans LA – Miceli was arrested on municipal charges at Tulane University’s hospital after she sought treatment for her severe asthma. She ended up in the jail’s oft-criticized psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt. Despite her asthma, she was tied down on her back in five-point restraints for nine hours, which a federal lawsuit brought by Howell against the Orleans Parish sheriff’s office argues directly led to her death. Minyard at first classified Miceli’s death as accidental, finding it was “drug-related.” But the toxicology report came back clean. The initial classification seems to stem from the “multiple fresh and recent injection sites of the forearms”. But McGarry did not make note of a logical explanation for those marks: Miceli was hooked up to life-support equipment before she died. The drug finding was removed from a subsequent death certificate and autopsy that was issued by Minyard’s office more than a year after the McGarry autopsy. The second autopsy notes the pulmonary disease found in Miceli’s body. Her death certificate was also changed, removing “drug intake” and replacing it with “bronchial asthma.” Murdered by New Orleans PD
Omega Leach 17, June 3, 2007 Chad Youth Enhancement Nashville TN – The City of Philadelphia decided a trip south was best for Omega Leach, an angry teenager who got in trouble for stealing a car. Leach was sent to the Chad Youth Enhancement Center outside Nashville, a mental-health facility for troubled teenagers approved by the city’s Department of Human Services. Leach had a confrontation with staff member. He tried to choke one counselor, and another staffer pushed Leach facedown to the floor and pulled his arms behind his back. A surveillance camera showing a Chad mental-health technician with both hands around Leach’s neck as he pinned him to the floor. Leach had “multiple hemorrhages” of his neck muscles. Tennessee treatment center has settled a federal lawsuit against the facility for $10.5 million. Murdered by Chad Youth Enhancement counselor
Unknown Female 14, September 2005 Chad Youth Enhancement Nashville TN – , the city was told that a 14-year-old girl from Long Island, N.Y., had dropped dead of a heart attack after a confrontation with staff. March 2005, a man called the Philadelphia child-abuse hotline with a warning: His coworkers were using “improper and illegal” force against city youngsters sent to the Chad Youth Enhancement Center. Unknown Male teen June 2005 Chad Youth Enhancement a Philadelphia child-care investigator learned that a staffer at the Tennessee center had been fired after he allegedly slammed a boy to the floor so hard the child fouled himself. In 2005, when Tennessee staged a surprise inspection of Chad, a girl told the inspectors that a Chad supervisor “will try to hurt students during restraints and ‘wants us to scream.’ ” Another youngster said she had seen “Big Mike slam kids down real hard on the floor. I don’t want that happening to me, so I try hard to do everything they ask me to do. Murdered by Chad Youth Enhancement Counselor
John Capano 51, Dec. 31, 2011 Seaford NY – Capano, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was shot in the chest by a retired officer while struggling with McGoey, who had just robbed a pharmacy where Capano was a customer. The officer had mistaken Capano for an armed assailant. McGoey was then shot and killed by an off-duty officer who came to the scene. No criminal charges were filed in what is considered a friendly-fire shootout. Murdered by one of his own
Dawntree Ta’Shawn Williams 15, (mentally challenged) Dec. 20, 2011 Buford GA – Police responded to a domestic dispute Monday afternoon when family therapist called 911 Family members were allegedly locked in a room by the mentally challenged teenager while he threatened to kill them. His therapist called police in an effort to obtain help for him. The responding officers claim to have immediately ordered Williams to drop the weapon. When he refused, they claim they were forced to shoot him because he presented them with a deadly threat, even though these officers had been called to the house a week before because of his mental capacity. Williams later died from his injuries at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. No officers were injured in the incident. Murdered by Buford PD
Michael Dewayne Gilyard 44, Dec. 16, 2010 Shreveport LA – Gilyard was riding his bike home when Officer Brian Lauzon stopped him for *looking suspicious*. Lauzon got out of his patrol car to question Gilyard and a struggle ensues off camera. During the struggle, Lauzon says he shot Gilyard in the back because he believed Gilyard was reaching for a gun. The coroner’s report indicates that the cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the chest with a trajectory from back to front. Gilyard was later pronounced dead at LSU Hospital. No charges were be filed against Lauzon in the shooting death. Murdered by Shreveport PD
Ariston Waiters 19, Dec. 14, 2011 Union City GA – Shot during a physical altercation with police. Officers were responding to a report of a fight between teenage girls and young adults. Neighbors report that the man was not involved in the fight and when shot. Officer Lewis claims Waiters was running from police to avoid arrest on outstanding warrants, however witness’ say “When Lewis seized Waiters, he did not have probable cause to believe that Waiters had been involved in criminal activity; he only knew that Waiters had been walking away from an incident involving several teenage girls.” Unarmed Waiters was lying faced-down on the ground, being handcuffed by a Union City police officer, when the officer fatally shot him. Laying on his belly with his arms outstretched above his head Lewis then knelt beside the teen, putting one knee into Waiters’ back as he affixed handcuffs to the teen’s left wrist, attempting to comply with Lewis’ commands Waiters reached his right hand behind himself to be cuffed. Lewis fired two shots into Waited back. Union City police refused to allow a registered nurse – one who provided her credentials to officers – into the shooting scene to render aid to Waiters as he lay bleeding following the shooting. Autopsy confirmed Waiters was shot in the back close enough to leave burn marks on his skin, Murdered by Union City PD
Stanley Gibson 43 (PTSD and brain cancer) Dec. 12, 2011 Las Vegas NV – Gibson, a veteran, was allegedly suffering from PTSD and brain cancer and was disoriented when he struck a police cruiser with his car. Officers boxed him in with their vehicles, commanding Gibson to exit his vehicle as he continued to attempt to drive away. Police reportedly made a plan to break Gibson’s window with a beanbag round and use pepper spray to force him out. When the beanbag round was fired, Metro Officer Jesus Arevalo fired seven rounds of live ammunition at Gibson, who was unarmed. In October 2012, the Clark County District Attorney’s office announced an indictment against Arevalo and is seeking a grand jury hearing of the case. In May 2013, following an internal review, the Critical Incident Review Board recommended the termination of Arevalo’s position with the Metro Police for the shooting death of Gibson. Murdered by Las Vegas Metro PD
Austin Welling 18, Nov. 27, 2011 Tacoma WA – Unarmed Welling was shot and critically injured after an officer pulled him over on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle. Welling allegedly put the car in reverse and drove toward the officer, who fired at him several times. The 18-year-old was taken off of life support on January 31, 2012. Murdered by Tacoma PD
Steven Michalacos 67, Nov. 23, 2001 Brooklyn NY – As he was crossing Fifth Avenue near 80th Street in Bay Ridge Michalacos supposedly walked into the path of the approaching police vehicle, which authorities claim it had its siren and emergency lights on. Authorities said the car was responding to a report of a theft from someone in a bank building, but the location of the bank remained unclear. Michalacos was pronounced dead at Lutheran Medical Center. Police spokeswoman, Cheryl Cox, said the officers in the car were not injured and the incident was under investigation by the department’s accident investigation unit. Murdered by NYPD
Jermie McCraven 20, Feb. 10, 2012 Memphis TN – Jermie, along with friend George Gray were in a Memphis apartment complex, visiting a friend and helping Gray take tires off of his car. Mccraven was followed by a manager because he was parked in a complex where he was not from and the manager automatically assumed he was up to no good. Mccraven and Gray parked in front of a dead end which had a ditch in front of it. When getting the last tire off, Jermie got into his vehicle along with Gray, and suddenly officers pulled behind him. Gray said that officers fired multiple times saying get out, but they were afraid so they held their hands in the air and remained in the vehicle. Officers fired again, this time constantly. Gray said Jermie laid his head down and took his last breathe. The car already in drive and with Jermie dying instantly, his foot smashed the gas, causing the car to be out of control and rolling into the ditch. Officers say that Jermie attempted to run over them, not knowing he was already dead before the car even moved. Gray said by him being shot he blanked out, then officers awoke him when busting Jermie’s window out telling him to “get the F**k out and climb over Jermie’s body”. Two officers were at the scene, but Only one officer fired. No one’s house was ever reported broken into. Officers basically said that he deserved to be killed because of his record. Jermie was never convicted of nothing more than driving tickets. He was taken to jail for theft, but never convicted because no evidence was ever found. He was only accused and then let out of custody. Jermie wasn’t found with any drugs, weapons or anything which would make officers believe he threatened them, causing them to kill him. His body was moved from the scene without being identified. Officers never attempted to call any numbers in his call log to notify the family or friends. Murdered by Memphis PD
Thomas Anthony Black 44, Dec. 8, 2011 Port Madison Indian Reservation Suquamish WA – Officers were serving an arrest warrant on Stacy Callihoo, 42, who was in the Black home. Black, who was seated, to keep his hands where they could see them. Officers said they shot him when he raised his hands holding what they thought was a gun. Police retracted their original statement that Black had shot at officers after no handgun was recovered at the scene and no evidence supported Black’s firing at them. Detectives then claimed they found a toy gun in the vicinity. Murdered by Suquamish PD
Vang Thao 21, Dec. 3, 2011 Merced, CA – After a disturbance reported during a party at a home Two officers responded to the scene. As they approached the home, they saw and heard what appeared to be an argument between two men. Thao was killed by a stray bullet as officers fired at 18-year-old Kong Xiong, who was pointing a gun at them. Thao was not their intended target, and the Merced Police Department stated that Xiong was responsible for Thao’s death. Murdered by Merced PD
Lamont Harmon 47, Feb. 6, 2012 Sacramento CA – Unarmed Harmon was walking across the Kmart parking lot on his way to his mother’s home shortly after a stolen car was discovered in the parking lot of an AM/PM gas station a block away. The deputy chased Harmon through the Kmart parking lot, to an intersection. Police say Harmon didn’t surrender once the deputy caught up. Supposedly as the two fought, the deputy used his stun gun on Harmon, to no effect. The Officers claims Harmon made a quick move, and the deputy, claims, fearing for his life he opened fire. Murdered by Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy
Bernard Pate 37, Feb. 22, 2011 Las Vegas NV – Pate has an extensive police record, including arrests for attempted lewdness with a minor, attempted robbery, attempted burglary, open and gross lewdness, annoyance of a mentally challenged minor, lewdness with a minor under the age of 14 years, unlawful contact with the mentally ill, and battery, domestic violence. He is also a registered sex offender. During the foot pursuit, an officer shot the suspect, who was *believed* to be carrying a gun. Police claim a gun was found next to the suspect, but was it his? The suspect was also shot in the back, so was he running away and not posing a threat? Murdered by Las Vegas PD
Dwight Person 54, Nov. 17, 2011 East Point GA – Approximately 10 minutes after arriving at his nephew’s home, East Point police claim they knocked then entered the house looking for drugs. Witness say “The door busted down, and they were telling everybody to get down,” Police claim Person made a threatening gesture toward the officer. The veteran officer, claims she was fearful of her safety, fired once, striking the man in the abdomen. Barick Vaughn said police had no reason to be inside the house, let alone shoot anyone. Police arrested seven people, charging them with operating a dive, a violation of a municipal code. Two were released on bond, and five others attended a municipal hearing which is a lower court which tries misdemeanors and civil lawsuits. Medical attention was immediately sought for the Person and after being transported to a local hospital, he was pronounced deceased.” Murdered by East Point PD
Kyam Livingston 37 July 20, 2013 Brooklyn NY – Police arrested Livingston because she broke an order of protection her grandmother had taken out against her. Johnson said she called the cops after Livingston, who lived with her in Windsor Terrace, drank a bottle of vodka and turned violent, breaking two TV remote controls and two tables. She said the order of protection didn’t bar Livingston from living with her, but forbade her from arguing with her and drinking in her apartment. Officers called for medical assistance several hours after Livingston began complaining of stomach pains and diarrhea Emergency Medical Services crew was finally called, by the time they arrived, Livingston had been dead for 20 minutes. Fellow inmate Aleah Holland, a registered nurse, told The News that Livingston died needlessly “They said, ‘Shut up before we lose your paper work and you won’t be seen by a judge,’ we cleared a bench for Livingston to lie on. “She was convulsing on the bench”. Police at Central Booking ignored her complaints of stomach pains and diarrhea. She said that when she and other inmates banged on the bars calling for help, officers told them Livingston was an alcoholic. Brooklyn police Livingston claim she died in an ambulance heading to Brooklyn Hospital Center. Per the letter from the family’s attorney, “We are writing to request a copy of your ambulance call report, medical records documenting any treatment rendered to Ms. Livingston, and an itemized bill for services rendered.” The Hospital’s response is alarming: “We are unable to comply with your request at this time for the following reason(s): We show no treatment at this facility for the dates of service you requested.” The medical examiner’s office said that the cause of death was alcoholic seizure from chronic alcoholism Livingston’s toxicology report proves she was sober before her death. Aside from 5 mg’s of caffeine and 20 mg’s of glucose, Livingston’s blood and urine showed no signs of ethanol, basic drugs or any methamphetamines in her system. Murdered by Brooklyn PD
Kenneth Chamberlin Sr. 68, Nov. 19, 2011 White Plains NY – After his Life Aid medical alert necklace was inadvertently triggered, police came to his home and demanded that he open his front door. Police knocked on his door. Chamberlain told them through the door, he did not call them, did not require assistance, was not having a medical emergency, and asked them to leave. Police refused to leave his home, and insisted that Chamberlain open the door. Throughout the entire incident, an audio recording was made by a Life Alert device in the home. The police became more insistent, and began banging on the door. Chamberlain then contacted the Life Alert operator asking them for help. He stated that the White Plains Police employees were going to enter his home and kill him. The police continued to bang on the door, and then attempt to force it open for approximately one hour. During that time, officer Steven Hart swore at him and called him a “nigger.” Despite his objections and statements that he did not need help, the police broke down Chamberlain’s door, tasered him, and then shot him twice in the chest. A camera mounted on the taser captured the tasing, but was not functioning during the shooting. Chamberlin later died in surgery at White Plains Hospital. A grand jury reviewed the case and decided that no criminal charge would be made against police officers involved in the killing. White Plains police system wrote their reports to cover up racism and wrongdoing by the officers. Their transcript of the incident omitted Hart’s use of the word “nigger,” as well as the information that the original call had been for a medical emergency. Murdered by White Plains PD
Justin Crowley-Smilek 28, (mentally ill) Nov. 19, 2011 Farmington ME – Former Army Ranger suffering from combat stress and physical injuries from service in Afghanistan, was armed with a large knife when he arrived at the Farmington municipal building for help regarding mental health problems. Crowley-Smilek used a call box mounted on the building to contact the Police Department. Officer Rosie Peck went to the front entrance of the building, stepped outside and saw a man – later identified to be Justin Crowley-Smilek was walking away. Rosie took cover behind a police cruiser and drew his service firearm and fired seven or more shots at Crowley-Smilek, killing him. Peck claims he felt threatened with imminent deadly force. Murdered by Farmington PD
Kollin Elderts 23, Nov. 5, 2011 Wikiki HI – While at the cashier counter at a Honolulu McDonalds, Elderts began to verbally harass Perrine using racial slurs. Perrine asked Elderts to leave him alone, not to single him out, and stated words to the effect that he was a ‘local’’. Elderts did not have any weapon in his possession during the confrontation. Officer Deedy, was in Hawaii to provide security for the Asia-Pacific Economic Conference. There was a brief but escalating brawl that involved Deedy and Elderts and their friends. Deedy showed Elderts his State Department badge and credentials and Elderts responded: “What, you gonna shoot me? You got a gun? Shoot me. I’m gonna gut you.” Deedy is up and draws from his right rear hip the gun. Kollin turns around and sees Deedy within three feet. Deedy misses. Kollin, now having been shot at by the Deedy, lunges toward him reaching for the gun. They grapple in front of the counter and then two more shots ring out. After the shots, Kollin falls on top of Deedy onto the floor. The third bullet was fired. After the third bullet was fired, the gun jams.” The prosecutor has painted Deedy as an inexperienced agent who consumed alcohol against State Department policy while carrying a firearm and “stuck his nose” into a situation “that was not his business” and the fight with Elderts. Deedy testified he had intervened to stop Elderts from harassing another customer and he shot Elderts in self-defense as the confrontation escalated. Deedy was charged with second-degree murder and released on $250,000 bail. Murdered by State Department Officer
Jason Richard Bitz 23, Oct. 31, 2011 Lakewood CA – Bitz had been given $12 and the keys to the vehicle by Rita Gomez son to help change the tire on a van and was doing so about 6 a.m when the off-duty officer came out of his home. He had permission to use the van, but was using a screwdriver to open the door. He ran after being confronted by the officer, who shot him multiple times claiming Bitz reached for his waistband. No weapon was found at the scene. Murdered by Lakewood PD
Michael Nida ll 31, Oct. 22, 2011 Downey CA – The night of the shooting, Downey PD officers detained Nida because he matched the description of a suspect in an armed robbery, but Nida fought them and escaped. Nida was detained a second time, only to escape and run again. According to sheriff’s investigators, Nida then turned toward police in an aggressive manner, and was shot 5 times in the chest and back. Nida was unarmed, likely running from police because of a small amount of marijuana in his possession and a known distrust for police. Nida was mistaken for a suspect wanted in an armed robbery at a Bank of America ATM. Prosecutors declined to criminally charge the officer, citing Nida’s resistance and that he had run from officers three times. Family settles for $4.5 million. Murdered by Downey PD
Joetavius Stafford 19, Oct. 15, 2011 Atlanta GA – Was involved in an altercation at the train station when a shot was fired into the air by someone in the crowd. Joetavius’ brother Rodney Stafford said he then saw a MARTA Police Officer Robert Waldo run toward the fight and shoot at his brother. “They were like, ‘Where the gun at? Where the gun at?’” “So after that, I heard a gunshot. Pow. Everybody started running. As he was drawing his gun, I was turning back around. My brother threw his hands up. MARTA police shot him in the back. Pow. And my brother lying on the ground, just looking at me and I was looking at his gunshot wound. As I’m looking at that, MARTA police shot him two more times in the back”. Witnesses said Stafford was unarmed and surrendering. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced his office had concluded a MARTA police officer was justified in shooting a man he believed was an armed felon and shot Stafford because he believed he was going to shoot him. Shot three times in the back. Murdered by MARTA PD
Rafael Laureano 51, Sept. 29, 2014 New York City NY – Laureano had gone to the apartment after his girlfriend called him for help as her ex-boyfriend Francisco Carvajal was hold her and her 3 children hostage . Police say he helped them break down the door then rushed past officers to confront Carvajal. Police say officers told Carvajal to drop the knife several times. Police initially had said that Laureano was stabbed before officers arrived. The medical examiner said no stab wounds were found on his body. Unarmed Laureano who intervened in a confrontation between police and a knife-wielding assailant died of a single gunshot wound to the back from a police officer. Police also killed the attacker, identified as 47-year-old Francisco Carvajal. Murdered by NYPD
Barrington Williams 25, September 17, 2013 New York, NY – NYPD officers suspected Williams was selling MetroCard swipes at the East 161st Street B/D train subway station in the Bronx. Officers walked toward him and he took off. They caught him shortly after. Police claim at some point during the arrest, however, Williams became “unconscious and unresponsive.” It’s unclear whether the asthma attack began while he was already in custody or before. He was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital. Murdered by NYPD
Jesus Octavio Aguilar 28, (Inmate Jefferson County Jail) Oct. 12, 2011 Golden CO – The unarmed inmate, was shot as he attempted to flee from a medical facility. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Deputy who was transporting Aguilar fired one time during the attempted escape. The bullet struck Aguilar who collapsed at the entrance to the medical facility. Aguilar was transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital where he died. Murdered by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Canard Arnold 17, Dec. 31, 2011 Atlanta GA – Arnold was running away from a dispute when he was shot in the back at an Atlanta apartment complex. The the teenager did not confront or threaten the security guard. “There was no threat of force, no threat of violence, no threat of death but claims he feared for his life as so he shot Arnold in the back as the teen ran away. Murdered by trigger-happy armed security guard and vigilante bounty hunter
Johnny Gammage 31, Oct. 12, 1995 NY? – The Jaguar Gammage was driving belonged to NFL player Ray Seals, Gammage’s cousin. Seals was not present; he had loaned the car to Gammage, who was visiting from his hometown of Syracuse, New York. According to court testimony, Lieutenant Milton Mullholland of the Brentwood Police Department began following Gammage as he drove northbound on State Route 51, after noticing that Gammage had braked when passing Mullholland’s patrol car, which was parked on the side of the road. After driving behind Gammage for more than a mile and a half (leaving Brentwood and entering City of Pittsburgh limits) Mulholland decided to stop Gammage because Gammage repeatedly braked to slow his car – despite the fact that the portion of the roadway on which Gammage was traveling is graded and braking is necessary to remain within the speed limit. Upon stopping Gammage, Mullholland called for backup, but rather than a general backup call, he specifically requested the presence of Officer John Vojtas on the scene. As Mullholland ran computer checks on Gammage’s driver’s license and the car registration, Sgt. Keith Henderson of the Whitehall Police Department arrived on the scene. Witnessing Gammage talking on his cellular telephone inside the vehicle, Henderson shone his flashlight into Gammage’s car and drew his weapon. Officer John Vojtas of Brentwood arrived next, and with his weapon drawn, had a loud discussion with Gammage which resulted in Gammage exiting the car, cellular telephone and datebook in hand. Vojtas knocked the items to the ground using his flashlight. When he raised his flashlight, Gammage knocked the flashlight from Vojtas’s hand. Vojtas and Henderson tackled Gammage and wrestled him to the ground. Mullholland joined in the altercation, helping the other two men pin the struggling Gammage to the ground. Officer Michael Albert of the Baldwin Police Department (who had arrived in response to the backup request) approached and attempted to assist in handcuffing him. Officer Shawn Peterson of the Whitehall Police Department also became involved, and joined Vojtas, Mullholland and Henderson in holding Gammage down, as one or more of the men struck him with flashlights. Gammage was eventually handcuffed, at which time only the two Whitehall officers, Henderson and Peterson, remained in contact with him, one sitting on Gammage’s legs, another holding his upper body. Within just seven minutes, Gammage lay dead. The coroner’s report showed his cause of death to be asphyxiation due to pressure applied to the chest and neck. His last words were alleged to be “Keith, Keith, I’m 31. I’m only 31”. a coroner’s jury recommended homicide charges be brought against all five officers, but the Allegheny Countydistrict attorney at the time, Bob Colville, chose only to file the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter against Mullholland, Albert and Vojtas. Pittsburgh and Syracuse, the Department of Justice declined to bring a civil rights action against the officers and police departments involved. Murdered by at least 3 Police Dept.
George Junius Stinney Jr. 14, (inmate South Carolina State Penitentiary) June 16, 1944 Clarendon County SC – The youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century. Stinney was arrested on suspicion of murdering two girls, Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8, in Alcolu, located in Clarendon County, South Carolina, on March 23, 1944. No witnesses were called for the defense. The trial lasted two and a half hours. The jury took ten minutes to deliberate before it returned with a ‘guilty’ verdict. Murdered by a corrupt legal system READ MORE
Danroy “DJ” Henry 20, Oct. 17, 2010 Easton NY – Police officer came across “a large group of unruly patrons” in front of Finnegan’s Grill in Thornwood, New York, and called for support . Some 50 police officers responded to the brawl. Henry and others in the car were waiting for a friend to come out of the establishment “when a police officer banged … on the window.” Henry began driving after his friend Brandon Cox, told him he thought police wanted him to move his car. Another police officer with his gun drawn just ran out in front of DJ’s car Henry had no time to stop. Henry shot through the windshield of his car as by police officer Aaron Hess. All the people in the car, including Henry were handcuffed because it was considered a “felony stop” since gunfire was involved. Police “pulled DJ out of the car, handcuffed him, put him face down on the ground and left him there for 15 to 20 minutes.” Police a ultimately a admitted to lying that the Pleasantville police officer who shot him, Aaron Hess, said Henry was driving toward him and wouldn’t stop. He fired from the hood of Henry’s car. Murdered by Easton PD
Dale Neel 62, Sept. 15, 2011 Fircrest WA – Neel was driving home from work on his moped when Deputy Jason Smith approached in the opposite direction travelling over 55 mph to a traffic stop already covered by another deputy and a Tacoma city policeman. Smith had his lights and siren on, so Neel moved from his position in the center turn lane to the curb. Smith inexplicably crossed the center lane and entered the opposing lane, striking Neel at the curb. Neel died an hour later in the hospital. Smith was working under contract at the time for the City of University Place. He had a history of 5 prior accidents, 3 of which had been determined to be “preventable” by the Pierce County Sheriff’s office. Murdered by Tacoma PD
Christen Vargas 27. Sept. 13, 2011 Colorado Springs, CO – Christen was in some trouble the night she and three other people were seen in a stolen car at the Chief Motel. She was on the run from a community corrections facility in Colorado Springs known as COMCOR. Three sheriff’s deputies surrounded the car she was driving deputies originally tried to question the passengers in the car. Deputy Marcus Miller pulled his gun when Christen Vargas began pulling forward running over the deputies foot. As she drove away, she ran over a deputy’s foot.. Investigators say she first stopped and Miller fired when Christen reached over to put the car in park. Brittney Angela passenger in the car currently is accused of jumping in the driver’s seat and racing away from deputies. The car was dropped at Memorial Hospital about an hour after Vargas was shot. An anonymous 911 call was made and Vargas was found dead three hours later in the abandoned car outside the emergency room of Memorial Hospital. Deputy Marcus Miller was suspended for 20 hours without pay for the policy violation, one of several committed by Miller and two fellow deputies according to the internal affairs report. The sheriff’s office internal investigation found Miller and two other deputies — Glenn Boarman and Christopher Gonazalez — broke several policies. Chief among those was the fact that Miller placed himself “in jeopardy” to be run over by standing so close to the car that his legs touched the side of Vargas’. Boarman, Gonzalez and Miller didn’t notify dispatch they were stopping the vehicle. Gonzalez and Boarman also didn’t identify themselves as deputies during the incident. Gonzalez also didn’t properly position himself next to Vargas’ vehicle, the investigation found, and he failed to keep an eye on the four people in the vehicle. Murdered by El Paso County Sheriff Dept.
