Timothy Stansbury Jr. was a 19-year old New York City man killed by a police officer in an accidental shooting in 2004. Stansbury was born on November 16, 1984 to Timothy Stansbury Sr. and Phyllis Clayburne, a crossing guard for the police department. Known as … Read MoreTimothy Stansbury Jr. (1984-2004)
Manuel Ellis was a 33-year old church musician who died during an arrest by police officers in Tacoma, Washington on March 3, 2020. Ellis was born in 1987 as the middle child of three siblings and grew up in Tacoma and Lakewood, Washington. Known as … Read MoreManuel Ellis (1987-2020)
On November 21, 2006, Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old African American woman, was killed by undercover police officers at her home in Atlanta, Georgia. The killing contributed to the demands for police reform and accountability that helped inspire the Black Lives Matter Movement seven years later. … Read MoreKathryn Johnston (1914-2006)
Forty-year-old Javier Ambler II died in Austin, Texas after being tased multiple times by police during an arrest on March 28, 2019. Ambler was driving home from a poker game when a Williamson County Sheriff deputy attempted to pull him over for not dimming his … Read MoreJavier Ambler II (1979-2019)
On September 27th, 2016, Alfred Okwera Olango, aged 38, was killed in El Cajon, California by Officer Richard Gonsalves as his sister Lucy Olango watched in disbelief. His death reflected a turbulent period with multiple deaths of black people killed by police officers throughout the … Read MoreAlfred Okwera Olango (1978-2016)
On July 24, 2016, 37-year-old Somali-Canadian Abdirahman Abdi was beaten outside of his home in Ottawa, Canada by constables Dave Weir and Daniel Montsion. His subsequent death sparked multiple Black Lives Matter protests in the Canadian capital and the formation of the Justice for Abdirahman … Read MoreAbdirahman Abdi (1979-2016)
On September 6, 2018, Botham Shem Jean was killed in his Dallas, Texas apartment by off-duty police officer Amber Renee Guyger. Twenty-six at the time of his passing, his death set off nationwide protests from various organizations including Color of Change, a racial justice organization, … Read MoreBotham Shem Jean (1991-2018)
William McCoy, also known “Willie Bo,” was a Bay Area rap artist shot and killed by Vallejo, California police on February 9, 2019 while sleeping in his vehicle. McCoy was seated in his car at a Taco Bell drive-through when an employee called 911 because … Read MoreWilliam McCoy (1999-2019)
Elijah McClain was a 23-year-old man from Aurora, Colorado who died of cardiac arrest after being apprehended by police and forcibly injected with sedatives. The incident occurred in 2019, but his death came to national attention the following year during widespread international protests over the … Read MoreElijah McClain (1996-2019)
On July 11, 2016, Joseph Mann was killed in Sacramento, California, by police officers Randy Lozoya and John Tennis. He was 50 at the time of his death, which sparked Black Lives Matter protests in Sacramento and added Mann to the growing list of black … Read MoreJoseph C. Mann (1966-2016)
