Coincedence?

Emmett Till:
8/20/1955

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/lessonplans/hs_es_emmett_till.htm

Yusef Hawkins: 8/23/89
Killed in brooklyn!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Yusef_Hawkins

James Byrd: 6/7/98
dragged to death behind a pick-up truck in Texas!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd,_Jr.

Amadou Diallo: 2/5/99
Killed by NYPD

http://www.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/cases/diallo_stories.html

Anthony Hill: 6/2010
shot & dragged behind a truck!

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/06/05/Black-man-killed-dragged-behind-truck/UPI-32121275752824/

Sean Bell: 2/25/06
Killed leaving his bachelor's party!

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/sean_bell/index.html

Oscar Grant: 1/1/2009
Killed New Years for being black....


DJ Henry: 10/17/2010
20yr old College student killed...cops get off!

http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/03/passenger-henry-car-said-assumed-police-wanted-them-move-the-car/X4H589ZIgj2c1gFTZ6lWhP/index.html

Tobais Mackey: 10/2010
Killed for looking suspicious...

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Fifth-grader-recounts-shooting-by-Dallas-officer-106422248.html


junior manon

Tim Stansbury

In 2004, Tim Stansbury, 19, was shot in a rooftop stairwell by a police officer who admitted he was startled and pulled the trigger accidentally. Stansbury had no gun and no criminal record. A grand jury found the shooting was accidental. “There appears to be no justification for the shooting,” Chief Ray Kelly said at the time.

 

Ousmane Zongo

In 2003, Ousmane Zongo, 24, was shot and killed by an undercover police officer dressed as a mailman during a raid for counterfeit goods. He was unarmed and had no criminal record. The officer was convicted of criminally negligent homicide but served no jail time.

 

Patrick Dorismond

In 2000, Patrick Dorismond, 26 and a security guard, was shot and killed by a NYPD plain clothes police officer after being approached by undercover officers who asked where they could buy marijuana. An argument ensued and Dorismond was shot and killed. No one was charged. A grand jury found the shooting was an accident.

 

Wendell Allen


Wendell Allen, 20, was not armed when a New Orleans police officer shot him during a raid on a suspected drug house in Gentilly.