William Wolford (age unknown) Sept. 11, 2011 Pueblo CO – Died from injuries sustained when struck by police cruiser. Officer was stopped at red light and struck Wolford as he crossed intersection at crosswalk. Officer was initially cited for careless driving causing bodily injury. Murdered by Pueblo PD
John Collado 43, Sept. 6, 2011 New York City NY – Neighbors who witnessed the event say an unidentified man was grabbing a young next-door neighbor, Collado jumped in to rescue the neighbor. Suddenly, the unknown attacker pulled a gun and shot Collado. That attacker turned out to be an undercover cop and unknown to Collado, the fight was actually an attempted marijuana arrest by NYPD plainclothes detective James Connolly who had abandoned his NYPD narcotics team to attempt this arrest alone. Collado died hours later. Murdered by NYPD
Tiffany Danielle Bishop 24, Sept. 1, 2011 Jackson GA – At the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, inside a weapons classroom and firearms training exercise the instructor pulled the trigger, killing a probation officer. Apparently he forgot to replace his real gun with a fake training gun called a “red gun.” This is “a major breach of policy” since “firearms are not allowed in a training class.” Probation Officer Tiffany Bishop was accidentally shot and killed. Murdered by State Prison Weapons Instructor
Arthur Hayes (age unknown) Aug, 11, 2011 Conyers GA – Died from injuries after being struck by police cruiser. Officers were chasing Hayse and another person as prime suspects in a recent bank robbery. Killed by Conyers PD
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Vivian Marie Elmo 41, Aug. 3, 2011 Colorado Springs CO – Air Force Captain Elmo was northbound on Curtis Road, trying to turn left onto westbound Highway 94. As she was turning, a brown Ford Explorer driven by 42-year-old Deputy Rodney Fannin of Calhan entered the intersection against a red light and hit Elmo’s Honda on the driver’s side. After the impact, Fannin’s car ended up in a nearby field. Elmo’s car remained in the roadway. Elmo was pronounced dead at the scene. Fannin suffered what are described as “moderate” injuries and was taken to the hospital. Sheriff Deputy Rodney Fannin with a history of traffic offenses the accident occurred while he was driving his personally owned vehicle. The judge sentenced Fannin to 90 days in jail, 200 hours of community service and two years of unsupervised probation. Murdered by El Paso County Sheriff
Carlos Alcis 43, Aug. 16, 2013 New York NY – Police investigating the theft of a cellphone barged into the around 5 a.m. and the basement apartment awakening Alcis. Carlos Alcis’ 15-year-old son whom police initially believed was a suspect for the theft (he was not). While police were inside the apartment, Carlos suffered an apparent heart attack from the abrupt police invasion. Officers did nothing in the 30 minutes after Carlos Alcis fell to the ground. With more than 10 police officers inside of the house a nephew had to call 911. His family said the man had no history of heart problems and it was believed he was literally *scared to death*. Murdered by NYPD
Ramon Martinez 29, April 9, 2014 Alameda County CA- Following a high-speed vehicle pursuit that started in North Vallejo and ended about five miles away in the Mi Pueblo Food Center parking lot. Police said two officers opened fire on Martinez after he collided with their patrol cars and became locked under the bumper of one of them. As Martinez tried to speed away, police claim he spun around in such an erratic fashion that he risked hitting a civilian vehicle which contained a father and his children. After Martinez failed to obey the officers’ commands to stop, officers used deadly force shooting him 7 times. Killed by Alameda County PD
David Hooks 59, Sept. 24, 2014 East Dublin, GA – When Hooks’ wife saw men in dark clothing heading for their home at 11 p.m. she woke up her husband and told him the thieves who had stolen their SUV were back. Hooks grabbed a gun and headed to the back door. The sheriff’s office had obtained the search warrant based on a tip from a known thief and confessed meth addict, who claimed he’d found 20 grams of methamphetamine inside a bag in the previously stolen vehicle. Sheriff’s deputies raided the home without identifying themselves. The sheriff’s claimed they fired at Hooks more than 16 times for aggressively pointing a gun at them near the back door. However the deputies blindly shot at Hooks through a wall without knowing who was behind it. Authorities searched Hooks’ home for 44 hours, but found no drugs. Murdered by East Dublin Sheriff’s Dept.
Deion Fludd 17, July 12, 2013 New York, NY – May 5, 2013, four officers spotted Deion Fludd and his girlfriend squeezing through a turnstile at the Rockaway Avenue station in Brownsville on a single MetroCard swipe. After the officers asked for their identifications and began to make an arrest, Deion fled, running onto the C train tracks. He ran the length of the subway platform as officers followed him and bounded onto the C line tracks, running to the platform at the next station. An officer caught him and hit him on the back of the head with a flashlight. Deion told his mom officers then held him down with their feet on his back as he struggled until his voice suddenly stopped working. “They said, ‘Oh, you gonna be running? We are going to make sure your ass don’t run again. He fell in and out of consciousness, but remembers being taken back on the tracks by police. According to police a subway train clipped him, fracturing his skull and two parts of his spine. Before he died from his injuries Deion gave his mother a blow-by-blow account that didn’t involve a subway train. “We asked him if he got hit by a train. He immediately said, ‘No,’” Karen recalled her son telling her at Kings County Hospital, where he was treated for nearly two months connected to a ventilator. Two days before his death on July 12, 2013, Deion was transferred to a rehabilitation center in Far Rockaway. He died of cardiac arrest as a result of his paralysis. Murdered by NYPD
Larry Eugene Jackson Jr. 32, July 26, 2013 Austin, TX – Jackson tried to open the bank’s locked door around 4 p.m. Jackson, who was not suspected in the robbery, walked away but returned a minute later and tried to open the door again, drawing the attention of a bank manager. After speaking to Jackson, police said the manager told Officer Kleinert Jackson had attempted to use the name of a bank customer employees knew wasn’t Jackson. Sources have told the American-Statesman that Jackson had the identification of at least one person that didn’t belong to him, and police have said Jackson had possibly gone there to pass a forged check. Kleinert then tried to question Jackson, who fled. Kleinert chased after Jackson and got a ride from a passing driver in his effort to find him. Kleinert and Jackson then got into a struggle under a nearby bridge, where Jackson was fatally shot in the back of the neck. Former Austin police detective Charles Kleinert turned himself in Monday afternoon after a grand jury indicted him on a manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of Larry Eugene Jackson Jr. Murdered by Austin PD
Kenneth Wade Harding 19, July 16, 2011: San Francisco, CA – Police entered the train at Third Street and Palou, walked straight to Kenneth and asked for proof of purchase. When Kenneth did not supply a transfer, the police removed him from the train. At that time Kenneth began to run with his hands up and holding his cell phone. Police Officers Lopez and Hastings chased him and gunned him down from two different directions. The police originally claimed Harding had a gun but he only had a hiss cell phone. As Kenneth lay in a pool of his own blood, struggling to stay alive, no medical help was rendered to him. He lay there for 28 minutes bleeding out as the police stood over him with their guns trained on him. The police wouldn’t allow the paramedics to help him or anyone from the crowd of people that quickly surrounded the scene. Murdered by San Francisco PD
Raheim Brown 20, Jan. 22, 2011 Oakland, CA – Off-Duty Police Officers Sgts. Barhim Bhatt and Jonathan Bellusa acting a security guards for an Oakland School District dance being held at Skyline High School reported that they first approached the vehicle, which was not parked at the school or on campus, because the hazard lights were flashing. Brown and his friend didn’t need help. As a justification for questioning them, the officers claimed they smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle after approaching it. Other reports have claimed the officers thought the car was stolen. The officers also reported Brown threatened to stab Barhin with a screwdriver he had in the car. Officer Bellusa, who was outside the car on the passenger side where Brown was sitting, ordered a first round of shots. The shots were fired by Officer Bhatt, who was outside the car on the driver side near the female driver. Bhatt fired at Brown across the driver multiple times, but Brown remained living at this time. Bhatt’s gun jammed. He cleared it, then a second round of shots was fired, killing Brown. Tamisha Stewart, the only civilian witness to the killing was in a car with Brown said “the screwdriver Brown was accused of using as a weapon was being used in an attempt to hotwire the car, and it “NEVER left the ignition.” Brown was shot 8 times. Officer Bellusa filed a federal complaint against the OSPD claiming retaliation for his refusal to lie about the second round of shots that killed Brown. In his complaint, Bellusa claims that the second round of shots weren’t necessary because Brown was no longer a threat, after being shot with the first round. Testimony by former Sgt. Bellusa of OSPD, Superintendent Tony Smith was accompanied by some Oakland School Board members at the crime scene – directly following the shooting. “Based on Bellusa’s testimony in his deposition,” said Davis, “Tony Smith came down there and tried to get him to do witness tampering. He tried to get their (Bhatt and Bellusa’s) stories together.” The Coroner’s Office refused to release the death certificate without a $320 payment. Murdered by Oakland Unified School District PD
Derrick Jones 37, Nov. 2010 Oakland CA – Jones’ girlfriend flagged down Police Officers, Omar Daza-Quiroz and Eriberto Perez-Angeles, after she and Jones had fought. At his Bancroft Avenue barbershop Jones refused to give his name and then unarmed Jones ran away from Daza-Quiroz and Perez-Angeles claim when they tried to handcuff and arrest him, he ran leading them on a two-block chase. Daza-Quiroz and Perez-Angeles fired a total of nine shots at Jones, hitting him six times. Daza-Quiroz and Perez-Angeles said they shot at Jones after chasing him from the barbershop because they believed he had a gun. However witnesses report he ran because they shot at him at the barbershop during the initial interaction, and he feared for his life. “That’s why he was running. That’s why he was scared”. Police later found that Jones had no weapon but was carrying a small scale, which they claim he used to weigh marijuana. The two Oakland police officers had their civil case dismissed in federal court. Murdered by Oakland PD
Reginald Doucet Jr. 25, Feb. 7, 2011 Los Angeles CA – Doucet had taken a taxi from Hollywood to his apartment and realized he did not have enough money to pay the fare. An argument ensued when Doucet said he would go up to his apartment to retrieve more cash and the taxi driver called police. At first, Doucet cooperated with the officers and put his hands behind his head as if surrendering. When Goff attempted to place Doucet in handcuffs, however, he balled his hands into fists, broke the officer’s grip on his arm and ran. The officers chased Doucet to the entryway of a building, where they tried to convince him to give up. Again, he ran and managed to flee to the front door of his apartment building. Wanting to catch him before he opened the door, Goff told investigators that he tried to grab Doucet from behind. As he did, Doucet turned and punched Goff in the face. “It was a devastating punch. And I went down right away,” “I became disoriented. I thought I was going to lose consciousness for a moment.” Then Goff claims Doucet struck him several more times while the officer was on the ground. Then, with both hands, Doucet grabbed the handle of Goff’s gun and tried unsuccessfully to yank it out of its holster. Goff’s partner jumped into the fray. Doucet put him on the ground as well with a punch to the face, then alternated between pummeling the two officers. Goff managed to get up on one knee and, as Doucet turned his attention back toward him, the officer drew his gun and fired two shots at close range. In explaining the decision to open fire, Goff told investigators, (Recreating the George Zimmerman excuse)”He’s beating my head…. I’m going to blackout.… Next time he reaches for my gun, I’m not going to be able to fight back. He’s going to get my gun, and he’s going to kill us both.” He said Los Angeles County coroner’s officials concluded during an autopsy that the bullet that hit Doucet’s neck traveled in a downward trajectory, which seemingly would not be possible if Goff had been on his knee while shooting. Goff’s version of events doesn’t match the bullet wounds Doucet suffered. Los Angeles County coroner’s officials concluded during an autopsy that the bullet that hit Doucet’s neck traveled in a downward trajectory, which seemingly would not be possible if Goff had been on his knee while shooting. There is not a dispute Doucet fought with the officers, but denied the LAPD’s allegations that Doucet started the physical confrontation or tried to grab Goff’s gun. Also challenging the officers’ claims they were on the verge of blacking out from the blows. Doucet was not drunk or high on PCP, a drug that often gives users unusual levels of strength, the autopsy determined. Murdered by LAPD
Vonderrick Myers Jr. 18, Oct. 8, 2014 St. Louis MO – According to the police, a 32-year old, off-duty St. Louis Police officer, working for a security company and wearing his cop issued uniform, was in the 4100 block of Shaw when he attempted a “pedestrian check.” The account given by the police is that the man fled on foot, turned and fired a gun at the officer. The officer returned fire, killing the man. Assistant Chief Alfred Adkins gave another story, however. He says the officer encountered four pedestrians and stopped to talk with them. The four fled and the officer chased one. According to Chief Adkins, the man being chased by the officer jumped from some bushes and struggled with him. The man then pulled a gun and fired at the officer. Myers was shot as many as 16 times, 8 of those bullets were in his back, one of the left side of his face. Teyonna Myers, Vonderrick’s cousin said “He was unarmed. He had a sandwich in his hand”. Murdered by St. Louis PD
Shem Walker 49, July 11, 2009 Brooklyn NY – The unarmed army veteran, was gunned down after he tried to eject the identified in court papers only as Undercover C-94 detective from loitering on the stoop of the victim’s elderly mother’s apartment building unaware the Haitian-born narc was observing a buy-and-bust operation nearby. The detective fired three times after Walker punched him in the face and both men tumbled to the pavement. The city reached a $2 million the settlement with the family. Murdered by Brooklyn PD
DeAunta Terrel Farrow 12, June 22, 2007 West Memphis AR – DeAunta and his his 14-year-old cousin Unseld Nash, Jr. had walked a few blocks from DeAunta’s home to the nearby apartments where Unseld lived. The two kids made a stop at the gas station/market, picked up a pop and chips and continued down the street. DeAunta’s older brother, already at the apt, was keeping an eye on the two boys as they approached. After Unseld and DeAunta turned up the street leading to the apartment, two undercover police officers suddenly appeared from behind a dumpster. West Memphis Police Officer Erik Sammis says he was on a stakeout when he and another officer confronted someone who appeared to be carrying a gun. When “the suspect” didn’t drop the weapon, Sammis said he feared for his life and opened fire and within moments DeAunta was lying on the ground, shot twice by one of the officers. DeAunta had a soda pop and a bag of chips. Murdered by West Memphis PD
José Antonio Elena Rodríguez 16, Oct. 10, 2012 Nogales AZ – Rodriquez was simply walking home when Border Patrol agents and Nogales, Ariz. police chased two men who dropped marijuana bundles on the U.S. side, then fled back to Mexico. Rocks flew at the agents, and at least one Border Patrol agent fired through the fence in Nogales down a steep hill and across the street on the Mexican side. There is no indication from Mexican police, autopsy, ballistic reports or from witnesses that Rodriguez was involved The Autopsy reports clearly indicates Rodriquez “did not have any type of weapon in his hand, any type of rock, any type of nothing. He had a cellphone in his pocket” and at least eight bullets struck the teenager, one through his head and the rest through various parts of his back. Six bullets were found inside the boy. Murdered by Nogales Border Patrol
Alberta Spruill 57, May 16, 2003 Harlem NY – The warrant for the raid was issued on the basis of a tip from a confidential informant, who told police that a drug dealer lived on the 9th floor of Spruill’s building but had stashed guns and drugs in an apartment on the 6th floor, where Spruill lived. Because the warrant was “no-knock,” a group of 12 armed police officers used a battering ram to topple Spruill’s door at 6:10 a.m., just as the longtime city employee was preparing to go to work. Officers detonated a stun grenade, intended to disorient anyone inside the apartment. The explosion shattered a glass-top table. A neighbor described the raid: “I heard the boom. Police shouted, ‘Get down!’ The lady was screaming. They invaded her apartment. In the hall, she was screaming, ‘I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!’ She was coughing.” Spruill was handcuffed before police realized they had the wrong apartment. On the way to a hospital, Spruill went into cardiac arrest and was declared dead at 7:50 a.m., less than two hours after the raid. Per the autopsy report Ms. Spruill, died of a heart attack induced by the use of the grenade in a no-knock raid on her apartment, which the police had been told was used by a drug dealer. At the time, the drug dealer was already in custody. The medical examiner attributed her death to “the stress and the fear that she experienced” during the raid and the city has agreed to pay $1.6 million to Ms. Spruill’s family. Murdered by NYPD
Timothy Thomas 19, April 7, 2001 Cincinnati OH – Approximately 2 a.m., in a neighborhood called “Over the Rhine,” a young man walking down the street is spotted by an off duty police officer outside “The Warehouse,” a local nightclub. As the officer approaches the man runs and a chase is on. Radio officer: “Ah we have a suspect, male, black, about 6 foot, red bandana, last seen east bound on east 13th. He has, ah, about 14 warrants on him…” Other officers quickly join the pursuit. Radio dispatcher: “Okay cars in the area copy on that. Chasing a subject with open warrants, approximately 14 of them, male black.” Cincinnati police officer spots the suspect as he runs into a dark alley. As a police car approaches, its camera rolling, the officer runs towards the alley and almost immediately a shot rings out. A single bullet fired from the officer’s gun pierces the suspect’s heart. He’s pronounced dead at 3:02 am. The officer later tells investigators he thought the suspect was reaching for a gun – but no gun was ever found. Murdered by Cincinnati PD
Valeria “Monique” Tachiquin-Alvarado 32, Sept. 28, 2012 Chula Vista CA – When a group of plainclothes Border Patrol agents went to an apartment to arrest a felon who previously had been deported. The undercover personnel found several of the occupants had been the subjects of prior complaints of illegal drug activity. Police claim they identified themselves as Border Patrol agents. The two agents at the car both had badges, one on his belt, the other on a chain around his neck. Tachiquin -Alvarado a U.S. citizen left the apartment and walked toward a dark-green Honda Accord parked nearby. Border Patrol personnel who had surrounded the complex contacted her as she got behind the wheel allegedly pulled away from the curb, causing the sedan to strike an agent at least once. A witness reported “I just witnessed the officer walking toward the female’s car. She was backing up and then he discharged his weapon started firing,” The agent told Tachiquin-Alvarado she was under arrest for vehicular assault as a fellow officer reached through the driver’s-side window and tried to remove the ignition key the car then struck the first agent again, after which Tachiquin-Alvarado allegedly drove off to the west with him perched on the hood of the vehicle. Another witnesses told investigators the Honda was traveling about 25 mph and at one point veered into an oncoming lane as the agent, who appeared fearful, yelled at the woman to stop the car. After allegedly driving more than 200 yards, Tachiquin-Alvarado began to make a turn and the agent drew his gun and fired repeatedly into the windshield. She was pronounced her dead at the scene. The autopsy report:10 bullets, causing 14 separate wounds and that details about the angle of travel of those bullets reveals that the agent shot Alvarado while standing in front of her car, not while he was being carried along on the hood of the vehicle. Murdered by California Border Patrol
Michael Brown 23, Oct. 26, 2005 Troy MO –Brown was riding with four friends in a pickup truck driven by 22-year-old Tyler Teasley when a sheriff’s deputy clocked them going over the 55 mph speed limit. Deputy Nic Forler sought to pull them over, and Teasley tried to elude him by pulling into a driveway and shutting off the truck’s lights. Lincoln County sheriff’s Deputy Nic Forler fired through the back window of the pickup, killing Brown and the driver, Teasley. No one in the truck was armed. When the truck finally stopped, Forler pulled behind it, got out of his patrol car and stood between the vehicles. Witnesses said Teasley was “freaking out” because he had been drinking, there was alcohol in the car and several passengers were under 21. In his panic, they said, Teasley left the truck in neutral. As the truck rolled backward, Forler fired the fatal shots that struck both victims in the head. Murdered by Troy PD
Tyler Teasley 22, Oct. 26, 2005 Troy MO – Teasley was driving with four friends including Michael Brown in a pickup truck when a sheriff’s deputy clocked him going over the 55 mph speed limit. Deputy Nic Forler sought to pull them over, and Teasley tried to elude him by pulling into a driveway and shutting off the truck’s lights. Lincoln County sheriff’s Deputy Nic Forler fired through the back window of the pickup, killing Teasley, driver and passenger Brown. No one in the truck was armed. When the truck finally stopped, Forler pulled behind it, got out of his patrol car and stood between the vehicles. Witnesses said Teasley was “freaking out” because he had been drinking, there was alcohol in the car and several passengers were under 21. In his panic, they said, Teasley left the truck in neutral. As the truck rolled backward, Forler fired the fatal shots that struck both victims in the head. Murdered by Troy PD
Earl Murray (age unknown) June 12, 2000 Dellwood, MO – A vehicle occupied by Earl Murray and Ronald Beasley moved toward Dellwood officers Robert Piekutowski and Keith Kierzkowski at Jack-in the-Box. When Officers approached Murray’s car, Murrau put it into reverse and backed into a Ford Explorer driven by a Drug Enforcement Agency agent. As the car turned toward the officers, they opened fire and admitted the suspects did not fire any shots and had no weapons in their hands. The cops claim the unarmed Murray backed his car into an undercover police vehicle, got wedged under the bumper, revved his engine, and spun his tires. Police fired out of fear for their lives because they claim they were caught between the spinning tires and the curb. Murdered by Dellwood PD
Ronald Beasley (age unknown) June 12, 2000 Dellwood, MO – A vehicle occupied by Ronald Beasley and Earl Murray moved toward Dellwood officers Robert Piekutowski and Keith Kierzkowski at Jack-in the-Box. When Officers approached Murray’s car, Murrau put it into reverse and backed into a Ford Explorer driven by a Drug Enforcement Agency agent. As the car turned toward the officers, they opened fire and admitted the suspects did not fire any shots and had no weapons in their hands. The cops claim the unarmed Murray backed his car into an undercover police vehicle, got wedged under the bumper, revved his engine, and spun his tires. Police fired out of fear for their lives because they claim they were caught between the spinning tires and the curb. Murdered by Dellwood PD
Prince C. Jones Jr. 25, Sept. 1, 2000 Fairfax County VA – Was shot six times in the back, one bullet tore through his lung and another punctured his liver after he was tailed from Washington into Virginia because he was seen leaving a Washington house where someone else was sought for stealing a gun from police. Supposedly Police received a “tip” connected to the theft of a gun from a police car two months earlier. Carlton Jones didn’t notify other police departments as he went through their jurisdictions because he supposedly had no plans to arrest the driver. He only wanted to follow the jeep, the story goes, in the hopes of finding information that could be used to track the gun. Officer Carlton Jones claims he was forced to fire at Prince Jones because Jones rammed the officer’s undercover car three times with his Jeep after he had been ordered out of the vehicle. Officer Jones feels he was placed in an untenable situation,” “He had no choice but to use his gun.” The weapon was fired 16 times. Prince Jones’ mother, Mable Jones, a Philadelphia radiologist, shook with anger Wednesday that her son was killed “because he rammed a car.” She wondered aloud whether her son “reacted in fear” and might have tried to ram the other car because he worried the officer–his hair in dreadlocks and driving an unmarked car–was a dangerous impostor. Many questions are raised by this story: Why did a narcotics officer follow a man suspected of stealing a gun-for 15 miles and across several police jurisdictions. Why would Prince ram the vehicle of a man who had just pointed a gun at him? Could Prince have driven away when he was bleeding to death? How did Prince’s jeep get past Carlton Jones’ SUV? Why didn’t Carlton Jones follow Prince after he shot him? Murdered by Undercover PD READ MORE
Ronnie L. White 19, June 29, 2008 Prince George County MD – White, with a criminal background, was accused of killing Cpl. Richard S. Findley. Less than 48 hours after he was arrested, Mr. White was found unresponsive and without a pulse in his maximum-security cell. White was found dead from strangulation in a county jail cell. Jail officials first said that Mr. White was slumped on the floor of his cell; an attorney for the Correctional Officers Association later said that guards found Mr. White hanging in an apparent suicide. Corrections officers were supposed to enter Mr. White’s cell with a hand-held camera to record their actions; only after Mr. White was removed on a stretcher did the camera start recording. Guards blamed a camera malfunction. There was also confusion about whether a bedsheet was found in or near Mr. White’s cell. An autopsy report found that Mr. White was assaulted and strangled; the guards’ union insisted it was a suicide. Some guards, with the support of their union, initially refused to cooperate with investigators. When they did cooperate, they offered confusing accounts of how they found Mr. White. Murdered by Prince George County PD
Edmund Perry 17, June 12, 1985 Harlem NY – Edmund Perry an Honor Student, his teachers rated in “the top 2 to 3 percent of the school in ability, self-discipline, leadership, emotional maturity and initiative” had just graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and been awarded a scholarship to Stanford. Van Houten claimed he had been grabbed in a choke hold from behind by two assailants and repeatedly punched in the face. Before he lost consciousness, he managed to reach the gun in his ankle holster and shoot his attacker in the stomach. Within three hours Perry was dead. Plainclothes Officer Lee Van Houten, says he was jumped and beaten by two men as he patrolled on Morningside Drive near 113th Street in mid-evening. He fired a shot, fatally wounding Edmund Perry. The other man disappeared. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Eleanor Bumpurs 66, (mentally ill) Oct. 29, 1984 New York, NY – A city ordered eviction of Bumpurs from her apartment in the Bronx since she was four months behind on her monthly rent of $98.65. In requesting NYPD assistance, housing authority workers told police that Bumpurs was emotionally disturbed, had threatened to throw boiling lye, and was using a knife to resist eviction. When Bumpurs refused to open the door, police broke in. In the struggle to subdue her, one officer shot Bumpurs twice with a 12-gauge shotgun. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Michael Stewart 25, Sept. 15, 1983 New York, NY – On the Brooklyn-bound L platform, Kostick saw a tall, thin black man scrawl “RQS” on the wall in foot-high letters with a felt-tip marker. The cop did his duty and collared the graffiti tagger, he later said the man was resigned, almost cordial. On his way home to Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, where he lived with his parents. He asked the cop not to call and wake them. According to Kostick, Stewart’s disposition changed as they waited for the arrest transport van. He bolted upstairs, with the officer on his heels. “At the top, Stewart fell face-forward on the ground,” Kostick would later say. The cop held Stewart to the ground until the van arrived. Several officers loaded the perp inside and took him to the old District 4 transit police station at Union Square. By then, the collar had gone bad. Kostick said Stewart became “very violent” in the van. He tried to run again at Union Square, so he was hogtied — bound at the ankles and tethered hands-to-feet by an elastic strap. 1st Medical exam: “Stewart was drunk and had died of a heart attack unrelated to his handling by cops”. 2nd Medical exam: “physical injury to the spinal cord in the upper neck had caused Stewart’s death. Swelling in Stewart’s brain, scrapes and bruises on his body and pinpoint bleeding in his eyes, indicating trangulation”. A grand jury indicted Officers Kostick, Anthony Piscola and Henry Boerner for criminally negligent homicide, assault and perjury. Three other cops, Sgts. Henry Hassler and James Barry and Officer Susan Techky, were charged with perjury. READ MORE
