





Currently, there is no national database documenting the murders of un-armed people by police, security guards or self-appointed vigilantes/bounty hunters. 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.

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/bounty hunters 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

Unfortunately due to the ongoing killings by Police/Law Enforcement and bounty hunters/vigilantes claiming Stand Your Ground (Castle Doctrine) this list will continue to grow. Please keep in mind each victim is double and triple checked for accuracy, therefore it takes approximately 40-60 minutes to complete each bio, including editing, separating into 4 data bases and posting online to the appropriate page(s). This website is an extremely time consuming endeavor, yet a true labor of love, but often mentally overwhelming and occasionally must be set aside as I regroup. If you have a family member, friend or know of someone killed at the hands of Law Enforcement or Bounty Hunters/Vigilante(s) please leave their name, age, state, date of death etc. by replying in the comment box; they will be given top priority on the next post and you will receive links to their location(s). Completed bio’s on this page have ** # and 1, 2, 3 or 4 behind the entry denoting the part/page where the bio can be found. Due to lack of space ((#)) signifies mental disorders, including but not limited to Suicide.

This Is What It’s Like To Be An Unarmed Black Man In America

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

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

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

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 NV – 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 NV – 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 Is