Mark Clark 22, Dec. 4, 1969 Chicago IL – In the pre-dawn hours of December 4, 1969, Chicago Police stormed into the apartment of Black Panther Party State Chairman Fred Hampton at 2337 W. Monroe Street, killing both Mark Clark and Fred Hampton and causing serious bodily harm to Verlina Brewer, Ronald “Doc” Satchel, Blair Anderson, and Brenda Harris. Hampton and Deborah Johnson, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with their child, were sleeping in the south bedroom. Satchel, Anderson, and Brewer were asleep in the north bedroom. Harris and Louis Truelock were sleeping on a bed by the south wall of the living room, and Harold Bell slept on a mattress on the floor in the middle of the room. Clark, sitting in the front room of the apartment with a shotgun in his lap, was on security duty. The first shot hit Clark in the heart. He died instantly, and his gun went off as he fell, according to Harris, who watched from the bed in the corner. The single round was later determined to be caused by a reflexive death convulsion after the raiding team shot him; this was the only shot the Panthers fired. A federal grand jury determined that the police fired between 82 and 99 shots while most of the occupants lay sleeping. The first shot hit Clark in the heart. He died instantly, and his gun went off as he fell, according to Harris, who watched from the bed in the corner. The single round was later determined to be caused by a reflexive death convulsion after the raiding team shot him; this was the only shot the Panthers fired. Murdered by Chicago PD READ MORE
Fred Hampton 21, Dec. 4, 1969 1969 Chicago IL – In the pre-dawn hours of December 4, 1969, Chicago Police stormed into the apartment of Black Panther Party State Chairman Fred Hampton at 2337 W. Monroe Street, killing both Mark Clark and Fred Hampton and causing serious bodily harm to Verlina Brewer, Ronald “Doc” Satchel, Blair Anderson, and Brenda Harris. Hampton and Deborah Johnson, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with their child, were sleeping in the south bedroom. Satchel, Anderson, and Brewer were asleep in the north bedroom. Harris and Louis Truelock were sleeping on a bed by the south wall of the living room, and Harold Bell slept on a mattress on the floor in the middle of the room. Clark, sitting in the front room of the apartment with a shotgun in his lap, was on security duty. The first shot hit Clark in the heart. He died instantly, and his gun went off as he fell, according to Harris, who watched from the bed in the corner. The single round was later determined to be caused by a reflexive death convulsion after the raiding team shot him; this was the only shot the Panthers fired. A federal grand jury determined that the police fired between 82 and 99 shots while most of the occupants lay sleeping. Shot twice in the head at point blank range. Murdered by Chicago PD READ MORE
James Powell 15, July 16, 1964 New York NY – James Powell and his friends were sitting on a stoop near the Robert E. Wagner, Sr. Junior High School on East 76th street in the Yorkville community waiting for their remedial reading summer class to begin. James and his friends got into a verbal altercation with Patrick Lynch who was the superintendent of three apartment buildings across from the school. Lynch had been watering either some flowers in front of a building or the sidewalk. The man decided to aim his water hose at the young people and allegedly said, “Dirty niggers, I’ll wash you clean.” Lynch was white; James and his friends were black. He continued to drench the young people with water as they scattered and tried to retaliate by throwing a bottle and a soda can in his direction. James Powell had had enough and decided to go after the man, who ran toward a nearby building. An off-duty police officer, Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan, came upon the scene as he was leaving a repair shop across the street. He saw James Powell chasing Lynch and ran over to assist. Gilligan was not wearing his uniform and without apparently indicating that he was a cop pulled out his gun. James Powell saw that Patrick Lynch had disappeared into a building and decided to stop his pursuit. When he turned around, he came face to face with Thomas Gilligan, who fired three shots. Powell hit the ground, blood pouring from his mouth. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Antwain White 17, Jan. 29, 2012 Bushwick, Brooklyn NY – An off-duty detective alleged that White attempted to mug him with a walking cane near the subway station close to midnight. The detective shot him in chest. A 15-year old alleged accomplice was not charged. Murdered by NYPD
Justin Sipp 20, March 1, 2012 New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Off-duty police officer thought Sipp looked suspicious. looked suspicious after a traffic stop for broken tail light. Sipp and his brother were on their way to work at Burger King. Officer Giroir and Sipp argued, shots were fired that left Sipp dead and everyone on the scene, except Officer Giroir, was wounded.* Officer Giroir, who has been sued twice for brutality, wrote racist and threatening remarks online after the Trayvon Martin killing, has been suspended without pay. Sipps’ brother claims Justin shot in self defense against a man who wore no uniform.* A community movement persists. Murdered by New Orleans PD
Pena Family: Maria Pena-Herrera, 24, Dilcia Pena, 16 Andy Pena Herrera, 4 and Ricardo Pena Herrera, newborn Aug. 4, 2001 – Brooklyn NY – Pena-Herrera and her family were crossing the street in the Sunset Park area in Brooklyn, when drunk driver Police Officer Joseph Gray’s minivan struck the family after he ran the red light, killing 8 months pregnant Maria Herrera, her son Andy, and her sister Dilcia Pena. Maria Herrera’s baby boy was delivered in an emergency cesarean section after the accident but later died. Gray and other officers begin drinking in the 72nd Precinct Parking Lot after their shift ended and continued drinking at local Strip Club, a strip bar which officers are forbidden under departmental policy to enter until after 9pm at night. Officer Joseph Gray, 41, a 15 year veteran drank for more than 13 hours prior to the accident, his blood alcohol content was .16, well above the legal of .10, when the accident occurred. Since the incident, 17 officers have been fired, transferred, suspended or restricted to desk. Gray was charged with multiple counts of manslaughter, vehicular man slaughter and driving while intoxicated. On May 23, 2002, former Police Officer Joseph Gray was convicted on four counts of man-slaughter as well as driving while intoxicated. Gray was sentenced to five to 15 years for killing a family while driving drunk. Murdered by NYPD
Anthony Paul Gilmore Jr. 23, March 1, 2012 San Bernardino CA – A car in which Gilmore was a passenger allegedly ran a stop sign. Police detained the woman driver and Gilmore. When the officer asked Gilmore if he had a weapon, he attempted to flee but was grabbed by one of the other cops at the scene. Police say a “struggle” ensued and a gun fell from Mr. Gilmore’s person. One of the cops, using the proverbial “feared for their lives,” opened fire on the young man, killing him instantly. Murdered by San Bernardino PD
Brandon James Dunbar 21, March 1, 2012 Riverside, CA – Dunbar was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over, the lawsuit said, for having an obscured license plate. He jumped out of the car and ran into a backyard where police shot him. They claim he turned toward them with a gun. He fired no shots. was shot several times from a position where deadly force was not justified in self-defense or defense of others. One of his major leg arteries was severed, and he began bleeding heavily, the lawsuit says. His life could have been saved, but police failed to apply a tourniquet. Furthermore, all Officers conspired to remove as much physical evidence as possible by excavating the entire area where Dunbar had bled to death, removing the blood-sodden turf and dirt to an undisclosed location. Grand Jury investigation was compromised. Murdered by Riverside PD
Willie Miller 25, March 30, 2012 Chicago IL – Chicago police approached a party that had spilled onto the street in the West Side. Miller ran. Police chased him and alleged he pointed a handgun at them. Miller’s mother and sister were both present and claimed he had no gun. “He was just running and they got mad because they could not catch him. Murdered by Chicago PD
Ahmede Jabber Bradley 35, April 5, 2012 Austin TX – An officer pulled Bradley’s car over for a noise violation. Bradley sped off. After a car chase and a foot chase, the police allege there was a scuffle in which Bradley attempted to choke the officer with the cord of his radio mike. The officer fired. Bradley was shot three times in the back. Murdered by Austin PD
Roman Lee Drake 26, April 10, 2012 Fayette NC – Police arrived at his house where Drake had been having a rowdy party, but Drake was not there when police arrived. When he returned home and saw the police, he tried to leave. His car allegedly struck a police car and tried to run over an officer, so they opened fire on him. Witnesses say he never tried to harm an officer. He was drunk and he panicked, so he was just trying to leave. Murdered by Fayette PD
George Booker Wells 29, March 31, 2012 Baltimore MD – Police responded to call about domestic disturbance at a row house. A man ran from the house, and the officer chased him about two blocks. Police claim the man who ran from the house had an “edged weapon,” and he and the officer got into a physical altercation. The officer shot him multiple (6) times. Wells later died from his injuries at Shock Trauma. Murdered by Baltimore PD
Kevin Matthew Kimmons McCann 38, April 13. 2012 Memphis TN –McCann a former employee came into the convenience store and got into a verbal altercation with Ahmed Ibrahim, the 29-year-old store clerk. Ibrahim claimed the disturbance turned physical and ended when he opened fire on the ex-employee. McCann was rushed to the Medical Center, but later died. Police officers charged Ibrahim with second degree murder. Murdered by convenience store Vigilante
Kenyado Newsuan 31, April 22, 2012 Philadelphia PA – Officers received a report of a naked man running down the street screaming at 6am. When the officers tried to stop Newsuan, he allegedly attacked them. A stun gun did not stop him, so they shot him 3-4 times. A witness remarked, “He was high on PCP but that was no reason to shoot him and then they shot him three more times after he was down.” Murdered by Philadelphia PD
Michael M. Randolph aka “O’Head” 23, April 29, 2012 Allentown PA – A white security guard, Andrew Gesslein– who had lied about having once been a police officer shot Randolph outside a club. He claimed Randolph tried to force his way into the club after being denied entrance and then he reached in his waistband for a gun. Gesslein shot him several times. Gesslein was charged with voluntary manslaughter. Murdered by Security Guard Vigilante
John Robert Husband III 21, June 2, 2012 Dallas TX – Police stopped Husband’s car because he turned without signaling. Officers claim to have smelled marijuana in car and commanded him to get out. As they patted him down they alleged he reached for a gun so they shot him. Later they changed their story. Witnesses said he was unarmed and he had only taken a few steps before officers shot him in the back. The police threatened to shoot him again as he lay mortally wounded. Murdered by Dallas PD
Rene Benito-Amaro 28, Aug. 5, 2013 Houston TX – killed when shot by Houston PD officer E. Newman (21-yr vet, Tactical Operations). Police responded to a call about firearms being discharged by a man in a green SUV, and tried to detain Amaro. He instead ran away on foot. K-9 officer Newman then found him hiding behind a nearby strip center and claims Amaro pointed a gun at him, so he shot him. Murdered by Harris County PD
Donald Washington Jr. (age unknown) July 10, 2013 Houston TX – Killed when shot by Texas DPS officer J. Freeman a 12-year vet, who saw Washington trying to open car doors in a Wal-Mart parking lot. He claims Washington refused to answer his questions, and pointed a gun at him. They were so close that when Freeman shot him, Washington’s gun allegedly fell into his patrol car. Murdered by Houston PD
Cesar Ray Cruz 35, Dec. 9, 2009 Anaheim CA – Undercover officers, including gang investigators and Officer Phillips, received information a parolee in a green Chevrolet was armed with a handgun. Officers followed the vehicle to a Wal-Mart parking lot, where they tried to box the car in. Four of the officers said they fired because they claim they saw Cruz reach for his waistband and believed he was going for a gun. Cruz didn’t have one on him when officers fired, he wasn’t holding a weapon. Police claim they found a 9 mm handgun with the safety on in his vehicle’s passenger seat. Sgt. Rick Martinez of the Anaheim Police Dept. say’s “as to whether he shot at us, I don’t know, five Officers shot at him about 20 times in a few seconds”. It took five hours for his family to be notified Cruz was dead and took almost two weeks to identify him at the Orange County Coroner’s Office. Cruz had been shot 11 times in the back and he had bruises on his chest. Officer Phillips was the same officer who killed Joel Acevedo July 22, 2012. Murdered by Anaheim PD
David Duarte Raya 23, Aug. 16, 2011 Anaheim CA – Raya was staying at his girlfriend’s apartment when the Anaheim Police Department Crime Task Force attempted to contact him a foot chase ensued. Anaheim police investigator Bruce Linn fired three shots at Raya, claiming the man had made motions towards his rear waistband. Two more shots were fired, striking and killing Raya. Linn said he feared for his life and that of his partner Chad Meyer. No weapon was ever recovered from the scene; only a glass pipe authorities say was retrieved in the waistband of his shorts near the small of his back. According to OCDA investigation letters, detective Bruce Linn is named in at least five total officer-involved shootings in and around Anaheim dating back to September 25, 2002. In addition to Raya, Linn was also a part of the December 11, 2009 killing of 35-year-old Caesar Cruz. Orange County prosecutors ruled the shooting of Raya was justified, but the city agreed this year to pay his mother $245,000 to settle a federal lawsuit. Murdered by Anaheim PD
Michael Donald Reed 29, Feb. 18, 1995 Upper Marlboro MD – Reed may have been living in his car. Officer Wayne Cheney claimed he had a confrontation near a junkyard in northwestern Upper Marlboro so he shot and killed Reed claiming he was in fear for his life. Reed was pronounced dead at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly soon after a 12:20 a.m. No weapon was found. Officer Wayne Cheney shot and killed 29-year-old Michael D. Reed in Upper Marlboro on Feb. 18, 1995. Cheney was also cleared of those charges. Also killed Archie “Artie” Elliott III. Murdered by Prince George County PD
Manuel de Jesus Espina 43, Aug. 20, 2008 Prince George County MD – Steven Jackson an off-duty Police officer moonlighting as a security officer and wearing his police uniform approached Espina and a group of men who were gathered outside a brick, three-story apartment building were drinking beer (laws prohibiting drinking in public do not apply to private property such as the apartment complex) attempted to arrest Espina for an alcohol violation in the stairwell of an apartment building. When he filed to restrain Espina he used a baton and pepper spray. Both men entered the apartment, and his mother retreated to the sofa. The officer continued to strike Espina with the baton “He was hitting him very hard. He was screaming and hitting him. Espina did not resist or try to grab the baton, she does not think Espina could see. His eyes were all red, either from pepper spray or from blood,” Jackson was screaming and Espina was moaning, “Stop, stop”. The officer then shot Espina, who fell onto his back. Officer Jackson claimed Espina reached for his gun and he feared for his life. Two witnesses said the off-duty officer beat the unarmed man with a baton before firing a bullet into his torso. The autopsy showed Espina suffered numerous injuries to his face, torso, legs and arms. Jackson was not injured, except for knuckle scrapes. Murdered by Prince George County PD READ MORE
Latandra Ellington (DOC Inmate) (DOC Inmate) 36, Oct.1, 2014 Lowell Correctional Ocala FL – Ellington told her family in two letters she feared beatings by a prison officer “Sgt. Q”, who had repeatedly threatened to beat and kill her. He had a tattoo of an Indian and a name that no one seemed to be able to spell or pronounce. Ellington also named another officer, whose last name she said was Thrasher, as working the C Dorm with Quercioli at the time she was threatened and was being sexually abused and knew about the abuse of other inmates. Ellington wrote. “He was all in my face Sqt. Q then he grab his radio and said he was gone bust me in my head with it and do not underestimate my power”. Her death came less than 24 hours after her aunt called the prison, distraught upon receiving a letter dated Sept. 21, in which she said she had been threatened by the sergeant. She said “He was gone beat me to death and mess me like a dog,” Jennings said her niece was too afraid to tell her why the sergeant was terrorizing her. She also wrote she had previously told her she had complained to some of the commanders at the prison and feared she would face retaliation. The department claimed they had no record of any complaints or grievances filed by Ellington. Guard Patrick Quercioli has a criminal arrest record, and according to FDLE he has been arrested twice for fraud in 1986 and for possession of steroids in 1994. His arrests, however, were not reported to FDLE’s criminal justice standards. Quercioli also has 22 use-of-force incidents in his file. Patrick Quercioli has been placed on perimeter duty — a post that limits his contact with inmates — pending the outcome of the investigation. Autopsy results showed internal bleeding “consistent with punches or kicks to the lower abdomen”. Murdered by DOC Guards READ MORE
Affricka Jean (age unknown) April 2014 Lowell Correctional Ocala FL – The deaths of two other Lowell inmates, Latandra Ellington who died Oct.1, 2014 and Regina Cooper, who died in August, are also coming under scrutiny.
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Regina Cooper 50, Aug. 2014 Lowell Correctional Ocala FL – The deaths of two other Lowell inmates, Affricka Jean, who died in April, and , Latandra Ellington who died Oct.1, 2014 are also coming under scrutiny.
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Duane Strong Jr. 18, May 29, 2014 Tallahassee FL – Officer Hawthorne heard gunshots near Cheeks Nightclub shortly after 3 a.m. and relayed the information over his police radio. Officer Fallis arrived and positioned his patrol car in the driveway to prevent anyone from leaving. After another officer approached, Strong drove through the parking lot toward the exit where Fallis was standing. A deputy told him to stop, but he didn’t. Fallis, claims to have been squeezed between his patrol vehicle and Strong’s car, fired nine times. Officer Hawthorne fired three times at the vehicle. Strong drove out of the parking lot but crashed into a wooded area nearby after another officer rammed his vehicle. Strong was shot once in his upper left torso, died as a result of his injuries, the grand jury found. “There’s no indication that Duane Strong had anything to do with the initial gunshots which was the reason for the police to respond. Leon County grand jury cleared 3 TPD officers of any criminal wrongdoing in Strong’s death. Attorneys for Strong’s family have said in previous interviews that police created an unsafe environment by blocking off the nightclub parking lot and that Strong’s behavior did not warrant his death. Murdered by Tallahassee PD
Iretha Lilly 37, October 7, 2014 Waco TX – Lilly was shocked with an electric stun gun while deputies tried to take her into custody earlier in the day. Lilly became unruly during the proceeding at the McLennan County Courthouse, after 19th District Court Judge Ralph Strother decided she was a flight risk after failing a second drug test, prompting three deputies to subdue her using a Taser. Strother ordered Lilly to serve 100 days at the county jail as part of her conditions for deferred adjudication. Allen requested the jail time be delayed because of Lilly’s children, but when Lilly tested positive for drugs. Judge Strother said he didn’t think Lilly would return for another hearing and ordered her transferred to the jail. She was taken down the hall still screaming. Lilly complained of chest pains while in a cell by herself about 6 p.m., and medical staff performed an EKG on her, Cawthon said. She reportedly was monitored every 15 minutes until she was found unresponsive just after 7 p.m. Lilly then was taken to Providence by ambulance, where she was pronounced dead. Murdered by McLennan County PD
John B. Geer 46, Aug. 29, 2013 Fairfax County VA – Fairfax County Police responded to a reported domestic dispute. Whoever reported the incident claimed that Geer had weapons, prompting a large police response, as well as SWAT teams. Police said they negotiated with Geer, who was standing in the doorway of the home with a beer in his hand, for about 40 minutes. Geer reportedly had his hands up, resting on the door jamb above his head. However, when Geer reportedly started lowering one of his arms, police opened fire and shot him. One of the officers fired once into Geer’s chest, Geer turned, closed the door and collapsed. The police then waited another hour before sending in first-aid for someone who had been shot almost point-blank in the chest. Geer was dead. The police have not explained why they did not summon a negotiator trained in dealing with distraught people, rather than allowing patrol officers to deal with him, or why they didn’t just back off from a man with no hostages and no indication that he was going to harm anyone else. Murdered by Fairfax County PD
Phillip Raymond Garcia 27, Oct. 26, 1997 Dallas TX – Mr. Garcia was shot twice and killed by Cockrell Hill Police Officer Anthony Hogan, who claims Mr. Garcia pointed a gun at him and pulled the trigger after a routine traffic stop. The officer tried to pull Mr. Garcia over for driving without lights and pursued him across the city line into Dallas. Mr. Garcia’s 15-year-old fiancee, who was a passenger in his car, said in an affidavit that Mr. Garcia got out of the car with a handgun and pointed it at Officer Hogan. The cop repeatedly warned him to put the gun down before firing one shot, which struck Mr. Garcia in his left leg below the knee. The fiancée ran to Mr. Garcia’s aid and pushed the gun about eight feet away and into the street. She repeatedly asked the two cops to get the gun lying in the street. When the wounded Mr. Garcia tried to roll over on the pavement, Officer Hogan shot him again, hitting him in the side and killing him. Officer Hogan was cleared of criminal wrongdoing by a grand jury. The victim’s family said they might file a lawsuit against Officer Hogan and the city of Cockrell Hill. An uncle said, “We want to take this as far as we can because this is wrong. We’re not going to stop right here.” He added that the family thinks the first shot to Mr. Garcia’s leg was justified but that the second shot constituted excessive force. “We think that Phillip should be in jail right now with a bullet wound to his leg, maybe on charges of attempted murder. But he shouldn’t be dead. It’s the second shooting that we say shouldn’t have happened.” Murdered by Dallas PD
Kendra Deenan Diggs 37, May 7, 2013 Baltimore MD – An off-duty Baltimore police officer gave himself up after barricading himself in a home with a toddler in a six-hour standoff that began when he fatally shot his girlfriend Kendra Diggs. She lay wounded in the street for nearly an hour after she was shot in front of Western District officers who police confirmed had been called to the home. But because of the barricade and fears that Smith might fire into the street, police and medical personnel were unable to take her to a hospital immediately. Murdered by Baltimore PD READ MORE
Robert Striker 54 Aug. 9, 1999 Manhattan NY – (aka Joe McGill & aka Jesse James) Was killed for allegedly trying to rob a bank. Police officers shot more than 30 bullets, in one of the busiest areas in downtown Manhattan while trying to apprehend Mr.Striker, even though he had already thrown away his gun, and the NYPD’s own tests showed that he had never fired a gun. Murdered by NYPD
Anthony Baez 29, December 22, 1994 Bronx NY – The fatal encounter began when Anthony Baez and his brothers hit a police car with their football accidentally around 1:30 am. Officer Francis Livoti ordered them to go home.] The Baez brothers continued their game, playing in the opposite direction. Officer Francis Livoti arrested David Baez first for disorderly conduct. He then attempted to arrest Anthony Baez, who had protested his brother’s arrest by crossing his arms in front of his chest. A scuffle ensued, while other officers arrived on scene. Baez was subdued, lost consciousness, and was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead of asphyxiation. Controversy centered over the extent to which officers contributed to his death, specifically whether he was subjected to a choke hold. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Gidone Busch 31, (mentally ill and severe kidney disease) August 30, 1999 Brooklyn NY – People in his community called the NYPD and warned them that he was disturbed. Six officers went to Mr. Busch’s house, and in the basement apartment, he threatened them with the hammer and took a swing or two at them, Chief Raguso said. The officers then ordered Mr. Busch to drop the hammer, but instead he backed into the street, and the officers followed him onto the sidewalk On the sidewalk, Officer Daniel Gravitch sprayed him with pepper spray, which only irritated Mr. Busch further. Busch, Another officer, Sgt. Terrence O’Brien, tried to block Mr. Busch’s path, and Mr. Busch hit him several times in the left arm with the hammer, prompting four of the officers — Officer Gravitch, Officer Martin Sanabria, Sgt. Joseph Memoly and Officer William Loshiavo to open fire, he was shot 12 times. Mr. Busch was struck in the torso and was dead on arrival at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park. Sergeant O’Brien was treated for cuts and released. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Kenneth Banks 36, Oct. 1998 Manhattan NY – Some say that the 36-year-old Banks, a reputed drug dealer who was convicted of criminal trespass in 1997 and petty larceny in 1984, was a hard knock who “did what he had to do” to survive. Police say that on October 29 cops observed Banks in a drug transaction and when officers tried to arrest him he fled. Witnesses say Officer Craig Yokemick came within a few feet of Banks as he tried to get away on a bicycle and threw his two-pound walkie-talkie at the suspect. Banks fell from the bike. He died at Metropolitan Hospital Center on November 10. Twelve days later, the medical examiner ruled that the thrown radio had killed Banks. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Donna Towe 45, Oct. 8, 2001 Bronx NY – Officer Clayton Bullock, 38, was charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of Donna Towe in their Bedford Park apartment. Bullock had shared the apartment with Towe and her boyfriend. Detectives believe the night she was killed, her boyfriend was out and Bullock made sexual advances toward her. When she declined, he began choking her. When the boyfriend returned the next morning, she was still unconscious and barely clinging to life. Bullock and the boyfriend called an ambulance. Towe, was pronounced dead by EMS. This is not the first time Officer Clayton Bullock has been in trouble. READ MORE
William Bruce Hemphill 51 Oct. 4, 2013 Staten Island NY – Hemphill was walking across the street when off-duty Police Officer Joseph McClean driving his personal vehicle between 80 to 90 MPH came flying down the street. Witness Ramirez said “Hemphill flipped and flipped and flipped again over then McClean sped off real fast, came back about five minutes later. When police arrived and he heard the driver admit to hitting the pedestrian. “Next thing I know, guy was standing behind me and said ‘I did it. I did it.’ He threw his hands up and they told him to sit on the curb” McClean was taken into custody and charged with second-degree vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and driving while alcohol-impaired. Murdered by NYPD
Richard Watson 32, Sept. 1, 1999 Harlem NY – Mr. Watson had been arrested on charges of attempting to sell heroin to an undercover police officer, but testing indicated that the substance Mr. Watson was trying to sell was not really heroin. He was charged with attempting to sell an imitation controlled substance, as well as criminal possession of marijuana and cocaine, all misdemeanors. Watson was released without bail from the Criminal Courts building and took a taxi back to West 137th Street and Broadway. The cabdriver flagged down police officers after Mr. Watson left the cab without paying his fare. About 20 minutes later, the police said, Watson ran from officers who tried to stop him because he fit the description given by the cabdriver. After crisscrossing Broadway and trying to hide under a van, Watson ran into the southbound lanes of the road and dived into the passenger side window of a livery cab, which had been abandoned by a driver who saw him coming. As one officer attempted to pull Mr. Watson out of the cab, Officer Gilkes, a four-year veteran, tried to help and supposedly accidentally fired his weapon. Why was the cop holding a gun with his finger on the trigger while he was trying to pull an unarmed man out of the car? Youth in the neighborhood have said this cop routinely brutalizes and harasses them in that area!! The bullet hit Mr. Watson in the back killing him. Murdered by NYPD
Ryo Oyamada 24, Feb. 21, 2013 Queensbridge NY – Released video shows an NYPD patrol car without its emergency lights on in the moments before a Japanese student was struck and killed. Oyamada was walking down 40th Avenue “proceeding toward the location of the crash” around 30 seconds into the video. The first video was shot from the intersection of 10th Street and 40th Avenue. About a minute and a half into the footage, a police car is seen driving east on 40th Avenue and crossing 10th Street, and does not have its emergency lights on. Oyamada was struck while crossing 40th Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets. Police previously claimed the video of the NYPD police vehicle had its flashing lights engaged. Murdered by NYPD VIDEO HERE
Sherly Colon 33, April 26, 1997 Manhattan NY – Witnesses claim police pushed her 18 stories from the roof of her public housing residence and that handcuffs were removed from her body Despite accounts by the police that the woman jumped with a suicide note in her pocket, the protesters said they believed the woman had been pushed off the roof of a building at the Clinton House. Commissioner Safir said ”To the best of our knowledge, she was not in our custody. There is no indication that she was, in fact, ever in our custody or handcuffed. There is no evidence that, unfortunately, she did anything but commit suicide.” Chief of Department Louis Anemone gave the following account of the incident: Late Thursday afternoon, cops were checking a report of a male prowler on the roof of the building and spotted Colon standing near a 4-foot fence on the roof. She jumped before they could reach her Murdered by NYPD
Jack Jacquez 27, Oct. 13, 2014 Rocky Ford CO – Jack Jacquez came home just before 2 a.m when Police Officer James Ashby forced down the front door and the two men got into an argument. Jack was standing next to his mom, his back turned toward Officer Ashby who shot him twice in the back and then pepper sprayed him. Four month pregnant Mariah Jacquez, Jack’s fiancé said one of the shots fired almost hit her. As Jacks mother attempted to call the police department Officer Ashby took her phone and threw it against the wall. They then handcuffed both Mariah Jacquez and his mother. Jacquez was transported to Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center in La Junta where he was pronounced dead. Murdered by Rocky Ford PD UPDATE: 11-18-14 Colorado Cop Charged With Second Degree Murder READ MORE
Felix Coss 61, July 6, 2013 Brooklyn NY – Coss, a Spanish teacher was hit and killed by a marked NYPD police van had the right of way, he had the pedestrian signal as he finished crossing Broadway at Hooper Street. The veteran female officer was making a left-hand turn from Hooper Street. Coss died while being taken to Bellevue Hospital. No criminality and no traffic-law violations are suspected the officer who struck Coss with sufficient force to end his life would have been in violation of the state’s careless driving law. However, since NYPD routinely fails to cite civilians who injure and kill pedestrians, it stands to reason that the department would choose not to enforce the law following a crash caused by one of their own. Murdered by NYPD
Georgy Louisgene 23, Jan. 16, 2002 Brooklyn NY – Louisgene called police after he’d been attacked by unknown individuals so he armed himself with a knife and a stick in self-defense. New York cops James Muirhead and Joseph Thompson shot Louisgene at the Vanderveer Estates housing project in East Flatbush. The two fired eight shots, five of which hit Louisgene, who was pronounced dead at the site of the shooting. The Officers claim they shot Louisgene in self-defense, alleging he charged them with a knife and a stick because had been behaving in a “deranged” manner. Police would later use those weapons as their excuse for shooting him, although witnesses declare that Louisgene never attacked them. The official investigation whitewashed the affair and no charges were ever filed. Murdered by NYPD
Santiago “Chago” Villanueva 35, April 16, 2002 Bloomfield NJ – Four police officers responding to a 911 emergency call from a garment factory where Villanueva worked was having an epileptic seizure. The responding officers ”started screaming at him ‘Speak English!’ and when they saw him foaming at the mouth they accused him of being on drugs. Villaneuva was unresponsive to verbal commands so according to witnesses ‘The pofficers got him down on the floor to restrain him, one officer on his back and the other on his neck” even though co-workers pleaded with the officers to stop’ ‘When Villannueva was turned around, cuffed him and they sat on him until he stopped breathing. Bloomfield police officials claim the officers found Mr. Villanueva to be combative, and used force because they feared that he would hurt himself or others. The medical examiner pronounced Villanueva’s death a homicide. The death certificate states ”mechanical asphyxia following physical restraint. The officers who killed him are still on the beat. Critics charge the officers’ response may have been racially motivated, since Mr. Villaneuva wore his hair in dreadlocks and spoke Spanish during the encounter. Murdered by Bloomfield PD
Afif Hazim 52, Oct. 20, 1999 Queens NY – New York City Police Department Captain James O’Connor left a gathering in the Bronx Police Department vehicle to drive to Queens to pick up his private car. While he crossed the Throgs Neck Bridge the Captain drove into a closed construction lane. While driving in the closed lane he struck and killed Afif Hazim, a construction worker, who was removing asphalt from the roadway for resurfacing. Tests revealed that the defendant’s blood alcohol level was .12, above the legal limit of .10 for operating a vehicle. Former New York City Police Department Captain has been sentenced to prison for three years for reckless manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. Murdered by NYPD
Maliki Yawmi-Deen Raymond 23, March 1, 2000 Harlem NY – Shortly before 2 p.m., he allegedly was observed by undercover officers purchasing drugs in Harlem. Police say Raymond may have swallowed drugs in a cellophane bag in an attempt to thwart arrest. About 45 minutes after he was taken to the 30th Precinct station house and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, Raymond began to complain of stomach pains and suffered several seizures. He was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where he later died. When Raymond’s Mother identified her son’s body at the hospital morgue “he looked as if he had been beaten because he had bruises on his face, including a gash on his chin.” READ MORE:
Curtis Harmon Jr. 35, (mentally challenged) May 22, 2001 Bronx NY – Police claim they had received a report of a stabbing, and as two officers were walking past, one man ran into the building. The officers chased the man, who ran up several flights of stairs. It was raining. It was slippery. The man fell five stories and died of his injuries. However the EMT’s report: “One of Harmon’s arms was broken ‘seemingly by a baseball bat.” Detective Tierney refused to divulge the names of the officers involved in the fatal chase to Harmon’s aunt Ms. Jacobs, when asked if the cops were black or white, Detective Tireney replied, “Right now, it does not matter. We have investigated it, and it is just an unfortunate accident.” The detective then asked Ms. Jacobs if Harmon wore dentures, she told him she wasn’t sure. But Jacobs recalled an unnerving conversation she had with two alleged witnesses. They told her that after authorities left the scene they found several bloodied teeth on the roof. Murdered by NYPDREAD MORE
Larry Cobb 30, Aug. 18, 1999 Manhattan NY – Officer Grant and his partner, Lisa Moran, were on patrol when they spotted a Jeep with a broken window and an interior light on. They saw Cobb cowering under a nearby car and tried to arrest him. Cobb was carrying bags filled with CDs and a cell phone, all suspected booty from car break-ins. Cops accidentally killed an unarmed car burglar during a struggle on the upper East Side yesterday. Police claim Cobb, a career criminal with 21 nonviolent convictions, was shot in the chest when he supposedly tried to grab a cop’s gun. Cobb staggered to the corner and collapsed dead in the gutter a crack pipe and a box cutter in his pockets outside the Last Second Saloon. Murdered by NYPD
Angel Reyes 47, Aug. 15, 1999 Manhattan NY – Was shot and killed by NYPD during an undercover drug operation when they allege that he came at them with a machete. Eye witnesses said that the man had his back to the officers when he was shot. Murdered by NYPD
Eric Zaman 33, Aug. 14, 2013 Queens NY – Zaman had been riding near the group of motorcyclists being pursued by police, but was not part of the group. A police car following the group was driving without lights or sirens because they were claim the motorcyclists were allegedly driving erratically. Witnesses at the scene reported the officer’s vehicle clipped Zaman’s motorcycle, sending it skidding out of control. Witnesses said Zaman was sitting upright on the curb moments after he crashed. “He was bleeding and had a big gash in the back of his head by the right ear, his eyes were open, but he was trying to spit out blood. He was in bad shape”. Zaman was rushed to Brookdale Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Murdered by NYPD
Charmene Pickering 27, July 26, 2001 Brooklyn NY – The end of Charmene Pickering’s life began with a quick visit to her mom. The 27-year-old stopped at her mom’s two-story Brooklyn house on her way to go shopping for her baby boy. Within 30 minutes, she had become the innocent victim of a drug bust gone horribly wrong. Pickering, – who had just started a new job as a clerk for the city Sanitation Department – died 10 days ago after being shot in the neck by a state trooper seconds after leaving the house with one of her mother’s “friends.” Little did Pickering know that Carlos Alfonso Rodas, the “friend” who offered to drive her to a shoe store, was a suspected Colombian heroin dealer and the target of a year-long investigation by the state police and the federal DEA. She also didn’t know her mother, Cheryl “Ma” Pickering and father, John Alston, were allegedly involved with Rodas in a lucrative heroin-distribution ring. The bullet that killed Pickering was accidentally fired by senior investigator Samuel Mercado when he tussled with Rodas after stopping his car. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Lana Morris 46, Jun. 5, 2013 Queens NY – NYPD officer Sherlon Smikle, who had a reported history of domestic violence, shot and killed his wife Lana Morris, a mother and NYPD Safety Officer for Queen’s Village public school, as she ran from their home. He then shot and killed himself. His duty weapon had already been confiscated due to reported domestic violence. He used a shotgun to commit his final crime. Murdered by NYPD
Jose Muniz 52, Jun. 20, 2013 Bronx NY- Police claim Muniz had ingested a golf ball-sized bag of cocaine after being seen making a drug deal by plain-clothes narcotics officers. According to witnesses, Muniz said he did not have anything in his mouth and resisted officers’ attempts to handcuff him say the officers pepper-sprayed Muniz as the scuffle made its way into the store. Muniz fell, and police say CPR was performed when it was apparent he had stopped breathing. According to another witness “The police caused this man to die they were choking him and punching him in the rib area then took him in the store and continued to make the man cough up what supposedly he swallowed while man kept saying he didn’t have anything. They beat him relentlessly.” Murdered by NYPD
Cesar Mercado 47 Mar. 30, 2002 Manhattan NY – An officer shoots and kills Cesar Mercado, as he allegedly attempts to break into a van parked on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Officer Ryan approached the van, and the other two heard him tell the suspect not to move, then heard a single gunshot, the authorities said. Officer Ryan reported that Mr. Mercado had lunged at him with something in his hand. Murdered by NYPD
Ernest Prather 39, Aug. 27, 2002 Bedford-Stuyvesant NY – Prather had been volunteering at a church that serves food to the homeless on Tuesdays, the “So Great a Salvation Ministries” Police were called to the church after a verbal dispute over some juice. Laura Prather had suggested to her husband that the argument was “not worth it” and that he should leave to cool off. When Prather tried to return to the church at 2:49 p.m., he was met by four cops with their guns drawn.. Prather lifted up his T-shirt to reveal a bright orange plastic squirt gun in his waistband. Many witnesses say he never even reached for the toy many residents carry on hot summer days to keep cool. A witness who identified himself as Mr. Carey, who has lived in the neighborhood for 38 years, said Prather kept repeating, “Look, this is not a gun; this is not a gun,” with his hands raised. Then the cops started shooting. All witnesses to the shooting reported six to 10 shots to the abdomen. Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Juan Mendez 33, Jan. 23, 2013 Washington Heights NY – (aka Juan Manuel Mendez, Juan Mendez Lazaro, as well as “Eddie” or “Eduardo) According to the story from the police, an off-duty undercover cop reported a man showing a shotgun to a group of other men. Uniformed cops then approached Mendez and ordered him to drop the gun. The police claim that when Mendez ran off, they chased him and cornered him in a parking garage. It was there that they shot and killed him. Mendez fired no shots; the gun was later found under a car. According to the NY Times a police official said “he did not know how many officers had chased Mr. Mendez or whether they had identified themselves as officers.” One witness put it more clearly when he told the Times “The cop didn’t say freeze or anything; he just shot.” Murdered by NYPD READ MORE
Alesia Shont’e Thomas 35, July 22, 2012 Los Angeles CA – After reports say Thomas left her two children, ages 3 and 12 at an LAPD station, Police later went to her home to issue a warrant for child endangerment and place her under arrest. Thomas struggled and “began actively resisting arrest. As Thomas, who was already in handcuffs and leg restraints, was being placed in the patrol car, dash cam video captured Officer Mary O’Callaghan kicking Thomas in the groin and stomach, and pushing her by the throat. Thomas suffocated to death in the backseat of the patrol car “Two of the officers disregarded Thomas’ request for medical help, while the third cop may have lied to investigators about the incident. ” Cmdr. Green admitted to the L.A. Times she was kicked in her genitals for resisting and later kicked her while another officer told Thomas, to “get your fat ass in the car” Green confirmed. Thomas eventually stopped breathing and died at the hospital. “An in-car video was reviewed which revealed some questionable tactics and improper comments.” Five LA Officers are under investigation. Murdered by LAPD
Egbert Dewgard 31, May 1, 2002 Brooklyn NY – When a task force of DEA agents and NYPD detectives got a tip that a drug shipment was being delivered in Flatbush. They saw a man put a bag into a black Nissan driven by Dewgard. Cops gave chase. Dewgard, 31, crashed and fled on foot. Drawing his gun, Tanella chased and tackled him. A struggle ensued before Dewgard was shot in the lower back. A law enforcement source said Dewgard’s fingerprints were found on a bag containing 3 kilos of cocaine discovered under Dewgard’s car. A Grand Jury investigation was conducted by the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration cooperated fully with this investigation. On October 31, 2002, a Grand Jury in Brooklyn, NY returned an indictment for manslaughter in the death of Mr. Dewgard. On September 3, 2003, Agents Tanella’s motion was granted and the indictment dismissed. Murdered by NYPD
Stefanos Kiladitis 21, Jun. 22, 2002 Brooklyn NY – Three days after Kiladitis 21st birthday off-duty Officer Victor Wilson driving drunk ran a red light at the intersection of Fort Hamilton Parkway and 88th Street in Bay Ridge, striking Kiladitis- motorcycle. Kiladitis suffered severe head injuries and died three days later. Wilson was arrested after a Breathalyzer test taken two hours after the crash showed a blood alcohol level of .116, according to police. The legal limit was .10 at the time. Officer Victor Wilson walked out of a Brooklyn courtroom a free man. Murdered by NYPD Read More
Jamil Moore 22, Sep. 1, 2002 Brooklyn NY – Moore had been arguing with his mother and her fiancé when someone called the cops. When four cops showed up, they confronted Moore on the stairway of his apartment building. The cops claim Moore refused to drop a knife and that they “had nowhere to go” to get away from him. Detective James Moss fired twice, hitting him in the torso. His mother, Jennifer, who witnessed her son being shot in front of her, says, “He did not have a knife in his hand.” Murdered by NYPD
Rigoberto Arceo 34, May 11, 2013 Los Angeles CA – Arceo, who was a biomedical technician at St. Francis Medical Center, was shot and killed after getting out of his sister’s van. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says Arceo “advanced on the deputy and attempted to take the deputy’s gun.” However, Arceo’s sister and 53-year-old Armando Garcia — who was barbecuing in his yard when the incident happened say that Arceo had his hands above his head the entire time. Murdered by LA Sheriff Dept.
Jerry Waller 72, May 28, 2013 Ft. Worth TX – Kathy Waller said she and her husband, Jerry, noticed bright lights from outside their bedroom window at about 1 a.m. He grabbed a .38-caliber pistol and went outside to see what was going on. “He probably thought it was a group of yuckos out there or something messing around,” It was police responding to a burglar alarm, which wasn’t at their house, but across the street. “He was shot six times in the chest by a Glock, I guess, or whatever the police use. I’m disgusted.” Her husband of 46 years, had apparently just opened the garage door, was shot and killed by at least one officer. “It happened in less than five minutes,” she said. She ran downstairs and saw her husband lying at the edge of their garage and driveway. “I looked down and saw he was gone” Police offered few details about the shooting but promised a thorough investigation. Murdered by Ft. Worth PD
Frank Mendoza 54, Aug 2, 2014 Pico Rivera CA – An innocent homeowner was mistakenly killed and a parolee was fatally shot by deputies after an hours long hostage situation and standoff. The incident began around 4:30 p.m. when deputies were searching for Cedric Ramirez, wanted on two felony warrants. During the search, Ramirez ran out of a home, jumped a back fence and then broke into a home which was occupied by an unknown number of people. While in the backyard of the home, Ramirez exchanged gunfire with deputies. Deputies were able to open the front door and started escorting multiple people from the home. However, as they were being taken out, the Ramirez allegedly shot a second time at deputies, who then returned fire and retreated to the front yard, within seconds an adult male suddenly appeared in the doorway. Believing the man was Ramirez, a deputy fired two shots at that man who then dropped to the ground, unconscious, He was later recognized to be 54-year-old Frank Mendoza, a resident of the house. Murdered by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Alan Zelencic 28, (mentally ill) Jan. 17, 2000 Queens NY – Zelencic, who had a history of mental illness, stabbed his mother in the basement of their home. When cops arrived, he allegedly charged at them wielding a 15-inch knife. Officer Jonathan Dudley, retreating, fired two shots, striking Zelencic both times. A Queens grand jury ruled the shooting justified. Murdered by NYPD
Tyler Comstock 19, Nov 6, 2013 Ames IA – Comstock allegedly stole a truck Monday from a work site where he and his father were working. In the audio, Officer Adam McPherson in pursuit of Comstock tells dispatch the truck’s driver “just rammed me, he just rammed my vehicle.” A few seconds later “He blew the stoplight … he lost the trailer.” At that point, an unidentified Ames police staffer tells the officer: “If he’s that reckless coming into the college area, why don’t you back off. The driver’s identity is known.” Minutes later, the truck Comstock was driving stopped, and Officer Adam McPherson commanded him to shut off the vehicle. Instead, Comstock revved the engine, and McPherson fired six rounds at the truck. Comstock died from two gunshot wounds, one each to his head and chest. Ames Police Cmdr. Geoff Huff said “when the suspect’s identity has been established to the point that later apprehension can be accomplished the pursuit must stop. The pursuit must be ended if the officers or supervisors believe the danger created by a pursuit outweighs the capture of the suspect. Iowa law requires deadly force be used only to stop danger to another person. Murdered by Ames PD
Felix Martinez Torres 47, Oct 6, 2013 Maricopa AZ – Torres was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on Sept. 30 on warrants stemming from driving on a suspended license and failure to appear in court. A sheriff’s officer found Felix Martinez Torres, 47, sitting upright but unresponsive in his cell shortly after midnight, according to MCSO spokesman Deputy Joaquin Enriquez. The officer called for assistance from medical staff. Nurses and detention officers from the Towers Jail Medical Clinic responded within two minutes, according to Enriquez. CPR was administered until members of the Phoenix Fire Department arrived and took over. Torres was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital where he later was pronounced dead. Murdered by Maricopa County Sheriff’s Dept.
Jack Lamar Roberson 43, Oct 4, 2013 Waycross GA – The family of Roberson claims they called 911 on Friday for medical help as he was experiencing an adverse reaction to medication he took for his diabetes. Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner said Monday that authorities responded to a suicide threat and that Roberson approached them “aggressively armed with two items used as weapons. Roberson’s mother insisted that her son was unarmed and that there were “no weapons in this house whatsoever.” Murdered by Waycross PD
Angel Chiwengo 46, Sept. 24, 2013 Baltimore MD – An immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrived in the U.S. with only a few dollars in her pocket last year. Chiwengo, who joined her family in Baltimore, held a job and was soon to be a grandmother, was one of three killed in a fiery crash that ended a four-mile police “pursuit.” Chiwengo, who was living with her brother in Reisterstown, was returning from her job as a housekeeper at a DoubleTree Hotel, and being driven home by a colleague, Andrew Baker. Officers were following a Honda occupied by the two men, later identified as Devell Johns, 36 and Terrell Young, 30, after they observed what officers described as “suspicious activity.” The Honda slammed into the Jeep Baker was driving. Officers were. The resulting collision triggered a fire that killed the Chiwengo and the two men police were following. Murdered by Baltimore PD
Alfred Nelson 36, (paranoid schizophrenic) Oct. 30, 2002 Staten Island NY- Nelson was taken to the emergency room of a psychiatric hospital in Staten Island, NY, where police said the 6-foot-2, 275-pound man became violent and had to be subdued with pepper spray, medication, and physical force. Nelson, who battled paranoid schizophrenia for 15 years, was pinned by a dozen people, including several cops, and injected with medication. He was pronounced dead an hour later. The city medical examiner ruled Nelson’s death a homicide by asphyxia that aggravated a heart condition. A grand jury heard testimony from 30 witnesses in the case, but declined to issue any indictments. Murdered by hospital security firm Burns Security
Kathryn Michelle Walters 46, and son Maximilian Walters 5, Jan 21, 2013 Boulder City NY – 52-year-old Metro police lieutenant, Hans Pieter Walters, Katherine’s husband and Maximilian’s father was suicide by a gunshot wound to the head. Walters called 911 and said he had killed his wife and son and was preparing to set the house on fire. When emergency crews arrived at the home, they briefly saw Walters outside the house, but he went back inside and shot himself. Murdered by Boulder City PD
Maximilian Walters 5, and mother Kathryn Michelle Walters 46, Jan 21, 2013 Boulder City NY – 52-year-old Metro police lieutenant, Hans Pieter Walters, Maximilian’s father and Katherine’s husband was suicide by a gunshot wound to the head. Walters called 911 and said he had killed his wife and son and was preparing to set the house on fire. When emergency crews arrived at the home, they briefly saw Walters outside the house, but he went back inside and shot himself. Murdered by Boulder City PD
Mario“Papaya” Romero 23, Sept. 2, 2012 Vallejo CA – In the midst of investigating a reported burglary down the street, Police Officer Dustin B. Joseph and Officer Sean Kenney said they came upon two men sitting in a white Ford Thunderbird matching the description of a car reportedly associated with an earlier shooting. The driver got out and the officers reported seeing the butt of a handgun in his waistband, police claims the man, partially obscured by the open door of his car, reached for the gun and began to turn toward the officers and Officer Dustin B. Joseph feared for his life. 31 bullets were fired at Romero entering the palms of his hands, his face and mouth as he begged for his life. After the shooting Officer Kenney, entered Romero’s car and handled the pellet gun without gloves. Kenney told investigators that he was going to check it for live ammunition, then realized it had blood on it and that he wasn’t wearing gloves. Analysis of bullet holes through the windshield show they were fired from the ground, not from on top of the car’s hood as Officer Kenney claims. Witness state a fake gun was planted in the car. Officer Sean Kenney was later promoted to detective. Murdered by Sean Kenney and Dustin Joseph of the Vallejo Police Department the same Officers who murdered Jeremiah Moore READ MORE
Jeremiah Moore 29, (autism spectrum disorder) Oct. 20, 2012 Vallejo CA – Awakened by loud banging and shouts, Marvin Clouse grabbed a video camera and went outside to investigate. Clouse says he saw his neighbors, Jason Jessie and Jeremiah Moore, smashing the windows of their own cars, parked in front of their house. The men were naked, and Jessie was calling out commands to Moore who had a tendency to follow commands. “I hope this is right, I’m destroying everything. Destroy it, Jeremiah. I want you to destroy it,” Jessie can be heard saying on Clouse’s video. Another neighbor’s unobstructed view “He says the man was waving his arms strangely — a flailing that he couldn’t seem to stop. He says he could clearly see the man’s hands, and there was nothing in them. “What I heard was the officers told him to stop moving, and he can’t stop moving,” Alvarado says. “He starts shaking. That’s when the officer gets, like, scared. He got the gun and shoots him. I know, this guy who was shot, he doesn’t have a rifle in his hands; then police dragged Moore away from the house, “like a piece of garbage.” Murdered by Sean Kenney and Dustin Joseph of the Vallejo Police Department the same Officers who murdered Mario Romero.
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John Lagattuta 35, Jan. 2, 2003 Brooklyn NY – Lagattuta, a suspected car thief was chased for several blocks before he halted the car and seven officers surrounded him. When an officer attempted to smash the windshield during a “confrontation,” his gun may have accidentally discharged when he banged it against the van window. Murdered by NYPD
Denis Reynoso 29, Sept. 5, 2013 Lynn, MA – Police officers entered Reynoso’s home without a warrant after supposedly receiving a noise disturbance complaint call. When they got inside, Reynoso’s 5-year-old son witnessed his father being gunned down by men everybody was taught to trust. After Reynoso was shot 3 times, the policeman tore up his home for drugs and weapons. They found nothing. Police claim Reynoso lunged at two officers from a seated position atop a couch and a struggled ensued. During the struggle Reynoso got a hold of Officer John Bernarder’s service weapon and held it to the officer’s head. Bernarder managed to aim the gun away from his head before Reynoso fired his first shot. Officer Paul Scali then came to Bernarder’s aid and grabbed the gun as Reynoso fired again. After being shot police claim Reynoso continued to laugh and scream and was struggling and attempting to bite paramedics that responded to transport him to a hospital. Questions “If a trained war veteran would ever grab a police officer’s gun in the first place”. Jessica Spinney lives with the torment of having to bury her fiancé Denis on the day they were to be wed. Murdered by Lynn PD
Jaquess Harris 26, Oct 14, 2012 Columbus GA – Harris was crossing the street heading towards Club Ciroc in Columbus, when she was struck and killed by a Columbus police cruiser driven by 26-year-old Officer Kelly MacDonell. MacDonell was traveling at a high rate of speed and did not have his emergency lights on. “It appears and it’s reported to us at this time that he was responding to another unit as a back-up unit. It looked like the skid marks were at least 30 feet long. He couldn’t have been going the speed limit which is 30 to 35. Not only did she get hit, she got carried, and when the car stopped, it threw her.” Killed by Officer Kelly MacDonell Columbus PD
James Boyd 38, (homeless schizophrenic) March 16, 2014 Albuquerque NM – All of this over “illegally camping”. Officer’s Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez responded to a report of a homeless mentally ill man, James Boyd, camping in foothills. After several hours of negotiations, the police officers launched a flash bang grenade as Boyd, still holding his knives, picked up his backpack, and turned. Two officers opened fire with rifles, shooting Boyd in the back and arm. Blood can be seen on the rocks behind him. Boyd fell to the ground, an officer released a police dog while other officers shot him with bean bag rounds and handcuffed him. As Boyd was on the ground, he said “I can’t move” and “Please don’t hurt me.” The shooting was captured via a helmet-mounted camera by the policemen at scene and released to the public. Albuquerque police said officers were justified in murdering this man because he had made “threatening moves” from 30 feet away. He died the next morning at the University of New Mexico Hospital. Murdered by Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez Albuquerque PD
2 hours before the seemingly premeditated murder of James Boyd, Officer Sandy was caught on a fellow officer’s dash cam announcing his plans to shoot Boyd in the penis with a shotgun.
Officer Sandy: What do they have you guys doing here?
Officer Ware: I don’t know. The guy asked for state police.
Officer Sandy: Who asked?
Officer Ware: I don’t know.
Officer Sandy: For this fucking lunatic? I’m going to shoot him in the penis with a shotgun here in a second.
Henry C. Taylor 68, Aug. 21, 2013 Louisville TN – Taylor, owner of an East Tennessee rental property that had been the scene of thefts and break-ins. The sheriff’s office had responded to the property twice during the week. Deputy Ernest Ragland took the report and told Taylor’s wife he would check the property throughout the night. Ragland went to the property and found a broken garage window. Ragland saw a man inside with a handgun and claimed he gave verbal commands and fired multiple shots, striking Taylor and killing him. Murdered by Deputy Ernest Ragland Louisville Sheriff Dept.
Roza Sakhina 101, Aug. 16, 2013 St. Paul MN. – The Russian immigrant, Mrs Sakhina taking her daily walk and while crossing in the middle of the street in front of her apartment with the aid of a walker when Police Officer Lori Goulet driving a department SUV was in the neighborhood responding to a juvenile disturbance call. The officer backed up and ran over her. Police say he was not responding to another call at the time. Sakhina suffered a head injury in the crash that led to her death at Regions Hospital. The driver’s identity has not been released. Officer Goulet has been in several other car accidents during her 16 years with the force, including an incident in which she backed into another vehicle after clearing a call. Murdered by Officer Lori Goulet St. Paul PD
Steven Vitale 55, April 10, 2006 Staten Island NY – As Vitale, a retired Police Officer left his SUV to walk to a Chinese take-out restaurant after returning home from Atlantic City, where he and his wife had celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary. Karen Vitale, the victim’s wife, said the gunman had followed their vehicle for a long distance on the way to the restaurant, suggesting road rage as a possible motive. Officer Allen Lau may have been enraged at being cut off by another motorist on the Staten Island Expressway, or because he believed Vitale was driving too slowly. Lau began firing at Vital, shooting him in the torso. Then firing shots at Vitale’s wife. The bullets narrowly missed Vitale’s wife, Karen, and wounded the couple’s black Labrador retriever, Philly. During a subsequent standoff in which Lau holed up in his home for almost eight hours, he told a hostage negotiator he was an alcoholic and had downed a bottle of vodka, according to court records. Lau received 21 years in prison and five years post release supervision after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Murdered by Officer Allen Lau NYPD READ MORE
Misty Holt-Singh 41, July 16, 2014 Stockton CA – A quick transaction at a branch of Bank of the West. She had no idea what was about to happen. Three suspects entered the bank with guns drawn. They tied up a security guard and took an undisclosed amount of cash from the vault. Then, they grabbed two bank employees and Misty, fleeing in a Ford Expedition. A shoot-out that occurred, one hostage was wounded. The wounded hostage and another were tossed out of the vehicle. Chief Jones provided no details about the exact location of Misty’s wounds but did confirm that Misty was killed by bullets shot by officers. Thirty-three officers fired their weapons. At least 20 of them have been placed on administrative leave. Over 600 bullets are reported to have been fired in to the vehicle… 600 bullets, knowing a hostage was in the vehicle. Murdered by Stockton PD
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Lucia Rodriguez 63, Jan. 4, 2003 Brooklyn NY – Ana had been walking to church and was crossing the street at an intersection when she was struck by an unmarked NYPD police vehicle driven by police officer Anthony Russo. She was rushed to the hospital and was diagnosed with multiple fractures to her skull, ribs, leg and ankle…..and suffered massive internal bleeding. She died within minutes. he jury found overwhelming evidence that the police had operated their vehicle “recklessly” and were liable for Ana’s death and awarded $4 Million Dollars to her estate. Murdered by Officer Anthony Russo NYPD
Idriss Stelley 23, (mental breakdown) June 13, 2001 San Francisco CA – Stelley’s girlfriend, Summer Galbreath, suggested a movie. They wound up standing in line at the Sony Metreon. In the theater, according to Galbreath, Stelley downed two or three shots of tequila. On-screen Travolta lit up a smoke. So did Stelley. Soon the ushers were giving him grief, and Stelley was getting agitated. Stepping out of the theater, Galbreath used her cell phone to call Stelley’s mother La Mesha Irizarry, who told her to call the cops and tell them he’s in the midst of a mental breakdown. The police, she figured, would be able to help. A horde of San Francisco police officers arrived while Galbreath was on the line with the 911 operator. Clearing moviegoers out of the theater, the police swarmed in. Minutes later the cops unleashed a barrage of gunfire, slaying Stelley and leaving bullet holes in his head, chest, abdomen, buttocks, right leg, right foot, left arm, right shoulder, and right arm. Murdered by San Francisco PD READ MORE
Jamil Wheatfall 36, April 14, 2001 Oakland CA – Authorities said Wheatfall robbed a Wells Fargo Bank. A description of the suspect in the robbery and a getaway car was broadcast to officers. Officers spotted the car and pulled up behind him. Jamil did not exit his car, neither did the officer. After about 15 seconds, Jamil drove back into the streets. As Jamil continued north, the officer activated his dome lights. After traveling 5 or 6 blocks, Jamil ran into a dead end and his car stalled. According to witnesses, Jamil got out of his car and struggled with the Police Officer for a moment. He then raised both hands with his palms forward and said three times, “I submit. I submit. I submit.” Six officers surrounded him and beat him with metal and wooden batons about the head and upper body. Jamil fell to the ground. Still the officers continued to beat and kick him. Jamil struggled up on his knees and a carotid chokehold was applied by one officer while another hyper-extended Jamil’s right arm up. This action forced Jamil’s body to the ground while his neck was being pulled back. After Jamil was on the ground, the carotid hold was not released and the officers continued to beat and kick him until his body stopped moving. After he was cuffed and subdued the police left Jamil lying on the ground. A witness has stated that he could see that something was definitely wrong because he observed that Jamil’s stomach was not moving. Murdered by Officers Midyett, Perez and Clement Oakland PD
Isaac “Pops” Singletary 80, Jan. 27, 2007 Jacksonville, Fl – Singletary moved into his high-crime Jacksonville, Fla., neighborhood in 1987 to care for and protect his sister and mother, both of whom were sick at the time. The retired repairman was known to sit in front of his house in a lawn chair to shoo trespassers and drug dealers away from his property. Two undercover narcotics cops, posed as drug dealers, set up shop on Singletary’s lawn. Singletary first came out of his house and yelled at them to leave. They didn’t. He went back inside. Minutes later, he came out again and told them to leave, this time while waving a handgun. One of the cops then opened fire. Wounded, Singletary tried to escape into his backyard. The cops chased him down and shot him again, this time in the back. Singletary died at the scene. They never told Singletary they were police officers. The police initially claimed Singletary tried to rob them, then they claimed Singletary fired first. Five witnesses said that wasn’t true. Murdered by DEA READ MORE
Ashley Villarreal 14, Feb. 11, 2003 San Antonio TX – Was shot in the head by a DEA agent while driving just blocks away from her San Antonio home. Agents who had been staking out the Villarreal household mistakenly believed the person in the car with the teen was her father, whom they suspected of dealing cocaine. Two days later, Villareal died. A few days after the shooting, Villareal’s father was arrested on drug conspiracy charges. DEA agents never faced charges in the teen’s death, even though testimony from witnesses and subsequent reports conflicted with official accounts of the incident. Murdered by DEA READ MORE
Johnathan Ayers 28, Sept. 1, 2009 Lavonia, GA – Ayers, a Baptist minister had seen Johanna Barrett walking near a gas station on her way back to an extended-stay motel where she lived with her boyfriend. Ayers had known Barrett for a number of years, and offered her a ride back to the motel. He also gave her the money in his pocket, $23, to help pay her rent. The police were trailing Barrett at the time. But instead of apprehending her at the motel, they instead followed Ayers, who they saw hand Ayers cash. They followed Ayers to a nearby gas station where he withdrew some money from an ATM. Shortly after he got back into his car, a black Escalade pulled up behind him. Three officers, all undercover, rushed Ayers’ vehicle and pointed their guns at him. The pastor panicked and attempted to escape. As he backed out, Ayers’ car grazed one police officer. Officer Billy Shane Harrison then opened fire, shooting Ayers in the stomach. Ayers drove for another thousand yards before crashing his car. He died at the hospital. His last words to his family and medical staff were that he thought he was being robbed. The police found no illicit drugs in his car. A grand jury later declined to indict Officer Harrison for any crime. Murdered by Lavonia PD
Donald P. Scott 61, Oct. 2, 1992 Malibu CA – Early on the morning 31 officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, Border Patrol, National Guard and Park Service entered the Scott’s 200-acre (0.81 km2) ranch. They planned to arrest Scott for allegedly running a 4,000-plant marijuana plantation. When deputies broke down the door to Scott’s house, Scott’s wife would later tell reporters, she screamed, “Don’t shoot me. Don’t kill me.” That brought Scott staggering out of the bedroom, blurry-eyed from a cataract operation—holding a .38 caliber Colt snub-nosed revolver over his head. When he emerged at the top of the stairs, holding his gun over his head, the officers told him to lower the gun. As he did, they shot him to death. According to the official report, the gun was pointed at the officers when they shot him. Later, the lead agent in the case, sheriff’s deputy Gary Spencer and his partner John Cater posed for photographs smiling arm-in-arm outside Scott’s cabin. Despite a subsequent search of Scott’s ranch using helicopters, dogs, searchers on foot, and a high-tech Jet Propulsion Laboratory device for detecting trace amounts of sinsemilla, no marijuana—or any other illegal drug—was found. Murdered by LA Sheriff and Friends
Esequiel Hernandez 18, May 20, 1997 Redford, Texas – Hernandez was herding goats near his home when a team of U.S. Marines dressed in camouflage, on drug patrol heavily camouflaged in ghillie suits came upon Hernández. The camouflaged Marines observed the 18 year old high school student from concealment at a distance of approximately 200 yards maintaining radio contact with their unit. Hernández, who was carrying a .22 caliber rifle family members said he used to fend off predators, shot in the direction of the Marines. Continuing to call for Border Patrol assistance, the Marines proceeded to track Hernández for twenty minutes, until the Marine fire-team leader shot and killed Hernandez. The bullet entered Hernandez’ armpit on his right side. Murdered by US Marines
Peter Alexander McWilliams 50, June 14, 2000 Los Angeles CA – Shortly after California legalized medical marijuana in 1996, the Clinton administration began drug raids on dispensaries and cultivators, even though they were complying with federal law. One of those raids was on the Los Angeles marijuana grow operation of Todd McCormick and Peter McWilliams. McCormick used pot to treat the pain associated with a cancer treatment that had fused two of his vertebrae. McWilliams had been diagnosed with AIDS, then with non-Hodgkins lymphoma brought on by AIDS. Smoking marijuana eased his nausea, which helped him keep take his medication both to manage his AIDS the chemotherapy for his lymphoma. McWilliams was a self-help author, and had become an outspoken civil liberties activist. With respect to pot, he also made no attempt to hide the fact that while it was medicinal, it also made him feel good. The high took his mind off the fact that he was battling two diseases. McWilliams and McCormick were raided in 1997, by DEA agents. As McWilliams later described it, “guns drawn, commando-style.” Because they were tried on federal charges, the jury wasn’t allowed to hear that the two men had broken no California laws. McWilliams’ doctors were also prohibited from testifying about his marijuana use. Because of those restrictions, McWilliams pleaded guilty and hoped for leniency. But after his arrest, McWilliams’ mother put up her house as collateral to post his bail. One condition of McWilliams’ bail was he refrain from smoking marijuana. Prosecutors told McWilliams and his mother that if he failed a drug test or was caught with pot she’d lose her house. So McWilliams abstained from using the drug. Consequently, he got sicker. McWilliams was found dead in his apartment. Overcome with nausea, he had thrown up, then choked and aspirated on his own vomit. The conservative icon and legalization advocate William F. Buckley eulogized McWilliams in his syndicated column. Murdered by DEA
Rev. Accleyne Williams 75, March 25, 1994 Boston MA – Williams a retired minister, died of a heart attack on, after struggling with 13 members of a masked, heavily armed Boston SWAT team that stormed his apartment. The police later revealed that an informant had given them incorrect information. “a warrant authorizing the raid was approved by Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Mary Lou Moran, even though the application supporting the warrant did not specify which apartment on the building’s second floor was to be targeted. It also failed to provide corroboration of the confidential informant’s tip that a Jamaican drug posse operated out of the building.” Murdered by Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Mary Lou Moran
Ismael Mena 45, Sept. 29, 1999 Denver CO – Denver SWAT, acting on a tip from an informant, and claimed they knocked and announced themselves. Mena’s family said they never heard a knock or announcement. Once the police had broken into Mena’s home, they ascended a staircase and kicked open Mena’s bedroom door, where they found him standing with a rifle. The police claimed Mena fired at them first, and they responded by shooting him eight times. They found no drugs or contraband in the home. The SWAT team raided the wrong house. The Denver Police Department’s Internal Affairs division was the first to clear the SWAT cops of any wrongdoing, although it did find that the officer who prepared the search warrant had falsified information on an affidavit. A special prosecutor then cleared them as well. But several weeks later, new details started to filter out, raising new questions about the investigation, the raid, and the aftermath. First, an assistant to the special prosecutor came out and said that Mena’s body had been moved. A crime lab report then determined that the gunshot residue taken from Mena’s hands didn’t match Mena’s gun. Instead, it was consistent with the sort of residue from submachine guns like those used by the Denver SWAT team. Neither Mena’s gun, nor the bullets inside it had fingerprints on them. The mounting evidence suggested someone had tampered with Mena and his gun after the SWAT team killed him. In March 2000, the city of Denver settled with Mena’s family for $400,000. Murdered by Denver SWAT READ MORE
Veronica “Roni” Bowers 35, and infant daughter Charity Bowers April 20, 2001 – The Peruvian air force, acting on information from a United States CIA-operated surveillance plane, believed the missionaries were actually drug runners Force shot down a plane flying over the Amazon after receiving information from the CIA that the plane was trafficking narcotics. It was actually filled with Christian missionaries. The attack resulted in the death of 35-year-old Veronica Bowers and her infant daughter, Charity. Their deaths were the product of a joint operation between the CIA and the government of Peru to shoot down suspected drug planes. “Within hours, CIA officers began to characterize the shootdown as a one-time mistake in an otherwise well-run program. In fact, this was not the case … The routine disregard of the required intercept procedures in the ABDP led to the rapid shooting down of target aircraft without adequate safeguards to protect against the loss of innocent life”. Murdered by DEA and CIA READ MORE:
Charity Bowers 7 months and and her mother Veronica Bowers April 20, 2001 – The Peruvian air force, acting on information from a United States CIA-operated surveillance plane, believed the missionaries were actually drug runners Force shot down a plane flying over the Amazon after receiving information from the CIA that the plane was trafficking narcotics. It was actually filled with Christian missionaries. The attack resulted in the death of 35-year-old Veronica Bowers and her infant daughter, Charity. Their deaths were the product of a joint operation between the CIA and the government of Peru to shoot down suspected drug planes. “Within hours, CIA officers began to characterize the shootdown as a one-time mistake in an otherwise well-run program. In fact, this was not the case … The routine disregard of the required intercept procedures in the ABDP led to the rapid shooting down of target aircraft without adequate safeguards to protect against the loss of innocent life”. Murdered by DEA and CIA READ MORE:
Rachel Hoffman 23, May 7, 2008 Tallahassee FL – was murdered by drug traffickers in 2008 after agreeing to work as a police informant. In February 2007, Hoffman was arrested after a traffic stop search turned up 25 grams of marijuana. A year later, police searched her home and found another 5 ounces of pot, plus four Ecstasy pills. In exchange for dropping the charges, Hoffman agreed to become a confidential informant for the Tallahassee Police Department. Hoffman, a recent college graduate, was set up to buy $13,000 worth of cocaine, guns and MDMA from two men she had never met. During the transaction, the police lost track of Hoffman as the dealers took her to a different location than the one initially agreed upon. They murdered her with one of the guns she had intended to buy. Outrage over Hoffman’s death spurred the Florida legislature to pass “Rachel’s Law” in 2009, which requires extra training for police officers who work with informants, and removes the possibility of lighter sentences in exchange for informant work. Murdered by Tallahassee PD READ MORE
Alberto Sepulveda 11, Sept. 13, 2000 Modesto CA – DEA, the FBI, and a Stanislaus County, California narcotics task force conducted a series of raids on 14 homes in the area of Modesto, Calif. asked that the local SWAT teams enter each home unannounced in order to secure the area ahead of federal agents, who then came in to search for evidence. Federal agents warned the SWAT teams that the targets of the warrants, one of whom was Moises Sepulveda should be considered armed and dangerous. When local police asked if there were any children in the Sepulveda home, federal agents answered, “Not aware of any.” But Sepulveda had three children, a daughter and two sons. After the police broke into the Sepulveda home, Moises, his wife and children were ordered to lie face down on the floor as officers pointed guns at their heads. Moments later, Officer David Hawn fired his gun, killing 11-year-old Alberto Sepulveda from point-blank range. There were no drugs or guns in the Sepulveda home. A subsequent internal investigation by the Modesto Police Department found that the DEA’s evidence against Moises Sepulveda, who had no previous criminal record. The city of Modesto and the federal government settled a lawsuit brought by the Sepulveda’s for $3 million. Murdered by SWAT
Virginia Verdee 12, Sept. 23, 2005 Bronx NY – Virginia was walking home from church when she was struck and killed by off-duty NYPD Officer Michael Carlo’s Jeep. Murdered by Officer Michael Carlo NYP
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Anton Goldenburg 55, and Rifka Goldenburg 54, Mar. 4, 2003 Brooklyn NY – The off-duty Brooklyn cop who broadsided a car, killing himself and a couple driving to work, had more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, police said yesterday. Results from toxicology tests revealed that Officer Michael McGibbonhad a blood-alcohol level of .26 at the time of the crash. Goldenburg and his wife, Rifka, Ukrainian immigrants heading to their jobs at a bakery, died instantly when the cop’s Nissan sedan slammed into the couple’s car. There were no witnesses to the crash at an intersection with a light – and no skid marks. Sources said McGibbon, a 6-foot-6 300-pounder, had been drinking with his girlfriend and a friend at Wheeler’s Restaurant. Murdered by Officer Michael McGibbon Brooklyn PD
Rifka Goldenburg 54, and Anton Goldenburg 55, Mar. 4, 2003 Brooklyn NY – The off-duty Brooklyn cop who broadsided a car, killing himself and a couple driving to work, had more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, police said yesterday. Results from toxicology tests revealed that Officer Michael McGibbonhad a blood-alcohol level of .26 at the time of the crash. Goldenburg and her husband Anton, Ukrainian immigrants heading to their jobs at a bakery, died instantly when the cop’s Nissan sedan slammed into the couple’s car. There were no witnesses to the crash at an intersection with a light – and no skid marks. Sources said McGibbon, a 6-foot-6 300-pounder, had been drinking with his girlfriend and a friend at Wheeler’s Restaurant. Murdered by Officer Michael McGibbon Brooklyn PD
Dylan Samuel Peters 1, Apr. 15, 2013 Brooklyn NY – NYPD officer Rosette Samuel, upset that her live-in boyfriend was moving back to Guyana fatally shot their 1 year old son Dylan and then killed both her boyfriend Dason Peters and herself in their Brooklyn apartment as her 19 year old son frantically fled out a back window. Rosette Samuel NYPD
Dason Peters 33, Apr. 15, 2013 Brooklyn NY – NYPD officer Rosette Samuel, upset that her live-in boyfriend was moving back to Guyana fatally shot Peters and then killed both their one-year-old son Dylan and herself in their Brooklyn apartment as her 19 year old son frantically fled out a back window. Murdered by Officer Rosette Samuel NYPD
Mary Hickey 48, Dec. 1, 2009 (Inmate Orleans Parish Prison) New Orleans LA – After awakening in pain in an open women’s dorm at the South White Street jail and languishing for 30 minutes while three inmates had been screaming out for a guard, who was not at her post and took a half-hour to arrive, and another hour before being taken to the hospital. Cause of death: Natural causes Ms. Hickey died because of medical neglect by Orleans Parish Prison Guards
Yvonne McNeal 57, (mentally ill) Oct. 2, 2011 Manhattan NY – Police say they were called to a shelter where they encountered the armed woman arguing with another woman in front of New Providence Residence, a shelter that houses women suffering from mental illness or addictions. Officers say they ordered the armed woman to drop the two knives, and when she did not, they shot her multiple rounds into McNeal, killing the mentally ill black homeless woman in front of the shelter where she lived. She was pronounced dead in Bellevue Hospital. Murdered by NYPD
Sonia Garcia 28, Sept. 29, 2007 Bay Shore, Long Island NY – NYPD Officer Alexis Chapparo admitted sleeping with the gun under his pillow and he admitted firing it. But he claimed he was shooting at “a shadow,” suggesting he believed he was shooting an intruder. He was forced to admit, however, he knew his fiancée Officer Sonia Garcia was expected to arrive home at about that time… After what had been an on-going domestic dispute, prosecutors said that the grand jury’s indictment made that allegation impossible to prosecute. Garcia’s sister, Evelyn Hernandez, said she believed Garcia was killed for discovering NYPD Officer Alexis Chaparro in the midst of a homosexual love affair. Murdered by Alexis Chaparro NYPD
Desean Cathcart 26, Nov. 15, 2003 Brooklyn NY – Cathcart had just snatched a chain and medallion from a man in the barbershop. A confrontation occurred, and one cop fired a single round that struck Cathcart in the chest, A black mask was recovered at the scene but no weapon was found. Murdered by NYPD
Hans Arellano 22, July 30, 2013 Santa Ana CA – Conducted a homeless sweep, Officer Steven Chavez called over police radio he had a possible ‘disturbing the peace’ or mental health ‘5150’ situation on his hand. Officer Jessica Guidry heard it and made her way over. When she arrived to the shopping center, Guidry couldn’t find her colleague but did see Arellano running through the parking lot. Thinking Arellano under the influence and potentially violent based her view of his behavior, Guidry called for back up as she chased him into the juice bar. She also didn’t know why he fled in the first place or if Chavez searched him for weapons. Standing outside the doorway of Jugos, officer Guidry pointed her gun at Arellano ordering him to stay still and show his hands. Officer Jessica Guidry claims Arellano said “Fuck you!” he responded. “Shoot me.” And advanced towards her, she fired once fearing he would try to take her gun away. Arellano was declared dead at the scene. Murdered by Officer Jessica Guidry Santa Ana PD
John Wrana 95, July 26, 2013 Park Forest, IL – Wrana needed a walker to get around. When he resisted medical treatment at his retirement home staff called an ambulance and they brought police with them. Police entered the room carrying riot shields. First they tased him, then they shot him in the stomach with a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with beanbag ammunition. Police claim Wrana threatened staff with a metal shoehorn, a metal cane, and a 12-inch kitchen knife. But assisted living home’s staff said there was no such knife in Wrana’s room, he was sitting in his chair and posed no imminent threat to staff. Wrana bled to death internally, according to the Cook County medical examiner, who ruled his death a homicide. Murdered by Chicago PD
Ricardo Colon 24, April 21, 2002 Staten Island NY – Colon was shot three times and killed by a retired police officer NYPD Officer Luke Blake in Staten Island. The ex-cop claimed the unarmed Colon was trying to rob him. Blake claims he was about to get into his car. when he spotted two men walking toward him, supposedly one of them carrying a large kitchen knife. Blake told cops he stepped away from his car and started backing away from the pair, noticing a group of four men nearby as he did so. He pulled out a licensed 9mm handgun and claims he told Carlon several times to drop the weapon. Carlon yelled in Spanish and kept walking toward him. Blake claims he didn’t understand. As Blake backed away, he started to trip and fall backward, then fired three times, hitting Carlon at least twice. Carlon died at St. Vincents Hospital on Staten Island. Witnesses say Carlon was not a mugger. Murdered by vigilante retired NYPD
Tyrone West 44, July 18, 2013 Baltimore MD – Officers Nicholas Chapman and Jorge Bernardez-Ruiz spotted West’s car backing into an intersection with a female passenger ducking down in the car. The officers thought the pair might be trying to hide a weapon or some contraband and stopped West and while he initially complied with their orders, he soon began to resist. A woman in the car with West shouted at him to calm down. Supposedly when Officer Ruiz tried to inspect West’s shoe, the police claim West began to resist and soon turned into a running fight as West supposedly charged at Officer Chapman and poked him in the eye. Eight additional officers arrived and attempted to subdue West by kicking, hitting him with batons and pepper spraying him. It was determined Baltimore police were legally justified in using their fists, batons and pepper spray to subdue West. Murdered by Baltimore PD
Eugene Mallory 80, June 27, 2013 Antelope Valley CA – Mallory, a law-abiding, high security clearance gentleman, electrical engineer’ home was entered by Los Angeles County sheriff’s narcotic detectives suspected methamphetamine was being cooked on the property, and, armed with a search warrant, busted into the retired Lockheed engineer’s home unannounced and shot him dead in his bed. Sheriff’s officials claim while detectives did not find meth on the 80-year-old man’s property, they did find other drugs and two weapons. They claim “The gentleman pointed a semiautomatic weapon at our deputies, and deputies fearing for their safety as well as others, instigated deadly force.” Mallory’s wife says her 22-year-old son from another relationship lives in a trailer on the couple’s property and uses medical marijuana for a health issue. Only a small amount of medical marijuana was found on the property, no meth was found. Murdered by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Andrea Rebello 21, May 17, 2013 Westchester NY – An a masked intruder invaded, and was holding a gun to the head Rebello who shared a home with her twin sister and two others during the predawn hours. The intruder told the officer he was going to kill Rebello, and then turned the handgun toward the officer. The officer, fearing for his life, drew his gun and fired eight shots killing both the intruder and Ms. Rebello. Murdered by Westchester PD
Ivan Romero 23, May 10, 2013 Minneapolis MN – Minneapolis police squad car in route to an incident about 10 blocks west in which two officers were shot and a suspect killed . According to witnesses, the female passenger, was injured when the police SUV hit the back of the bike, throwing both riders off. Sources said the motorcycle hit the back passenger side of the SUV, which was going through the intersection on a red light with lights and sirens at 50 mph. Killed by Minneapolis PD
Marlon Brown 38, May 8, 2013 DeLand FL- was being chased by DeLand police because they allegedly saw that he was not wearing a seatbelt. At a dead-end road, Brown stopped his car and started running. The dashcam video shows Harris’ police car following two other police cars as they drive down a residential street into a grass lot. The two other vehicles stop but the one with the camera continues to chase after Brown. As the police car approaches, Brown stumbles and falls. While on the ground, Brown turns and faces the chasing vehicle and within seconds, his face disappears under the hood of Harris’ police car. A thud is heard and the car stops. “I think he’s underneath the (expletive) car,” a voice off camera can be heard saying. The city of DeLand has paid the family $550,000 in a settlement but the city refuses to admit any wrongdoing. Killed by Officer Harris Deland PD
Cleman R. Sweptson Jr. 34, April 9, 2013 Washington D.C. – Sweptson was sitting on the stoop of his mother’s apartment building when police came and told him to move along. Witnesses said Sweptson got on his bike to leave, and the next thing they heard were gunshots. His mother says police may have mistaken a small radio she gave him for a gun. Officers in the area claim they noticed a man acting erratically, possibly high on drugs, in the street. They instructed him to get out of the street and move to the sidewalk. Once the man got to the sidewalk, police say he pulled out what appeared to be a gun, causing an officer to fire two shots that struck Sweptson in the upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Sweptson was unarmed. Murdered by DC PD
José Colon 20, April 19, 2002 Long Island NY – Colon was taking his pregnant girlfriend out to dinner, and stopped at a house to repay a $20 debt while she waited in the car. Suddenly the house was surrounded by heavily-armed andarmored members of the Suffolk County Police Department’s SWAT team, advancing with guns drawn as a police helicopter appeared and thundered overhead. That’s when Colon and his companion, Aaron Hatcher, walked out the front door. Colon was neither armed nor in possession of any drugs, was standing on the porch when a bullet from the 9-mm submachine gun of officer Tony Gonzalez struck him in the head, killing him instantly. Police claim the shooting was accidental an officer carrying a battering ram tripped over a tree root, bumping Gonzales and causing his weapon to discharge at least three bullets. Murdered by Officer Tony Gonzales Suffolk County PD
Arthur Dixon Jr. 43, (suicidal) Mar 11, 2013 St. Petersburg FL – The mother of 43-year-old Arthur Dixon Jr. called St. Petersburg police because he doused himself with gasoline and threatened to take his own life. Neighbor Ray Wuest said he went into Dixon’s home and found the man soaked with gas and smoking a cigarette. Wuest mopped up the gas and took the cigarette, but police told him to leave. Police claim Dixon had been “belligerent and threatening” when officers tried to negotiate with him. and allegedly ran at Officers Devin Jones and Curtis Wright with scissors while they were stationed at the back of the house. Both officers opened fire, hitting Dixon in the torso multiple times. He was transported to Bayfront Medical Center and pronounced dead at around 10 p.m. Dixon’s mother, Lydia Andrews said “The police assured me that they weren’t going to hurt him, they were concerned for his safety”. “He has no weapons, he’s never hurt anyone ever. So, they forced him out the back of the house and they shot him three times.” Murdered by Officers Devin Jones and Curtis Wright St. Petersburg PD
Shawn Joseph Jetmore Stoddard-Nunez 19, Mar 3, 2013 Hayward CA – was in a passenger in a Honda Civic who died when he was shot by police over the weekend. An officer had been trying to shoot the driver, Arthur Pakman for aiming his car at a patrol cruiser. The officer, who was accompanied by a civilian riding along in the patrol car, fired to prevent Pakman from hitting them,. The bullet ended up hitting Stoddard-Nunez instead. The Honda hit the passenger door of the police car, knocking the door into the civilian, who suffered a minor injury. Murdered by Hayward PD
Thomas “Tommy: McClain 22, Sept. 17, 2014 Eureka CA – Nicole Mottern and McClain were outside chatting in the front of the house after midnight when she ran upstairs to check on her husband. From there she looked out the window and noticed a police officer behind her home “looking around.” “All of a sudden he took off towards the front of the house,” She ran downstairs and outside to see what was going on. When she got onto the front porch, bright lights were shining in her eyes. “The cops were out there screaming, ‘Put your hands up! Put your hands up.’ I put my hands up” Tommy started to put his hands up. He walked out into the grass… . [The officers] were telling him to come.” Mottern’s mother, said she was on the porch by the front door. She described law enforcement as being “in a semi-circle, at least five or maybe six officers. They were telling him to get down,” “I don’t think he understood… . I don’t know.” “His hands were near so you could see. He had them raised. He stepped forward. I didn’t see anything in them.” “A cop yelled, ‘He’s got a gun.’ They all fired. I saw him getting shot from all different angles. First shot fired and then they all fired. It wasn’t one cop. It was them all. He crumpled down into the ground.” Murdered by Hayward PD READ MORE
Moises de la Torre 26, Feb. 24, 2013 No. Hollywood CA – A female 9-1-1 caller reported she had been approached by a man who threatened to kill her and then reached into a bag he was carrying. She said she believed it was to retrieve a gun. Police claim when they arrived, officers found De La Torre standing in lanes of traffic. Police claim they instructed him to drop the bag, but De La Torre failed to do so, and officers said he allegedly moved forward, threatening to kill them. He reached into the bag, and officers opened fire. No handgun was recovered at the scene. Murdered by LAPD
Adrian Parra 19, April 18, 2014 Salton City CA – Adrian, an honor roll student from Coachella Valley High School was on his way for a date with a young lady when he was pulled over for a “vehicle code violation” by ICSO deputy, Marco Contreras, Imperial County Sheriff’s Dept. Dashboard camera video captured the shooting however the sheriff’s department has refused to reveal the circumstances for shooting Parra multiple times on the side of the highway. Murdered by Deputy, Marco Contreras, Imperial County Sheriff’s Dept.
Tommy Junior Yancy 32, (Veteran – PTSD) May 11, 2014 Imperial County CA – During a routine traffic stop five California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers in Imperial County, California, beat to death, a veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder,. A video taken by a witness on her cellphone captured the brutality of the CHP and the death of Yancy. According to witnesses, Yancy was pulled from his car, attacked by a K-9 unit, hit by a Taser, and beaten to death by five officers. a veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) The video, missing the initial altercation with the officers, begins with Yancy being attacked by a Taser while handcuffed on the ground, as an officer jumps on him with his knees. A women in the background can be heard screaming, “I think that is too much excessive!” While the officers are claiming that Yancy initiated the violence by attacking the K-9 officer, the witnesses in the video said that he was not resisting. The same witnesses in the video can be heard urging other bystanders to call an ambulance, as the officers attempted CPR on Yancy after the beating. “How long before you guys call an ambulance? Call an ambulance!” The video ends with Yancy being carried into the back of an ambulance truck. The circumstances and cause of his death are still under official investigation. Murdered by California Highway Patrol Officers
Jose Calzada 35, (suicidal) Oct. 21, 2014 Roy UT – Calzada phoned a suicide prevention hotline seeking help, threatening to kill himself inside the home he shared with his girlfriend and her children. The other residents in the home left after the call was placed. Dispatchers sent the SWAT Team rather than a crisis team to the residence. More than seven hours passed before Officers got tired of negotiating and took Calzada’s life. Witness account “It seemed like there was one shot, and then a pause, and then four or five shots after that, that were very rapid,” Smith said. “The pause after the first shot was really brief. Murdered by Roy Utah SWAT
Denise Gay 56, Sept. 5, 2011 Brooklyn NY – Tashmaya Gay, 22, was standing on the stoop of a Crown Heights building with the victim, Denise Gay, when cops unloaded a 73-shot fusillade at a perp firing at them and another man. Gay was hit in the head and collapsed in the arms of her surrogate daughter Tashmaya who was dragged from the scene by cops as she tried to comfort the mortally wounded woman after she was fatally shot by a stray bullet during a wild gun battle between cops and an armed man. Police Holding Tashmaya for more than 12 hours tried to get her to say that the fatal shot was fired by Leroy Webster, the shooter responsible for the mayhem just hours after the West Indian Day Parade. The NYPD later confirmed the bullet that killed Gay did not come from Webster’s handgun. But it refused to take responsibility for her death because ballistic tests showed the round came from a 9-mm. gun and was too damaged to link to any one cop’s weapon. Murdered by NYPD
Michael Daryle Rose 49, (paranoia and hypertension) Oct. 3, 2014 Flagstaff AZ – Rose contacted 911 requesting transport to the hospital as he was not feeling well. Rose stated he had a history of paranoia and hypertension. Flagstaff Police assisted helping Rose find a lost bag and attempted to coax Rose into the ambulance, he became agitated and tried to kick fire personnel. Rose was taken to the ground by the officer and secured. The officer repeatedly requested Michael to stop resisting and threatened to use his Taser. When he didn’t stop resisting, the officer Tased him with two intermittent pulses of energy. Rose continued to refuse the ambulance officers were able to secure his ankles and lifted him into the patrol vehicle. He was transported to the Coconino Detention Facility. While being booked in, he was non-compliant with detention officers who were performing a standard search. He was escorted to a holding cell. In the holding cell officers placed him on the floor to conduct the search. Rose became more compliant, but within minutes detention officers realized he was no longer breathing and had no pulse. They began resuscitation efforts and called for an ambulance. Efforts to resuscitate Rose were unsuccessful and ultimately he was pronounced deceased. Killed by Flagstaff PD tazering
Calvin Washington 41, June 20, 2003 Brooklyn NY – Officers, responding to a reported disturbance, were told a young man had a gun in his waistband, they chased him a half block into the one-family home. Officers kicked in the front door; locked Mrs. Washington in a room; threatened son Matthew, 22, with a gun; slapped daughter, Nashay, 7; killed a cat and ransacked the three-story home and ignored pleas for explanations. Mr. Washington, a carpenter whose heart condition had left him unable to work for years, was taken to The Brooklyn Hospital Center, where tests showed he had had a heart attack. He was later transferred to the Cornell center, where he died yesterday. Police had the audacity to state “No charges were filed against the family” Murdered by NYPD
Christian Alberto Sierra17, (suicidal) May 27, 2014 Purcellville VA – Sierra was watching movies with friends when he became depressed and began cutting himself. His female friend called police for help but the call worried him so he fled by jumping off a balcony with the friend in chase. Sobel, a neighbor several doors away heard her neighbor scream: “Stop! Stop!” She glanced out the window and saw her running down her front steps with a dish towel. Sierra bloody at that point. The friend tried to calm Sierra, but he took off again. Sobel said. The friend followed “They were flying down the street.” Christian Sierra rounded a corner when several witnesses report they heard a police officer yell “Freeze!” or “Stop!” and then heard shots. The police officers allege he lunged at them with a knife when they approached him, prompting them to shoot him 4 times. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was late declared dead. Murdered by Purcellville PD
Milton Hall 49, (mentally ill) July 1, 2012 Saginaw MI –Police were responding to reports that a man had stolen a cup of coffee from a convenience store. Police encountered Hall, who was armed with a penknife and had a known history of mental illness. The video, captured by a police car dashboard camera, shows six officers gunning down Hall in broad daylight, during a confrontation in a parking lot. Hall was standing several yards from the nearest officer. Officers fired at him more than 47 times with 11 bullets entering his body. Saginaw County’s prosecutor did not seek state charges against the officers the official report states “After a thorough investigation, federal authorities have determined that this tragic event does not present sufficient evidence of willful misconduct to lead to a federal criminal prosecution of the police officers involved. The officers who discharged their weapons did so because they believed Hall posed an imminent threat to the officers’ safety.” Murdered by Saginaw PD
Alejandro “Alex” Nieto 28, (mentally ill) March 21, 2014 San Francisco CA – Alex, a Buddhist who preached compassion was a law student at City College of San Francisco, was meditating on Bernal Hill, before going on duty as a security guard. A call came into police dispatch describing a man wearing a bright red jacket appearing to have his hand resting on what appeared to be a gun. Officers encountered Nieto on a pedestrian path and from 75 feet away with Nieto’s back to the sun he supposedly he brandished the weapon. Eyewitness accounts state Alex was encountered by armed officers jumping out of a police car downhill from him, with armed officers gathered on the footpath above and behind him. Police claim they demanded Nieto to show his hands but he allegedly pointed a weapon at several officers, prompting them to fire multiple rounds. Shot in the back Nieto fell forward, over his knees, defenseless, while officer(s) approaching from the front continued to shoot at him straight on. Alive, but wounded and on the ground, officers subsequently fired a series of downward shots. The Autopsy Report indicates Nieto suffered as many as 15 gunshot wounds, six indicating he had his hands up (either surrendering or raising hands for cover). Upward shots to the wrists and left arm, upward shot to right leg. Six wounds caused by seven downward trajectory shots. (direction head to toe) that killed Nieto. Murdered by San Francisco PD
Dante Pomar 19, July 29, 2004 Queens NY – Pomar riding a pocket bike (mini-mini bike) without a helmet on Main Street about 3 a.m. The officers flashed their dashboard and grille lights to signal Mr. Pomar to pull over, the police said, but he fled onto a side street and tried to lose them by turning down an alleyway. He hit a pothole in the alley and fell off the bike and died before medical technicians arrived. At the scene dozens of his friends bitterly disputed that account, and accused the police of causing his death by accidentally striking him with their patrol car and then fabricating a story to avoid blame. Witnesses insisted he was intimately familiar with the alleyway and could not have died simply by falling off the small bike. Killed by NYPD
Gregory Chavis 19, Oct. 9, 2004 Bronx NY – Gregory Chavis and a group of friends were at a movie theater in the Bronx. After leaving the theater, they got into a verbal altercation with a group of people on the street. Two members of that group pulled out guns, and chased Chavis and his friends down the street, firing at them; Chavis was hit by one of the bullets and after walking about twenty feet, Chavis collapsed on the sidewalk. Rashaad Conyers, a friend of Chavis, submitted an affidavit in opposition to the dismissal motion describing the events that evening. According to Conyers, upon realizing that Chavis had been shot, he and his brother helped Chavis walk toward Lincoln Hospital. As they were walking, police officers approached them and ordered them to put Chavis down. Conyers contends an ambulance failed to arrive, and Chavis died after remaining on the ground alive for over 30 minutes. Allowed to die by NYPD
Manuel Chamelta 18, Oct. 18, 2004 Queens NY – Chamelta a grocery store clerk was killed when a retired Officer John Malik NYPD detective’s licensed pistol fell from his waistband and fired. Chamelta collapsed behind a deli counter after the bullet exploded into his chest. Malik, told investigators the shooting was a freak accident as he was reaching for his pager, which had just gone off, when his gun fell off his hip and discharged. Juan Garcia-Perez, a clerk who was working at the time of the shooting, said Malik immediately called 911 after his gun fired. “The guy comes in every day,” said Garcia-Perez, 41. “He used to joke to Manuel about shooting him. He used to point at him with his hand and finger. But he never took out his gun. Accidental murder by retired Officer John Malik NYPD
Anthony Rosario 18, and Hilton Vega 21, Jan. 11, 1995 Bronx NY – Rosario and Vega went to a friend’s apt. to collect money owed in connection to a marriage of convenience for a relative who had migrated to New York, they were given $50 and told to come back the following day. The next day when they returned 2 plain clothes detectives James Crowe and Patrick Brosnan confronted them with drawn guns and told to lay face down on the floor. Rosario and Vega were executed; Rosario was shot 14 times, 6 bullets in the back. Vega had 8 bullet wounds: 1 to the back of his head and 5 to his back. Freddy Bonilla, who was at the house was shot in the leg and pretended he was dead. Murdered by NYPD
Hilton Vega 21, and Anthony Rosario 18, Jan. 11, 1995 Bronx NY – Vega and Rosario went to a friend’s apt. to collect money owed in connection to a marriage of convenience for a relative who had migrated to New York, they were given $50 and told to come back the following day. The next day when they returned 2 plain clothes detectives James Crowe and Patrick Brosnan confronted them with drawn guns and told to lay face down on the floor. Rosario and Vega were executed; Vega had 8 bullet wounds: 1 to the back of his head and 5 to his back. Rosario was shot 14 times, 6 bullets in the back. Freddy Bonilla, who was at the house was shot in the leg and pretended he was dead. Murdered by NYPD
Jose Santos Jr. (age unknown) June 9, 1997 Rikers Island NY – Santos mysteriously died while being held at Rikers Island Prison after waiting weeks to go to court on a parole violation charge because the courts were too crowded. Supposedly Santos moved a chair into position and then committed suicide by hanging himself with a sheet. A Corrections Department spokesman called Santos’ death “terribly unfortunate” but stressed that the medical examiner had ruled it a suicide. Murdered by NYPD
Jose Feliciano 44, (mentally ill & epileptic seizures) Nov. 22, 2004 Brooklyn NY – Feliciano, a homeless man who stored his medicine in a friend’s van. Feliciano swung at a 34-year-old woman with what appeared to be the long metal casing that covers the top of a fluorescent lighting fixture as she stepped out of her building( she was not injured). Just then, two officers were passing by on an interdepartmental mail run to the 75th Precinct station house nearby. The officers saw the incident and drove onto the sidewalk blocking Feliciano. The front of their car struck the closed gate of a community center as the officers ordered Feliciano to stop, and when he swung at them twice with the fixture, one officer shot him once in the chest. He was pronounced dead a short time later at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center. Murdered by NYPD
Jose A. Mateo Jr. 22, June 4, 2003 Washington Heights NY – Cassandra Hodge, Mateo’s girlfriend called 911 for an ambulance because he had acquired ”some type of drug” and was having a ”bad reaction.” ”He’s hallucinating,” ”He’s getting violent.” but 4 police officers arrived first. The police claim when they arrived the son was smashing furniture and assaulting his father. The victim’s father, Jose Mateo said his son was merely complaining, in conversational tones, about an upset stomach when the police burst in and sprayed him “There was no scuffle or violence before the cops sprayed his son in the eyes”. Mateo went into cardiac arrest and died. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly defended the officers’ action, saying they had to subdue a “violent, apparently high man and they did not use excessive force”. The city’s medical examiner listed the cause of death as accidental, occurring ”during excited delirium following ingestion of unidentified substance.” However a medical investigation later proved that Mateo was drug-free. The autopsy also cited bruising around the chest and blood in the brain, the results of a police beating. Murdered by NYPD
Carleton Lockhart 32 Dec. 10, 2004 Bronx NY – A friend of Lockhart’s, who would not give his name, said he and Lockhart went to retrieve Lockhart’s telephone, which had been either lost or stolen on the block. The friend said “from the sidewalk, the men called the cellphone’s number. When we called, we saw this guy take out the phone,” “He had Carleton’s phone.” Lockhart demanded the cellphone, showing the man a receipt. The man demanded $50 for the phone, and they argued and shoved one another. Lockhart was unarmed.” Three plainclothes officers heard shots and saw Lockhart running toward them then chased him. Lockhart turned and ran the other way. Witness Oscar Ortiz said “”A blue and white car pulled up, and they came out shooting. Lockhart fell face down.” Officers turned him over then they all shot him at close range in the chest, once in the left shoulder and once in the abdomen.” Lockhart died at St. Barnabas Hospital. Murdered by NYPD
Dominic Middleton 12, and Kristina Middleton, 1 Nov. 24, 2004 Manhattan NY – Tishana Middleton was preparing to take her son Dominic outside to catch the bus school bus but when she opened her door, she encountered former corrections officer Everett George, the children’s father who walked into the apartment and fired, shooting Dominic in the chest and Kristina in the head who was sitting in her highchair the living room with the children’s grandmother and great-grandmother. Ms. Middleton managed to escape when George’s gun jammed. He left the apartment, and leaving the gun behind and went to his girlfriend’s house in the Bronx, from there, he checked into Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. He was transferred to Bellevue later that day. George, 34, is charged with first- and second-degree murder and weapons possession. Murdered by former Rikers Island Corrections Officer
Kristina Middleton 1, and Dominic Middleton 12, Nov. 24, 2004 Manhattan NY – Tishana Middleton was preparing to take her son Dominic outside to catch the bus school bus but when she opened her door, she encountered former corrections officer Everett George, the children’s father who walked into the apartment and fired, shooting Dominic in the chest and Kristina in the head who was sitting in her highchair the living room with the children’s grandmother and great-grandmother. Ms. Middleton managed to escape when George’s gun jammed. He left the apartment, and leaving the gun behind and went to his girlfriend’s house in the Bronx, from there, he checked into Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. He was transferred to Bellevue later that day. George, 34, is charged with first- and second-degree murder and weapons possession. Murdered by former Rikers Island Corrections Officer
Kimberlee Randale-King 21, Sept. 22, 2014 Pagedale MO – Randale-King was arrested for traffic warrants and being held on outstanding warrants from Pagedale police after a disturbance involving another woman. . Hours later St. Louis County police officers told King’s mother that she had hung herself in her cell. Relatives say King was not a depressed person. Pagedale police have video of the cell area. But relatives say they don`t know what it shows. But say the cell was small with little room for someone to hang themselves with a shirt. King had no known history of mental illness. Randle-King was pronounced dead at a hospital. Details surrounding her apparent suicide remain sketchy. Pagedale police had no comment. Died in the custody of St. Louis County PD
Marie Fares 60, Dec. 14, 2004 Queens NY – A queens Police Officer chasing a stolen vehicle slammed into a car carrying an upper East Side doctor’s family, killing his wife. Marie Fares was sitting next to her 18-year-old son, Roger Fares Jr., who was driving when the marked Impala rammed the 1987 Nissan Stanza’s passenger side. Police claim the Impala’s lights and sirens were on, but were still investigating whether the police car slowed down at a stop sign at the intersection. Marie Fares died on impact. Killed by Queens PD
Laquan McDonald 17, Oct. 20, 2014 Chicago IL – Officers received a call about a person breaking into cars. Officers claim to have found McDonald “with a strange gaze about him” carrying a knife which he refused to drop when police ordered him to do so, and allege he used the knife to puncture the front passenger-side tire of a squad car and damage its front windshield before leading officers on a foot chase. Other officers used a squad car to try and box the boy in against a fence. There were at least 24 Officers on site, one officer shot McDonald in the chest when he supposedly “refused to comply with orders to drop the knife and continued to approach the officers. McDonald was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office McDonald died from Multiple gunshot wounds. Murdered by Chicago PD
Gary E. Lee 54, Oct. 20, 2014 Colonial Heights VA – Hopewell PD officers received a call regarding an accident. Police found Lee driving east down the railroad tracks. The affidavit claims police saw the man with what was described as “a black long gun.” and he was shouting he wanted to kill himself and he’s killed his wife Carol E. Lee 53 in a Colonial Heights motel. After more than an hour of negotiations with Lee, police called Virginia State Police in order to send additional negotiators. However, before reinforcements could arrive, police began to approach Lee’s vehicle. Lee pointed what police believed to be a long, black gun in their direction. Police then opened fire on Lee while he was in his vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Murdered by Hopewell PD
Tolsie Nohar 17, Feb. 14, 2005 Queens NY – Nohar and a friend were traveling in a 2002 Nissan Altima when police claim it ran a stop sign after exiting off the Expressway Queens South Task Force pulled the Nissan over and attempted to question the driver when he supposedly fled the scene and sped away. Police ultimately lose sight of the vehicle. A short time later the Nissan was observed by witnesses striking a wall before crashing through roll down gates and into a loading dock at a factory. The car then burst into flames, killing Nohar and seriously injuring the other male in the vehicle. It was unclear who was driving the car at the time because it was so mangled and burned. Nohar was pronounced dead at the scene. The car’s other occupant was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he died. The second passenger did not have any identification with him. Apparently the car had been stolen on Feb. 7, but it was not known if the two killed in the accident stole the car or who was driving it after it had been stolen by another party. The crash as well as the car theft were still under investigation.
Jennifer Chauvin 33, Oct. 29, 2014 Au Sable NY – New York State Police State Trooper Joshua Lenkins was on routine patrol when he failed to yield the right-of-way ehile making a left hand turn striking a vehicle driven by Jennifer Chauvin. Jennifer was pronounced dead at the scene. Her two sons, ages three and six, were in the car when the accident occurred, and they are being treated at CVPH for non-life threatening injuries. New York State Police and the Clinton Country District Attorney’s Office are investigating the accident. Killed by New York State Police State Trooper Joshua Lenkins
Tim Rook 38, Oct. 18, 2014 Southhaven MS – A woman called police saying Rook, the father of her child, kicked in the door to her home. When police arrived, Rook and another woman jumped into a white car and tried to get away. When police surrounded the car they took the woman, who was driving, into custody. That’s when officials allege Rook jumped in the driver’s seat. Police claim to have seen a gun and fired. Rook was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Killed by Memphis PD
O’Shaine K. Evans 26, Oct 7, 2014 San Francisco CA – Anticipating large crowds and increased crime due to the Giants game police beefed up patrols around the ballpark,. While on patrol, some officers claim they saw a suspicious vehicle casing other cars in the area. Shortly after, they saw occupants get out of a vehicle and break into a nearby SUV stealing a laptop. Police claim Evans was driving the suspected vehicle and when police attempted to stop the car on Evans allegedly pulled a gun and pointed it toward the cops. Officer David Goff, wear a t-shirt fired seven shot at Evans, killing him at the scene. A second person in the car was also shot and injured. A few days later, police held a town hall meeting to defend their actions. However, Evans family claim they were never invited, and they had some questions for the chief. “Why weren’t we informed of this meeting?” family member Massina Moore demanded to know. They had attended the meeting after hearing about it on a local radio station. Chief Greg Suhr publicly apologized to the family, but claims Goff identified himself to Evans when he approached the car. Evans’ mother, Angela Naggie, still had not been able to see her son’s body even after a week and told they’d have to wait until the autopsy is complete and the body is released to the funeral home. Murdered by San Francisco PD
Frank Alvarado 40, (mentally ill) July 10, 2014 Salinas CA – Alvarado broke into his grandfather’s house and lit the curtains on fire with a butane torch, the small fire spread to a sofa. Family members called 911, and when Salinas police officers responded they found Alvarado hiding behind a car. The family claims the police never identified themselves. An Officer claimed Alvarado failed to respond to a police command to surrender and put his hands on his head. Alvarado then uttered “an expletive, a challenge” and rushed the officers “in a shooting posture, a shooting position, both hands together, and he appeared to have some kind of object in his hands. That object turns out to have been a cell phone. Two officers fired, and Alvarado was transported to Natividad Medical Center, where he died. Killed by Officer Brian Johnson and Officer Scott Sutton of the Salinas PD
Adam Madison 28, Oct. 17, 2014 Warrior AL – Madison was in the car with his girlfriend Arealle Funches who was driving and their one-year-old baby. Officers stopped them all during a driver’s license checkpoint. she was driving the car and officers cleared her after checking all of their information. Ms. Funches said “”My boyfriend did not have his ID on him, so they told him to get out of the car”. Funches recalls Madison getting out of the car, an officer putting him inside a patrol car and another officer moving her away. She remembers her boyfriend getting out of the patrol car. “They were both scuffling. My boyfriend started to run and he tazed him. The officer chased her unarmed boyfriend into a wooded area. She soon heard two gunshots. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is investigating. Murdered by Alabama State Police
Danny Floyd 63, Oct. 12. 2014 Bartlett TN – Danny Floyd, a logger with a big, close-knit family was driving a grey car when a Bartlett officer driving a police cruiser, was racing to catch up with another officer who was attempting to pull over a car, but was not answering a call. Witnesses said the officer did not have his siren or lights on and ran a red light, crash into Floyd’s car which aas turning south onto Bartlett Boulevard from Stage Road. He and Michelle D. Sloyan, 49, the passenger, both died from injuries sustained in the crash. An Applebee’s on the corner has cameras pointing towards the intersection. The manager said she is not sure if they captured the crash, but police never asked to check the video. Killed by Memphis PD
Michelle D. Sloyan 49, Oct. 12. 2014 Bartlett TN – Ms. Sloyan, cashier at Kroger for over two decades and a mentor to new employees was passenger in the Danny Floyd was driving when a Bartlett officer driving a police cruiser, was racing to catch up with another officer who was attempting to pull over a car, but was not answering a call. Witnesses said the officer did not have his siren or lights on and ran a red light, crash into Floyd’s car which aas turning south onto Bartlett Boulevard from Stage Road. He and Michelle D. Sloyan was passenger, both died from injuries sustained in the crash. An Applebee’s on the corner has cameras pointing towards the intersection. The manager said she is not sure if they captured the crash, but police never asked to check the video. Ms. Sloyan leaves behind her little dog Lola. Killed by Memphis PD
Macario Garcia 54, Oct. 13, 2014 Pleasanton TX – The family says the deputy used his taser twice on Garcia during the confrontation. “I witnessed a sheriff’s deputy tase my brother once. He was flopping like a fish and he thought my brother was being combative, which he wasn’t,” Then used the taser a second time before he tried to explain to the deputy that his brother had congestive heart failure” said Felipe Cisneros Garcia. Deputy D. Kaufman who he claims made contact with the driver who refused to comply with the officer’s commands. The subject placed his hand in his pocket and swung at the deputy who deployed the taser.” Kaufman handcuffed Garcia and placed him in the back of a patrol car for evading arrest and resisting arrest. Garcia collapsed a few moments later. Garcia was transported to a South Texas Regional Medical Center in Jourdanton and pronounced dead. Tased to death by Deputy D. Kaufman Texas Ranger
Christopher M. Anderson 27, Nov. 3, 2014 Chicago IL – Police responded to a crash on Route 94 near Lake Cook Road and arrested the driver for driving under the influence. Two passengers in the vehicle, Christopher Anderson and his 9-year-old daughter, were admitted to the emergency room following a car accident. Police claim around 1 in the morning, Anderson became “aggressive” prompting the staff to call police. When police arrived, they suspiciously claim Anderson refused to calm down and instead drew his firearm. Attempts to revive him after the shooting were unsuccessful. Killed by Chicago PD
Alan Gillotti Sr. 52, Oct. 12, 2014 Ludlow MA – Sgt. Joshua Haines and other troopers had gone to Gillotti’s home as part of an investigation into an armed home invasion that had taken place in the town of Bridgewater earlier in the day. A woman called 911 to report “a male subject had barged into her residence with a gun.” The man reportedly armed with a handgun, had kicked in the door to her mobile home earlier that day, threatened to shoot her and demanded to know the location of one of her relatives. The woman said she told police her relative was not in the home, grabbed a hammer and demanded Slaton leave. The woman also told police when Slaton was in her home, Alan Gillotti Sr. was standing just outside her front door but did not come inside. Troopers Timothy Saucier and Sgt. Joshua Haines arrived a little after 3 p.m. at Slaton’s home in Smyrna. Soon after their arrival, Slaton came outside and spoke to the officers. When asked how long he had been home, Slaton told police he had just arrived home a short time ago, according to the affidavit. He then told the trooper his van had been stolen and used overnight to steal marijuana from Gillotti. Slaton told the trooper he did not know who had taken his van. Slaton admitted to driving to the home of the alleged Bridgewater victim Sunday afternoon to look for her relative, but he said Gillotti was not with him and he denied having a gun at the time, Turcotte wrote. Slaton added he left when asked to do so by the woman. Haines claims he saw a black semi-automatic handgun “just inches from Gillotti’s right hand.” However Trooper Haines shot Gillotti *outside* a home after what police describe as an armed confrontation. Killed by Sgt. Joshua Haines Aroostook County Sheriff’s Dept.
Miguel Reyes 20, Oct. 8, 2014 Paramus NJ – Reyes allegedly struck a Paramus Police officer with a 2015 Kia K900 while fleeing an attempted burglary. The officer fired multiple times, hitting Reyes as he drove onto Route 4 west. Reyes couldn’t make the turn, and crashed into the highway divider. Reyes got out of the car and ran across Route 4 eastbound before being captured by River Edge Police. The prosecutor initially said there was “no fatality” in the incident, but Reyes was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and pronounced dead at 5:30 a.m. Reyes was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Killed by Paramus NY PD
Ymauo Erwin 41, Oct. 8, 2014 Kansas City MO – Police said he was brandishing a sword-like item when an officer shot him When police arrived, they found him behind the residence. Police said he was very confrontational and threatened police with what looked to be a sword like item. So an officer shot and killed him. Murdered by Kansas City PD
Johnny Martinez 29, (schizophrenic) Oct. 4, 2014 Los Angeles CA – Officials claim Martinez was assaulting another man. After using a Taser and pepper spray on Martinez, 4 deputies attempted to handcuff him. Allegedly he pulled a knife on the officers and was shot. The Sheriffs shot him with a stun gun, sprayed him with OC (pepper spray), and then shot and killed him. Johnny’s father witnessed the incident, and begged the deputies not to shoot because his son was schizophrenic. As with other shootings of people with mental conditions, deputies did not wait for a mental health team to arrive before shooting. Murdered by LA County Sheriff Deputies
Lashano Gilbert 31, Oct. 3. 2014 New London CT – “Police say Gilbert, a medical school graduate was in an altered state of mind and acting aggressive, forcing them to deploy a Taser.” Police say that while in his holding cell, Gilbert removed his pants and began twisting them, as if to make a rope. Police say they opened the door to take the pants away, fearing he might hurt himself. Gilbert then rushed the door and escaped into the common booking area, where he threw objects, including an intoximeter, at officers, and a struggle ensued, according to police. An officer ended that struggle by using a Taser on him again. Gilbert became unresponsive while he was in an ambulance en route to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Died in the custody of New London PD
Jeremy Martin 29, Oct. 28, 2014 Las Cruses NM – Two Santa Fe County deputies had stopped to spend the night after transporting a prisoner to Safford, Arizona. Investigators say Tai Chan, 27, and Deputy Jeremy Martin, 29, went to three restaurants Monday night, including Dublin’s Street Pub where they drank and got into a heated argument. The fight escalated once they were back at the hotel. As Martin tried to flee into an elevator, he was shot in the back and arms. Police arrived at the hotel and found Martin staggering off the elevator with multiple wounds. Martin was taken to a Las Cruces hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Chan was found in a stairwell near the hotel’s roof. He was taken into custody without incident and a Glock semi-automatic handgun, believed to be his duty weapon, was found nearby. Murdered by fellow Deputy Tai Chan
Kaldrick Donald 24, (mentally ill) Oct. 28, 2014 Gretna, FL – Kaldrick’s mother, Juanita Donald called the police to assist her and get her son to take his medication, as she had done in the past. Sgt. Charles Brown came out to the house and rather than help he ended up tasing Kaldrick repeatedly, then took him into an isolated bathroom in the family’s home and shot him multiple times, killing him. Brown murdered Donald in the presence his pregnant sister and mother, and no one can even say why. He was completely unarmed, and somehow not completely sane. His mother said “I heard my baby say, I want my mama after he shot him, and then I didn’t hear anything else.” His mother said she was “expecting them to take him to the Apalachee Center like before”, but instead a single officer came and escalated the situation, murdering him in front of his family. Juanita continued to say “It wasn’t but one officer. Instead of him calling for backup, he took things in his own hands and he goes in the house and he rush him and shoot him.” She continued to say he “didn’t want to be bothered”, and that he simply walked away from the officer. She says Sergeant Charles Brown “Just grabbed him and he tased him. Then when he grabbed him and tased him, he rushed my son off in the bathroom and I heard three shots. I was like, you shot my son and he was like, I had to. I said, no, you didn’t have to.” Brown is now on ‘administrative leave’, or paid vacation. Murdered by Sgt. Charles Brown Gretna PD
Vionique Valnold 32, Sep. 27, 2009 Bronx NY – Ms. Valnord was attempting to flag down a taxi after leaving a wedding reception. Officer Andrew Kelly was off-duty and driving home with police officer buddy Michael Downs after a night of heavy drinking was driving a Jeep Cherokee west on Avenue N in Mill Basin. About 100 feet east of the intersection Officer Kelly’s vehicle struck and ran over Ms. Valnordas. Ms. Valnord was taken to Kings County Hospital Center in critical condition and was later pronounced dead. The sergeant at the scene reported that Officer Kelly had red, watery eyes and slurred speech, and there was an odor of alcohol, he also reported seeing alcoholic beverages in the vehicle. Reeking of booze, Kelly refused a Breathalyzer test. Seven hours passed before a blood-alcohol test was done, and by then he was alcohol- free. Suspecting a cover-up, NYPD suspended Kelly, Downs and Officer Robert McGinn, who gave Kelly chewing gum and two bottles of water at the crash site. Murdered by Officer Andrew Kelly NYPD
Samantha Ramsey 19, April 26, 2014 Boone County KY – After walking toward Ms. Ramsey’s car as she was pulling away to stop her from driving away from a party Deputy Tyler Brockman claims he was faced with a life and death situation and shot Ms. Ramsey four times through her windshield after he ended up on top of her hood. However just moments before he had been beside the car, but somehow just seconds later was both struck by the car AND had the ability to draw his weapon from a retention holster and fire four rounds through the windshield, killing her. Conveniently, Brockman’s microphone wasn’t working, and the shots were fired just out of view of his dashboard camera. He claimd she ran over his foot, then later after falling off the hood her claimed Ms. Ramsey ran over his foot. According to Brockman the shots were fired not only to save his life, but also the pedestrians walking on the road and the officers currently just down the road initiating other arrests.” The grand jury announced there would be no charges filed. Murdered by Deputy Tyler Brockman of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Kentucky
Ernest Foster Jr. 37, July 4, 2013 Indio CA – Officers received a call from an unknown source stating they saw a man with a gun. When the first officer arrived, he chased Foster on foot, During the chase, the officer shot Foster. Murdered by Indio PD
Alejandro Rendon 23, Feb 15, 2013 Indio CA – Rendon was visiting friends and family in Indio to bring them Valentine’s Day greetings and gifts when Officer Alex Franco spotted him riding a bicycle near a mental health facility and pharmacy, and confronted him believing his actions were suspicious because he didn’t have a working headlight on his bicycle. Rendon reportedly sped off from Officer Franco he feared “wrongful detention and possible use of force.” The officer located Rendon a short time later. Forensic evidence presented at trial showed that Rendon was shot once while on top of the chain link fence and once while hanging from the opposite of where Franco was positioned. Rendon died in the ambulance on the way to Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Rendon didn’t threaten the officer and “did not pose a threat of death or serious physical injury.” Rendon was not armed. A $1.9 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Indio, its chief of police and a veteran police officer. Murdered by Officer Alex Franco Indio PD
Angel Frescas 22, Oct. 28, 2014 Phoenix AZ – Sheriff’s Detention Officers were taking Frescas and two other inmates to Maricopa Medical Center when Frescas supposedly managed to slip out of two restraints and run. One of the detention officers secured the other two inmates, and the second detention officer hopped back in the van and took off after Frescas. Another deputy was called for backup, and the hospital was placed on a brief lockdown. The officer caught up with Frescas about 500 yards away from the hospital, exited the van and allegedly a struggle ensued over the officer’s weapon. Investigators claim Frescas held the gun at one point, but it was unclear whether he was able to fire the weapon. As the detention officer and Frescas struggled over the weapon in the middle of the Street, the fight took them into the front cab of the transport van, by then, a detention officer had run to the scene from the hospital and she fired through the windshield into the van’s cab, striking Frescas at least once. This was the second time in three weeks an allegedly inmate fled sheriff’s custody outside of Maricopa Medical Center which makes this a highly suspicious shooting. Murdered by Phoenix Sheriff’s Dept.
Aaron Williams June 4, 1995 San Francisco CA – Willaims was suspected of a $50 pet-store burglary. According to witnesses and police sources, a team of police led by Officer Marc Andaya repeatedly kicked Williams in the neck and head as others held him down and emptied three canisters of pepper spray into Williams face. Despite the fact that Williams was having difficulty breathing, the police finally hog-tied, gagged and left him face down, unattended in the back of a police van, where he died. The police commission ruled that no “excessive force” was used. There was virtually no mention of Officer Andaya’s record, which included 37 prior complaints of police brutality, five lawsuits alleging racism and abuse, and one other death of an unarmed man of color. An independent pathologist listed eighteen injuries contributing to Williams death including but not limited to positional asphyxia. Murdered by Officer Marc Andaya Oakland PD
Michael Acosta 21, Nov. 2, 1991San Francisco CA – Officer Yawczak, who was off-duty and in plainclothes, was standing in front of his car when he heard a woman scream and saw two young men, Ernesto Pecson and Edwin Silva, running with what he believed to be a purse snatching. Officer Yawczak drew his gun, a .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol, and chased the two suspected purse-snatchers to an idling, where he twice shot Acosta, who was sitting in the driver’s seat; all three men were unarmed. Yawczak claimed he shot Acosta while standing in front of the car, ignoring police training by placing himself in harm’s way; he initially claimed he jumped on the hood of the car and then shot at Acosta, but later reportedly recanted that part of his account. Yawczak also originally stated he was bumped by the car and shot the second time while seated on the ground; when a medical examiner disputed that part of Yawczak’s account, and a witness reported seeing Yawczak run alongside the car and shoot Acosta, Yawczak stated that it was possible he had not shot from a seated position Murdered by Officer Yawczak San Francisco PD
Brian Sullivan 22, July 15, 1993 San Francisco CA – Sullivan had an unloaded shotgun on his bike when Wohler responded to an emergency call about him. He was riding on a bicycle, away from Officer Wohler in his car, and rode into his parent’s garage and closed the garage door. Officer Wohler reportedly opened fire through the closed garage door. He then followed Sullivan to a side yard, and as Sullivan started up a ladder to the roof, unarmed, Wohler reportedly fired twice; one bullet entered Sullivan’s buttocks and traveled to his heart, killing him. Although Wohler later stated he had never entered the side yard, his bullet casing was found near where a neighbor said she saw him stand and shoot up at Sullivan. The investigation by homicide detectives was seriously botched, and Officer Wohler was allowed to remain at the crime scene as investigators collected evidence. A key statement by an eyewitness disputing Wohler’s account was disregarded, as were ballistics tests that undermined the officer’s version of what took place. Investigators were not persuaded even when Wohler was forced to change his story after a bullet casing was later found (not by investigators) that confirmed the key eyewitness’s account. Wohler claimed Sullivan was shot while he was in the garage. When Wohler was confronted with his own conflicting testimony, he told a homicide investigator, “You know, I’m not stupid. I’ve been around long enough to know the way it works. And I mean, if I’m gonna leave a casing behind, I will cover myself, you know. I’m gonna say, `Hey the guy made a furtive move’ or `Yeah, my gun accidentally discharged.’ I mean, you know..” Sullivan was shot in the back and killed by Officer William Wohler, at Sullivan’s parents’ home in the Excelsior District. The city of San Francisco paid $295,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Murdered by Officer Wohler San Francisco PD
Emmett Louis Till 14, August 28, 1955 Money MS – Emmett was an African-American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. Till was from Chicago, Illinois, visiting his relatives in Money, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region, when he spoke to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, the married proprietor of a small grocery store there. Several nights later, Bryant’s husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam went to Till’s great-uncle’s house. They took Till away to a barn, where they beat him and gouged out one of his eyes, before shooting him through the head and disposing of his body in the Tallahatchie River, weighting it with a 70-pound cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. Three days later, Till’s body was discovered and retrieved from the river. Murdered by Vigilantes READ MORE
Daniel Satre 43, Sept. 21, 2014 Ballston Spa NY – Police claim Satre was screaming and walking in front of cars on that street when two Ballston Spa officers called for backup to help arrest him on disorderly conduct charges. Two officers from the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office and two state troopers arrived, and all six attempted to apprehend Satre who they claim fought wildly with all six officers, prompting them to hit him with electric shocks multiple times during an incident that became an ugly physical struggle outside his home. Stun guns were then used by the officers to bring Satre under control, and he became unconscious after being handcuffed. Police claim officers attempted to perform CPR at the scene, but Satre was pronounced dead at Saratoga Hospital just after midnight. Murdered by Taser Ballston Spa PD
Craig Hall 29, Oct. 25, 2014 Maywood IL – Officers on patrol at 2:11 a.m. in the 2000 block of 13th Avenue saw what appeared to be a drug transaction. As the officers approached to question the people involved, 29-year-old Craig Hall ran away and the officers began to chase him. During the pursuit, Officer claim Hall reached for a gun in his waistband, at which point the officers shot him. Hall was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead. The medical examiner’s office report Hall died of multiple gunshot wounds to his back and his death was ruled a homicide. Murdered by Maywood PD
Ronald Johnson 25, Oct. 13, 2014 Chicago IL – After hearing gunshots, Police claim to have seen a man who fit the description of the offender, once the officer came up to him, the man fled on foot with his hands in the air. A foot pursuit ensued during which time the offender allegedly pointed his weapon in the direction of the pursuing officers and as a result of this action, an officer discharged his weapon striking the offender.” The medical examiner’s office says Johnson died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide. Police claim they recovered a weapon at the scene, however Johnson unarmed. The autopsy report show he was shot in the back with his hands up. Murdered by Chicago PD
Tanesha Anderson 37, Nov. 16, 2014 Cleveland OH – Officers came to the house after a call from a family member who thought the police could calm the bi-polar Tanesha down. Police responded to the situation as a “disturbing the peace” call. Everyone agreed Tanesha should undergo an evaluation at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. As officers escorted Anderson to the police vehicle, she began actively resisting the officers changing her mind about the evaluation after police slapped cuffs on her. She believed she was within her rights to decide whether she went for a voluntary evaluation. But police, at this point, argued that it was up to them. Two male officers escorted Ms. Anderson, who was prescribed medication for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, to the police cruiser. She sat herself in the backseat but became nervous about the confined space and tried to get out. As Tanesha called out for her brother and mother, an officer used a “Judo” take down move after having pressed her head down repeatedly in the backseat in what seemed to be a “smothering” manner, after she’d hit her head on the concrete, and the officer placed his knee on her back, she never opened her eyes or spoke another word. To add insult to injury, Joell says his sister’s sundress was lifted above her waist, where it remained as officers refused to administer any aid to the unconscious woman so Joell was forced to go over and use his own jacket to cover her naked lower body, because police refused, even when he asked them to. Ms. Anderson died after police slammed her head on the concrete, just outside of her family’s home and was pronounced dead at Cleveland Clinic. Murdered by Cleveland PD
Akai Gurley 28, Nov. 20, 2014 Brooklyn NY – Gurley, had spent the evening at his girlfriend Melissa Butler’s apartment. The couple left the seventh floor apartment and tried to take an elevator down to the bottom floor. When the elevator wouldn’t work, they entered the stairwell. Two officers, meanwhile, were conducting a vertical patrol, also known as a top to bottom patrol inside the building. Upon entering the “dark” stairwell on the eighth floor, Officer Peter Liang drew his gun and flashlight as a safety precaution. That’s when Gurley and Ms. Butler also entered the stairwell. At that moment, Liang, , without identifying themselves fired one round from the eighth floor landing. Gurley, who was on the seventh floor landing, was struck in the chest. Gurley and Butler then ran down the stairs before Gurley collapsed on the fifth floor. After the shooting, the officers retreated back from where they came and the couple made their way downstairs, officials admitted. Gurley stopped on the fifth floor while Butler continued down to the fourth floor, where she asked neighbors to call 911. Under instructions from a 911 operator, Butler then tried to administer first aid. Gurley was transported to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Ms. Bulter said “They didn’t identify themselves.” “No nothing. They didn’t give no explanation. They just pulled a gun and shot him in the chest.” New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said according to a preliminary investigation, “it appears this may have been an accidental discharge.” Gurley “was not engaged in any criminal activity of any type.” Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, who’s investigating the incident. NYPD Internal Affairs is also investigating. Murdered by NYPD Officer Peter Liang
Tamir Rice 12, Nov. 23, 2014 Cleveland OH – At a local rec center, a witnesses reported a male was in the playground area waving a gun and pointing it at people. The man who called 911 told dispatchers the boy was on a swing set and pointing a pistol that was “probably fake” and scaring everyone and the boy was pulling the gun in and out of his pants. “I don’t know if it’s real or not”. Jeff Follmer, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, said the officers were not told the caller thought the gun might be fake. The officer called to the playground outside a city recreation center claim they saw the pistol sitting on a table or bench, and watched the boy grab it and put it in his waistband. Police said after officers arrived, they told him to raise his hands, an order the child allegedly did not follow. “The young man had the weapon in his waistband. He pulled the weapon out. One of our officers fired two shots, striking the young man.” The boy had an Airsoft replica gun that had the orange safety indicator removed, police said. Murdered by Cleveland PD
Yanira Serrano- Garcia 18, (mentally ill) June 3, 2014 San Mateo CA – Serrano-Garcia’s brother, Lorenzo “Tony” Garcia, called 911 shortly after 9:20 p.m. seeking paramedics to help get his sister to take medication she had refused that day. She had been diagnosed as having schizophrenia, and the medication she was prescribed made her feel bad. It could be a challenge for the family to keep her on it. Tony had called for medical help before, and the authorities were aware Yanira had been schizophrenic since the age of 15 since they’d visited the Serrano home on three prior occasions without incident. The audio recording proves Tony was crystal clear in stating this is not an emergency. “This is not really an emergency,” he said. “I’m calling because my sister has schizophrenia … she’s not taking the medications, she’s acting out and she’s yelling at my parents.” A little more than 10 minutes later, Officer Trieu fatally shot Serrano-Garcia in the torso after she chased him with a knife. “Yanira Serrano was 5 feet tall. She weighed 200 pounds. She had a congenital birth defect, essentially a club foot. There was no meaningful threat to the officer.” Officer Trieu excuse was he backed up but was unable to get away from Serrano-Garcia and he didn’t have time to pull his Taser, and wasn’t sure it would work anyway because the teen was wearing a thick sweater. Murdered by San Mateo PD
Matthew Pollow 28, (mentally ill) April 5, 2014 Boca FL – Matthew called 911 on his mother’s cellphone while paying her a visit. He apparently wanted transport to a nearby mental unit under the Baker Act, Florida’s commitment law. He apparently had spiraled into a crisis after a disruption with his medication. Pollow was shot and killed by a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy after things went spectacularly wrong. The Sheriff’s Office says Pollow charged at a deputy with a screwdriver. Murdered by Palm Beach County Sheriff
Tinoris Williams 31, (mentally ill) April 7, 2014 Palm Beach FL – Deputy Ernest Cantu was called to the 4800 block of Orleans Court. Williams, became very agitated and aggressive and balled his fists at the deputy. Deputy Cantu claims Williams stated to him “(expletive) you, your (sic) soft.” The deputy stated Williams raised his open hand towards Williams and told him to back off. Deputy Cantu wrote he was able to get Williams on the ground and Williams attempted to grab his duty belt pulling at his ammo pouches and handcuff case. Williams, according to the deputy, kept yelling “(Expletive you, your (sic) soft, I will (expletive) you up.” Deputy Cantu shot williams in the head after struggling with an officer who mistakes him for a burglary suspect. Murdered by Deputy Cantu Palm Beach Sheriff Dept.
Unknown Female 53, (mentally ill) April 13, 2014 Santa Clara CA – A woman calls 911 to say she’s suicidal. Police open fire when she answers the door holding a baseball bat, fatally wounding her. Murdered by Santa Clara PD
Unknown Male Age unknown (mentally ill) Jan. 25, 2014 Lodi, CA – Police officers receive a call from a woman who says her brother—a veteran with PTSD—is “going crazy.” Less than twenty minutes later, her brother winds up dead. Murdered by Lodi California PD
Dontre D. Hamilton 31, (schizophrenic) April 30, 2014 Milwaukee WI – Hamilton who is laying face-down in the park sleeping next to the big, stone red arrow: the landmark and namesake of the park. As per Starbucks policy, if we are uncertain or uncomfortable around a sleeping individual (or somebody that may be passed out), we are to call a non-emergency line to prevent any potential conflict – and that is precisely what was done. never saw Dontre get up, walk around, panhandle, or even speak to anyone. A few minutes later, two officers approached him on foot to check him out. I could see them speaking with Dontre, who sat up to address and answer their questions. From the body language of both parties, nothing seemed out of place, nobody was tense, things were seemingly frictionless. It was probably a five-minute conversation, then the officers walked away. They didn’t escort him out or forcibly move him. – Milwaukee police put 10 bullets into Hamilton, Murdered by Milwaukee PD READ the whole story from a Witness who was there before during and after
Donnell Dortch 19, Sept. 23, 1962 Kinloch Suburb – St. Louis MO – A black 74 year old police officer named Israel Mason stopped Dortch and tried to give Dortch a “traffic warrant” for careless and reckless driving. UPI described Dortch’s driving as “drag racing”. Dortch supposedly refused the warrant. According to 3 witnesses “Mason pulled Dortch from his car and struck the youth twice with the revolver. Then Mason stepped back five feet and fired.” Hours after his run-in with the police, Dortch died in a county hospital in Clayton, Mo., bleeding profusely from where a bullet, or bullets — it wasn’t made clear how many — pierced his stomach. “Officer Mason said he and Dortch wrestled for his pistol while the policeman was trying to free it from his holster. “Officer Mason claimed the pistol discharged by accident. Kinloch exploded with anxiety and protest and a riot ensued. Crowds of hundreds assembled before Kinloch’s city hall in the days after Dortch’s death, chanting “We want Mason! We Want Mason!” (The police officer was suspended from his post and eventually resigned.) Some people were setting the town ablaze, razing an elementary school and a string of empty houses in the process, trying to light the police chief’s new home on fire. Murdered by Officer Israel Mason St. Louis PD READ MORE
David Latham 35, (mentally ill schizophrenic) June 6, 2014 Norfolk VA – Family said Latham hadn’t taken his medicine for a few days and wasn’t sure whether he was out of medication or not. “He would get kind of aggressive, like and talking a lot, anxious so they’d take him to the hospital.” family friend Michael Muhammad said Latham was arguing with his brother at the house. His mother called 911, and according to family members and Muhammad, she reported Latham was ill and needed help. Family members said one of the children in the house also called 911 and asked police dispatchers to “hurry up.” Approximately 11 p.m., emergency dispatchers received a 911 call about a domestic situation. Latham answered the door when police arrived. They said Latham wouldn’t drop the knife, however, he did not threaten the officer. Latham was shot at least three times while in the doorway, according to the family. They also said he was shot once when he was on the ground. Latham was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. No officers were harmed during the incident. Murdered by Norfolk PD
Carl Gerard Blossomgame 48, Oct. 3, 2014 San Bernardino CA – Shortly before 2 a.m., officers were dispatched to the Economy Inn, about a man trying to get into a motel room that wasn’t his, Lt. It’s alleged by police “Almost immediately upon contact, the man began struggling with officers.” “He fled on foot and the officers gave chase.” Once the officers caught Blossomgame, they used a Taser, but that didn’t stop him from fighting with the officers. “During the struggle, the suspect supposedly tried to grab for one of the officer’s duty weapons”. “Then he was able to grab hold of one of their police batons and a taser. That’s when the officer-involved shooting occurred.” Blossomgame was pronounced dead at the scene. Murdered by San Bernadino PD
Andy Lopez 13, October 22, 2013 Santa Rosa CA – Andy was walking to a friend’s home and was carrying a look-a-like AR air soft “toy” and an air soft pistol “toy”. The pistol was tucked into his waist band and while this one had an orange tip, it was not visible due to being tucked into his waistband. The officers approached from a safe distance from behind and used their vehicle as a shield. They instructed Andy to put down the weapon but instead Andy turned toward the officers and, according to the officers, started to raise the “toy”. 8 shots rang out with 7 of them striking Andy. Most were non-fatal injuries except for the shot to the chest. Murdered by Santa Rosa PD
Donte Lamont Jordan 39, Nov. 10, 2013 Long Beach VA – Police claim Jordan was acting erratically when he and another man drove into a gas station where he allegedly fired a gun. As the first officers arrived, they claim to have seen a person matching the suspects’ description. As Jordan was walking away from the gas station, witness’s state no one reported seeing a firearm in Jordan’s hand. Police accounts, though, indicate Jordan remained at the gas station for several minutes after he fired shots; he then began to walk along Anaheim Street toward Chestnut Avenue. He was a accused of brandishing a handgun and shooting at innocent bystanders. Jordan was shot multiple times by police, including two fatal shots to the back. Police officials did not deny Jordan was struck in the back, but noted the decision to shoot Jordan was made when officers considered the man a threat to the public. There are at least three witness accounts that indicate Jordan was walking calmly down the street and was not armed. Murdered by Long Beach PD
John Del Real 39, Sept. 26, 2013 Long Beach CA – a plainclothes officer was responding to complaints about drug dealing when he and Del Real got into a confrontation. The officer said he noticed an individual in the area who he believed was involved in drug activity. He said he believed the individual was armed and he requested backup assistance from uniformed units nearby. According to police officials, the officer was approached by 39-year-old John Del Real of Long Beach, who came at him in a threatening manner while reaching into his waistband for a shiny metal object. According to investigators, Del Real punched the officer, who claims to have identified himself as law enforcement, but when Del Real reached for his waistband the officer opened fire. Del Real did not have a gun but investigators now claim he did have an aluminum baseball bat. “This police officer went and shot Del Real again when he was on the ground and already shot once” Murdered by Long Beach PD
Tyler Damon Woods 19, Nov. 19, 2013 Long Beach CA – Police claim Woods ran from officers after a traffic stop. A check of his records showed he was wanted in Los Angeles for an armed carjacking. Woods evaded officers for over an hour until he was spotted on top of an apartment building. Police claim the officers believed Woods was armed. Once on the roof, officers claim Woods knelt down and turned toward them, and that’s when they opened fire thinking he was going to shoot. But relatives, who talked to Woods’ friends who remained in the car, say police knew otherwise. “Before he ran, they checked him; they searched him. We’ve been told that so many times. They had no reason to do that,” said Gail Rosser, a family member. Murdered by Long Beach PD
Robert J. Storay 52, (mentally ill) March 6, 2014 Little Rock AR – Robert J. Storay served nine years in the US Army as a Dental Laboratory Specialist. He was awarded the following decorations: Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Marksman Qualification Badge (M-1 Rifle), and Expert Qualification Badge. Robert enrolled at Pulaski Technical College during the Fall of 2010 semester and was a graduate of the Veterans Upward Bound Program. Storay was working on an Associate of Arts degree and was a candidate for graduation in May. His long-term goal was to become a Dental assistant. Storay was causing a disturbance on a Central Arkansas Transit Bus. The driver stopped in front of the First Presbyterian Church and called police to report a male causing a disturbance. When the Officer arrived in the area, he made contact with Storay. The officer, along with the suspect exited the bus at which time Storay began to assault the officer with a cane. The officer fired his weapon, striking the suspect. The North Little Rock Police Department says Storay died after being taken to UAMS from the scene of the incident. Twenty-five people saw Storay being gun down. It is evident from Storay’s behavior, he was off his medication. Murdered by Little Rock PD
Laporsha R. Watson 27, Sept. 3, 2012 Jacksonville, FL – Lt. Jimmy Ricks was northbound in his patrol car on his way to work about 5:40 a.m. when a pedestrian — later identified as 27-year-old Laporsha R. Watson of Carapace Lane — was crossing the interstate. The crash occurred at the half-mile marker for the Eighth Street exit. Watson was hit by a second vehicle after being struck by Ricks’ patrol car. Killed by Lt. Jimmy Ricks Jacksonville PD
Jacueline Robinson Culp 59, July 21, 2012 Atlanta GA – Atlanta Police Officer Joshua Sieck crashed into her BMW at the intersection of Cascade and Fairburn roads in South Fulton County, as he was responding to an emergency call. Witness Jason Myles said “The police officer passed us with his lights and sirens on.” Soon after the crash he said he tried to help Culp. “Her situation looked bad, she wasn’t getting out of her car.” Before his wife died, “One thing she told me was the light was green,” Ralph Culp said. Fulton County police charged Sieck with second-degree vehicular homicide, a misdemeanor. Atlanta police fired the rookie officer soon after. Killed by Officer Joshua Sieck Atlanta PD
James Villegas – De La Rosa 22, Nov. 13, 2014 Bakersfield, CA- A two-officer unit spotted a silver Jeep Liberty being driven erratically and attempted to stop the driver who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, but the driver failed to yield. A short, high-speed pursuit began eastbound on the freeway. At the off-ramp, the driver exited the freeway at a high rate of speed and slammed into a signal light pole. According to witnesses, the pursuing officers and two additional officers arrived at the scene within seconds of the crash and crouched near their vehicles then three officers opened fire and a fourth engaged a Taser. Patricia Caldra and Salvador Gonzalez said they were stopped at a red light near the Highway on-ramp when they saw the crash and the De La Rosa getting out of the vehicle. Gonzalez said the man held his hands outward, but downward from his sides. “The cop got out and just shot him in the head like three times.” Police admit De La Rosa was unarmed. Other witnesses also claim De La Rosa had put his hands up “he had nothing in his hands, not even a cellphone, to give the officers the impression that he was armed.” Officers claim he was combative as he approached officers aggressively and “suddenly reached for his waistband.” De La Rosa was taken to Kern Medical Center, where he died. Murdered by Bakersfield PD
Rumain Brisbon 34, Dec. 2, 2014 – Phoenix AZ – Brandon Dickerson was in the car with Brisbon shortly before the shooting and witnessed some of the incident. “Brisbon was dropping off fast food to his children in the apartment. I never saw the officer try to talk with Brisbon and his friend wasn’t yelling at the officer. “Who’s gonna argue with police?” Dickerson said. “He had no death wish yesterday.” When Police checked the license plate a tipster provided and found it was registered to a resident in the 15400 block of North 25th Avenue, where there was also a pending report of a “loud music disturbance.” The loud-music call was canceled, so the officer went to the SUV to ask questions of those inside. The officer claims the driver, later identified as Brisbon, got out and appeared to be removing something from the rear of the SUV. The officer told Brisbon to show his hands, claims Brisbon stuffed his hands into his waistband. Authorities claim Brisbon ran inside an apartment building and then got into a struggle with the officer. Brisbon put his hand in his pocket, and when the officer grabbed the hand, he thought he felt the handle of a gun through Brisbon’s pants. Police claim the officer repeatedly told Brisbon to keep his hand in his pocket, then shot him twice when he didn’t. Brisbon was unarmed and shot by a white Phoenix police officer who mistook a pill bottle for a gun. Brisbon was hit in the torso twice and later pronounced dead at the scene. Murdered by a 30-year-old officer, aseven-year veteran of the department Phoenix PD
Timur Person 19, Dec. 13, 2006 Bronx NY – A police squad car drove by a building in the Bronx, and when Person and his friends “scattered.” Person was chased into the foyer and then shot by the police four times, three times in the chest, once in the face. A eyewitness Hector Suarez: “I turned around, and he was already running.” “When he was running, the two officers in the back seat got out of the car. When they got out of the car, the two officers in the back seat started chasing him. They got into the building, and they were wrestling with him.” Witnesses say the officers saw that Person had a gun, a .38-caliber semiautomatic with two clips. They say the cops ordered him to drop it. “The cops told him, ‘Let go of the weapon, let go of the weapon. He was holding his waist. At no time did he grab the gun. He was just holding the waist, holding the gun to stay in his belt line. And right there when he fell to the floor, the officer told him let go of the gun.” Another person said Person was trying to surrender. Four police bullets were pumped into his body. Murdered by NYPD while his hands were in the air.
Bernard Bailey 54, May 2011 Eutawville SC – Bernard Bailey came to Town Hall, which shares a building with the police department, to argue about a broken-taillight ticket his daughter had received a few days earlier. Bailey’s daughter called her father when on the day she received the ticket and Bailey and the chief got into an argument. Combs took out an obstruction warrant against Bailey and when he showed up at Town Hall, the chief tried to arrest Bailey, a 6-foot-6 former prison guard. Prosecutors said Bailey marched back to his truck, and Combs tried to get inside to turn off the ignition. The two briefly fought, and Combs shot Bailey twice in the chest. Combs claims he was tangled in Bailey’s steering wheel and feared for his life if Bailey drove away. State investigators began reviewing the shooting after a U.S. Justice Department investigation determined Combs did not violate Bailey’s civil rights. UPDATE 12-4-14 Richard Combs, former police chief and sole officer in the small town of Eutawville listens in court fatally shot an unarmed black man and was charged with murder. Combs lawyer accused prosecutors of taking advantage of national outrage toward police to get the indictment. Murdered by Police Chief Richard Combs. The former chief has argued he shot Bailey in self defense, but a judge recently rejected his “Stand Your Ground” claim in the earlier case. Prosecutors said the chief instigated the confrontation by following Bailey to his truck. They said Bailey never threatened or attacked the officer. Combs faces up to 30 years to life in prison if convicted on the murder charge. The grand jury indictment said Combs shot Bailey “with malice aforethought.” Bail was set at $150,000.
Derek Williams 22, July 2011 Milwaukee WI – Williams was arrested on suspicion of robbery, while being held in the back of the officer’s squad car Williams complained that he couldn’t breathe. He begged the officers to call an ambulance but was ignored. Williams died of suffocation in the back of the car. Aftermath: Despite the fact an inquest jury had found probable cause, a special prosecutor declined to file charges against the three officers who arrested Williams, citing a lack of sufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Murdered by Milwaukee PD
William H. Torbit Jr 22, Jan 9, 2011 Baltimore MD – Officers shot Police Officer William H. Torbit Jr. 34 times without recognizing him as a police officer after he fired eight times into a group of people who had knocked him to the ground and were attacking him. One of Torbit’s bullets killed Sean Gamble, a man who had been attacking Torbit. The department and the club’s owners and promoters are also facing a lawsuit from Gamble’s family, which maintains that he was running from the fight, not tussling with Torbit, when he was shot. Both suits were filed this week, in the days leading up to the shooting’s three-year anniversary. The Torbit family’s lawsuit accuses the police of “horrendous and outrageous breaches of duty” and says police accounts “left substantial gaps in how the situation unfolded.” It also names the four uniformed officers who shot Torbit, all of whom were cleared of any wrongdoing in the investigation. The suit, filed by Gamble’s father, mother and son John, Lucette and Sean Gamble Jr., respectively — lists 15 defendants, including club owners, the parking service and the Police Department. Baltimore police acting Capt. Eric Kowalczyk said the department does not comment on pending litigation. An independent commission in November 2011 found that police supervisors failed to take control of the scene and Torbit made a series of mistakes exacerbating the situation which contributed to his own death. Murdered by Baltimore PD
Clinton Allen 25, Dallas, TX – March 10, 2013 – Clinton Allen was shot 7 times by Dallas police officer Clark Staller, who was responding to a domestic disturbance call at Allen’s girlfriend’s house. Clinton was unarmed. Police say Allen charged them and there was a scuffle but multiple eye witness reports beg to differ. Witnesses say that Officer Staller arrived at the apartment complex, and before the caller had a chance to give him any information, he saw someone walking towards the parking lot, and initiated a foot pursuit. One sworn affidavit that was presented to the grand jury read as follows: “On 03/10/13 around 12:15 am I was coming into my apartment that night and saw Clinton Allen with his hands up and the officer pointing his gun at Clinton… I heard 4 to 5 gun shots. I am an ex-military man and I know aggression when 1 see it. Clinton was not showing any signs of aggression towards this officer.” The grand jury did not indict officer Staller who remains an active member of the Dallas police department. The family has filed a civil suit against the city. Murdered by Dallas PD
Mah-hi-vist Goodblanket 18, Dec. 21, 2013 Custer County, OK – Parents called 911 for help after Mah-hi-vist had an episode of his Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Before officers entered the residence Goodblankets father, Wilbur, asked them not to shoot his son. Police claim Goodblanket had a knife, a fact disputed by witnesses. He was tasered twice and shot 7 times. The District Attorney declined to press charges and two of the officers received awards of valor for their part in the shooting. Murdered by Custer County PD
John T. Williams 50, Aug. 30, 2010 Seattle WA – Williams was a Nuu-chah-nulth man living in Seattle, a pretty famous local woodcarver from generations of renowned woodcarvers. He was shot carrying his whittling knife and a piece of cedar across the street. After shooting Williams four times, Officer Birk said that he had told Williams repeatedly to put the knife down and Birk shot him after Williams failed to comply. However, Williams was elderly and hard of hearing, and from witness reports, Williams never acknowledged Birk, probably never hearing Birk’s commands. Murdered by Seattle PD READ MORE
Laquan McDonald 17, Oct. 20. 2014 Chicago IL – Officers responded to a call from a person who said an individual was attempting to break into cars. Officer’s claim to have found McDonald carrying a knife he used to slash a tire of a squad car and damage its windshield before running from officers. A second car arrived on the scene and attempted to box the teen into a fence. He allegedly refused requests to drop his knife, at which point an officer opened fire and shot him in the chest. A witness whose car was stopped by the police action saw McDonald “shying away” from the officers. The witness said the teen was not posing an immediate threat to anyone after he was successfully boxed in. He told Kalven and Futterman the teen fell to the ground after first being shot but that the officer continued to fire bullets into his body. “They didn’t need to shoot him. They didn’t. They basically had him face-to-face. There was no purpose why they had to shoot him” Futterman says the witness, who they believe contacted the city “on his own initiative” to report what he saw, claims to have seen the officer fire “as many as six or seven” more shots into the boy. Given how the two squad cars were positioned at the scene of the shooting, those cars’ dashboard cameras should have been recording at the time of the incident. Multiple businesses located on the same block of the shooting also may have captured relevant surveillance footage. Given what they believe to be the discrepancies in the CPD account of the shooting, they believe the footage should be released. “The bottom line is there ought to be video that exists and that video will reveal the truth of what happened. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled McDonald’s death as a homicide after an autopsy confirmed the teen died of multiple gunshot wounds.Murdered by Chicago PD
“J” The Scream Character Hollywood Walk of Fame – 22, Dec. 5, 2014 Los Angeles police gunned down a man, shooting him in the head 10 times at a busy Hollywood intersection claiming he’d been trying to attack them with a knife, causing them to *fear for their lives*, which is why they fired several rounds, leaving his body laying on a corner as shocked witnesses looked on. But some locals are saying the man was merely a street performer known as “J” who would pose with tourists holding a prop knife made of plastic. The area of Hollywood Blvd where he was killed is near the famous Walk of Fame and is renowned for its street performers who dress up in costumes and play roles to the amusement of tourists. Many of the performers dress up as characters from Hollywood movies, who pose with tourists for photos in exchange for tips. The man shot was said to be impersonating the character from Scream, a 1996 horror movie, about a masked man with a knife who murders teenagers with a knife. But some witness are saying the knife was planted because it is not clearly visible in the video recorded in the immediate aftermath of the shooting and posted to Facebook. However, the first several minutes of the video, show police clamoring all over the area where the knife was eventually photographed. And at 4:44, a man dressed in blue wearing gloves bends down and appears to lay something on the ground. Jordan White, the man who recorded the video, said the “J” was unarmed. Murdered by LAPD
David Tomer David Tomer 24 (tall man in middle) May 17, 1979 Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Maine – A Tribal member was walking home after drinking in town. As he was walking, he noticed that the police were following him. Though he hadn’t committed any crime, he was afraid of the police because of their known mistreatment of Native people. He began to walk faster and faster, and eventually began running toward the bridge. The police also increased their pace and ran after him. When he realized he wouldn’t reach the bridge before being caught, he dove into the river, intending to swim to the island. The police shot him in the back and he drowned. The officer who fired the fatal shot was never indicted for the shooting, despite the fact the victim posed no threat to anyone, had committed no crime, and was unarmed at the time of the incident.” Murdered by Penobscot Maine PD
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Casey Kressin 29, Nov. 30, 2014 Chippewa Falls, WI – Police pulled over the car for speeding through a red light. The car was driven by Leah Hryniewicki, Casey Kressin’s girlfriend. Casey was having a severe asthma attack. A reeling Casey exited the car and kneeled to the ground and asked for his inhaler as he wheezed away, police said. Police said that Leah also jumped out and yelled to the officer that the man was having an asthma attack and that he needed to get to the emergency room. The officer would not allow Leah to put Casey in her car and finish the three miles, neither would he put Casey in his cruiser and take him to the hospital. Their daughter was in their car and witnessed the whole tragedy. The officer called for an ambulance, which arrived about six minutes later. Casey was unresponsive when the ambulance arrived and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Allowed to die by Chippewa Falls PD VIDEO
Dennis Grigsby 35, (mentally ill) Dec. 16, 2014 Texarkana TX – Texarkana Police responded to a report of an attempted break-in. The caller said an unknown man was inside her garage and was trying to break a window to get inside her home. Officer Brent Lawing arrived at the home and found 35-year-old Dennis Grigsby who lived in his mother’s home across the street was inside the woman’s dimly lit garage. Grigsby allegedly made an “aggressive” move toward the officer while carrying a 7-inch metal object, which turned out to be a spoon. According to the police story, he ignored commands to stop, prompting the officer to shoot him. Grigsby was shot once in the chest and later succumbed to his injuries at St. Michael’s Hospital. Murdered by Texarkana PD
Charles Eimers 61, Thanksgiving Nov. 28, 2013 Key West FL – Elmers allegedly sped off from a traffic stop leading police on a chase eventually stopping his car at the beach. Police claim Eimers then got out and collapsed into the sand. However, video evidence of the incident was released which contradicted these claims. In the video it is clearly seen Eimers exits his vehicle with his hands up and gets on the ground, as police, with weapons drawn, ordered Eimers to do. The police claim Eimers’ face was not in the sand and he was not bleeding. However video surfaced taken by a tourist showed Eimers’ face covered in sand and blood coming from his ears. with no logical explanation being offered, the police hurriedly shipped his body off to a funeral home and asked for it to be cremated. Luckily, the funeral home did not get to the cremation in a timely fashion so Eimers’ body sat there for 7 days, eventually allowing for an autopsy. After the evidence was nearly destroyed, an autopsy was finally performed, yielding highly suspect results. Mr. Eimers was found to have ten broken ribs, as well as wounds around both wrists. While no official explanations were offered on the cause of death, Monroe County Medical Examiner Dr. E. Scheuerman ruled out heart attack as a cause. “They tased him in the neck,” said one witness who asked not to be identified, “and after that he didn’t move – he was out. Then they rolled him over and started compression.” “I was about 30 feet away,” says another, “I saw him [a police officer] taser him [Eimers]. He didn’t lift the taser from his chest. I could see his legs jerking when they were tasing him… it lasted a good 6 minutes. The ten officers who were involved in the arrest all testified that he wasn’t tased. However, in a segment of the Taser video that was recorded inadvertently by the officer after the incident, he is heard saying to fellow officers that he did in fact taser Eimers. Lovette later claimed he was just kidding. Murdered by Key West PD READ MORE
Leonardo “Leo” Marquette Little 33, Nov. 25, 2014 Jacksonville FL – During a traffic stop which started with an expired tag the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer Grant claims Little first gave the officer multiple names. After a quick investigation, the officer was able to find out Little’s identity and found he was driving with a suspended license. As Grant pulled Little out of the car to place him under arrest, Little allegedly made a quick move as he was being cuffed. Officer Grant claims to have been able to place one hand cuff on the Little’s wrist, but when he went to place second hand cuff on the other wrist Little allegedly started throwing punches and took off. The officer chased him down and used a TASER, the jolt sent Little to the ground. But a second and third shock from the TASER had no effect. When Grant tried to get close to the suspect to subdue him again, Little allegedly took Grant’s TASER, pointed it at him and began to charge. That’s when officer Grant pulled out his gun and fired two shots hitting Little in the chest and leg. Little was pronounced dead on the scene. Murdered by Jacksonville PD
Steven Eugene Washington 27 (autistic) March 20, 2010 Los Angeles CA – Walking home from a friend’s house, Washington was accosted by Los Angeles Police Officers Allan Corrales and George Diego. The officers claim to have heard a loud sound, turned their car around and see Washington walking down the street while looking around supposedly touching something near his waist. The officers say something to Washington and he allegedly approaches the officers while seemingly removing something from his waistband. The Officer’s claimed to have “feared for their lives”. Officers claim they suspected Washington was armed so they fire one bullet striking Washington in the head, killing him. No weapon was recovered. Soon afterward, his family announced Washington was autistic, had learning disabilities, and was generally afraid of strangers. Police Chief Charlie Beck concluded after a lengthy internal investigation that the officers made serious tactical mistakes during the brief, late-night encounter, but ultimately were justified in using deadly force. Murdered by LAPD Officers Allan Corrales and George Diego
Johnathan Cuevas 20, Oct. 20, 2010 Los Angeles, CA – A lone deputy approached three men. One of the men, later identified by the coroner’s office as Johnathan Cuevas, allegedly reached into his waistband as he started to run. The deputy fired several times, striking Cuevas. The Officer then walked up to Cuevas who lay bleeding in the street, and while standing over Cuevas shot directly into his torso. Cuevas was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A handgun was recovered at the scene but it is believed to have been planted by LAPD Murdered by LAPD … VIDEO
Allen Locke 30, Dec. 20, 2014 Rapid City So. Dakota – Rapid City Police Officer responded to a citizen’s call for assistance regarding an unwanted subject at the Lakota Community Homes. The first officer to arrive was Officer Anthony Meirose at the house. While standing in the doorway, Officer Meirose claims he was attacked by a male subject with a knife however all Locke had in his hand was Sweetgrass. The officer drew his weapon and shot the Locke was shot up to five times. Locke was pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency Medical Services were supposedly activated immediately. Locke was transported to Rapid City Regional Hospital where he was officially pronounced dead. Police are claiming “The officer is white. The suspect is Native American, but it’s not a race deal.” “This is based on criminal behavior and has nothing to do with race. Murdered by Rapid City PD
Antonio Martin 18, Dec. 23, 2014 St. Louis Missouri – A police officer was conducting a routine check at the Mobil gas station in the suburb of Berkeley when two male suspects allegedly approached him. The officer claims one man pulled a handgun and pointed it at the police officer. The officer fired several shots and wounded Martin fatally. The second man managed to escape the scene. The officer fired at least three rounds and that the victim did not fire any. Martin was with his girlfriend at the time of the incident. The girlfriend remained at the scene, but wouldn’t speak with reporters. Dozens of Twitter users claim Martin was unarmed when he was shot. According to bystanders, the teen was alive for about 30 minutes after being shot. The police officer had been assigned a body camera but wasn’t wearing it at the time. Murdered by St. Louis PD
Jason Sherard Harrison 39, (schizophrenic) June 14, 2014 Dallas TX – A Dallas mother calls the cops for help taking her schizophrenic son, to the hospital who posed no threat to anyone, including the officers, that day. Police Officers John Rogers and Andrew had been called to the house many times before to help subdue Harrison, whom suffered from schizophrenia. Hutchins shot Jason Harrison “multiple times when Jason Harrison, an unarmed man, did not pose a risk of injury to himself or others.” The police have said that the younger Harrison had a screwdriver in his hand and made an aggressive act toward the officers, causing them to open fire. By shooting him, the officers violated Harrison’s Fourth Amendment right to due process, the lawsuit claims; it also alleges the police department has a history using excessive force. Harrison winds up dead. Murdered by Dallas PD
Manny Mayi Jr.19, March 29, 1991 Queens NY – Queens College honor student. Manny was chased 16 blocks through Corona, Queens, by a white lynch mob before being killed. None of the members of this racist gang was ever indicted; instead, one was later admitted to the police academy. Murdered by Vigilantes
Marcelo Lucero 39, Nov. 8th, 2008 Queens NY – An Ecuadorian immigrant was murdered because of who he was and what that represented. The seven teenagers who attacked Lucero have all been sentenced. Murdered by Vigilante Teenagers
Luis Ramirez 25, July 14, 2008 Philadelphia PA – Lost his life after he was knocked unconscious and severely beaten by a group of Shenandoah teenagers who yelled racial epithets throughout the fatal beating. Charging documents and eyewitness accounts indicate Ramirez was punched and kicked in the body and head causing him to foam at the mouth, sustain two skull fractures, and ultimately, to die. Ramirez leaves behind his fiancée and their two young children. While local officials initially failed to bring charges against the perpetrators and denied that race played a role in the attack, MALDEF intervened to pressure the local prosecutor to charge the defendants with a hate crime. Soon thereafter, the county district attorney filed murder and ethnic intimidation charges against the assailants. A retired Philadelphia police officer testified at a preliminary hearing she heard one of the attackers yell “Tell your [expletive] Mexican friends to get the [expletive] out of Shenandoah or you’ll be [expletive] laying next to him.” The attacker’s comments were directed at Ramirez’s friends who came to his aid after receiving a distress call from him on a cell phone during the beating. READ MORE
Shelly Frey 27, Dec. 8, 2012 Houston TX – Frey was reportedly perusing the Walmart with friends when off-duty Deputy Louis Campbell, noticed the three women ‘stuffing items inside their purses’ and approached the ladies about shoplifting. The trio then ran off into the parking lot where Campbell followed them. The chase escalated to the point that Frey got into her car to speed away and Campbell followed. After chasing Frey and the other two women to their car, Campbell opened the door and commanded Frey to get out. But she refused, Shortly after, he fired with 2 children in the car, striking Fey in the neck. He claims that he eventually drew his gun because he was “between the car door and the driver’s seat and feared for his safety.” Despite the shooting, the women fled but eventually they. Paramedics from the Houston Fire Department arrived to try and save Frey, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Murdered by Harris County Sheriff’s deputy Louis Campbell
Diana Showman 19, (bi-polar) Aug. 14, 2014 San Jose CA – A woman with bipolar disorder called 911 and told emergency dispatchers she had an Uzi and was going to shoot her family when in fact no one else was home. According to police and multiple witnesses, some of whom captured the encounter on cellphone video, the woman emerged from her home with an item in each hand, and at some point dropped one of the items on a grassy berm. But she kept a large black item which turned out to be a drill in one hand and continued walking toward the officers in defiance of their orders. As she got close to Officer Wakana Okuma he fired a single shot, hitting Ms. Showman. She later died at the hospital. Diana’s parents were taken away, isolated, and interviewed for hours. Jim Showman, Diana’s Father said. “I finally got angry and opened the door and said, ‘What your guys are doing is cruel. We didn’t even know if our daughter is alive. What has happened? You’ve told us nothing.” VIDEO
Dontez O’Neal 19, November 21, 2012 Cincinnati OH – Department officers claim they bought heroin from a passenger in Dontez’ car in Winton Terrace. The undercover officers followed the car from Winton Terrace to Avondale, (approx. 9 miles) and did not pull them over. The vehicle made a U-turn on Burton Avenue to leave, that’s when Orlando Smith’s cruiser (clearly marked) blocked its exit. Smith claims O’Neal pointed a gun at him and fired. Police Officer Orlando Smith fired upon Dontez at least 10 times, 5 rounds hit Dontez including once in the head, killing Dontez in the Driver Seat of his car. The trajectory of the bullets and witnesses tell quite a different story. The trajectory of the bullets tell the story that Dontez was seated in his vehicle and the Officer Orlando Smith had to have been standing up over him when he fired. Witnesses say Dontez had his hands in the air in a surrendering position. “Orlando Smith is the same murderer as anyone walking around without a badge.” Witnesses state Dontez had his hands in the air and was surrendering when he was shot. It is alleged Smith and other officers tampered with video footage of the incident taken by a dashboard camera in the police cruiser. “The video was destroyed, or tampered with, by the Cincinnati Police relate directly to the Defendants’ conduct at critical times and such destruction was in bad faith,” Video exists which relates to what happened immediately before and after the events.” Murdered by Orlando Smith Cincinnati PD
Larry Neal 54, (paranoid schizophrenia heart patient) Aug. 1, 2003 Memphis TN – Neal was secretly arrested in mid-July 2003 and detained until his death on August 1, 2003, in Shelby County Jail following 18 days of secret incarceration. The family initially believed Larry, a man who suffered from a heart condition and paranoid schizophrenia, had fallen through the cracks. Larry spent most of his life from early childhood (age 9 through his mid-20’s) in Western State Mental Hospital in Bolivar, Tennessee. During the 1970’s, many such institutions were closed or no longer kept mental patients who presented no apparent threat to the public. After release from Western State, Larry was arrested numerous times for misdemeanors connected with his handicap, paranoid schizophrenia. His family’s requests to the State of Tennessee that Larry be readmitted to an inpatient mental health facility were not granted except on a temporary basis from time to time for crisis intervention. The last ten years of his life, Larry suffered from severe respiratory problems and a heart condition that necessitated prescription drugs for his survival. During the 18 days of Larry’s final incarceration, his family and State-appointed social worker searched for him as a missing person. The jail falsely and repeatedly reported that neither Larry Neal nor a John Doe meeting his physical description was incarcerated in that facility. It is therefore reasonable to assume that Larry received none of his vital prescription heart and psychiatric drugs during incarceration, which likely caused his death. Allowed to die by Shelby County Jail Memphis Personnel READ MORE
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