Injustice Towards Those That Were Killed
Date:
2014-11-30Location:
Rapid City, South Dakota
What happened:
On Dec. 30, 2014, just one day after attending a Native Lives Matter protest, Allen Locke was shot and killed by a police officer in his Rapid City, South Dakota, home.
About The Perpetrator:
About The Victim:
Outcome:
A police investigation found the shooting justified because the 30-year-old Lakota man was holding a knife.
Allen Locke was a 30 year old Indigenous/ Native American male.
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What happened:
On April 21, 2015, Lakewood, Washington, police shot and killed 37-year-old Daniel Covarrubias, when they mistook his cell phone for a gun. The shooting of the Suquamish man, a descendant of Chief Seattle, was later ruled justified. His family is calling for an independent investigation.
About The Perpetrator:
About The Victim:
Outcome:
Daniel Covarrubias was a 37 year old Indigenous/ Native American male.
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On March 27 in Winslow, Arizona, a police officer shot and killed Loreal Tsingine, a 27-year-old Navajo woman who had been holding medical scissors. Fellow police have said that in training, the officer was unable to control his emotions and was too quick to use his weapon.
About The Perpetrator:
About The Victim:
Outcome:
Loreal Tsingine is a 27 year old, Indigenous/ Native American woman.
Date:
2014-07-17Location:
Staten Island, New York
What happened:
On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer Pantaleo put him in a headlock or chokehold for about 15 to 19 seconds while arresting him. Placing suspects in a chokehold is a tactic banned by the department since 1993. Officer Pantaleo denied choking Garner, but the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office report stated “Cause of Death: Compression of neck (choke hold), compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police” and “Contributing Conditions: Acute and chronic bronchial asthma; Obesity; Hypertensive cardiovascular disease”. The medical examiner ruled Garner’s death a homicide–“a death caused by the intentional actions of another person or persons, which is not necessarily an intentional death or a criminal death.”
NYPD officers approached Garner on suspicion of selling single cigarettes from packs without tax stamps. After Garner told the police that he was tired of being harassed and that he was not selling cigarettes, the officers went to arrest Garner. When officer Daniel Pantaleo tried to take Garner’s wrist behind his back, Garner pulled his arms away. Pantaleo then put his arm around Garner’s neck and took him down onto the ground. After Pantaleo removed his arm from Garner’s neck, he pushed the side of Garner’s face into the ground while four officers moved to restrain Garner, who repeated “I can’t breathe” eleven times while lying facedown on the sidewalk. After Garner lost consciousness, officers turned him onto his side to ease his breathing. Garner remained lying on the sidewalk for seven minutes while the officers waited for an ambulance to arrive.
The officers and emergency medical technicians did not perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on Garner at the scene; according to a spokesman for the PBA, this was because they believed that Garner was breathing and that it would be improper to perform CPR on someone who was still breathing. He was pronounced dead at the hospital approximately one hour later.
About The Perpetrator:
About The Victim:
Outcome:
After the shooting, Justin D’Amico, was assigned to desk work, but did not have his gun and badge taken away. D’Amico also testified before the panel and was given immunity from prosecution.
On December 3, 2014, the Richmond County grand jury decided not to indict Pantaleo. On that day, the United States Department of Justice announced it would conduct an independent investigation. The event stirred public protests and rallies, with charges of police brutality made by protesters. By December 28, 2014, at least 50 demonstrations had been held nationwide specifically for Garner while hundreds of demonstrations against general police brutality counted Garner as a focal point.
On July 13, 2015, an out-of-court settlement was announced in which the City of New York would pay the Garner family $5.9 million.
Sources:
Officer Justin D’Amico is a white male. He wason the force four years prior to the murder of Eric Garner.
Date:
2001-04-07Location:
Cincinnati, Ohio
What happened:
In April of 2001, Thomas- an unarmed black 19-year-old- was shot by a white officer, Stephen Roach, in Cincinnati. Was wanted for traffic violations and was fleeing. Mr. Thomas had been wanted on 14 warrants, including traffic charges and fleeing the police. On the night of the shooting, he ran from three other officers and scaled fences in a neighborhood plagued by drugs and violence according to Roach’s lawyer.
About The Perpetrator:
About The Victim:
Outcome:
The officer, Stephen Roach, had been charged with negligent homicide and obstructing official business in the death of Timothy Thomas, 19, whom he shot in a dark alley early on April 7. Judge Ralph E. Winkler of Hamilton County Municipal Court pronounced sentence after hearing the trial without a jury. Officer Roach did not testify. ”This shooting was a split-second reaction to a very dangerous situation created by Timothy Thomas,” Judge Winkler said. ”Police Officer Roach’s action was reasonable.” The judge said Officer Roach had an unblemished record, while Mr. Thomas had been wanted on a variety of warrants and did not respond to an order to show his hands. Roach was acquitted. Eight hundred arrests were made in the ensuing riots.
The City of Cincinnati, Fraternal Order of Police and Black United Front were among groups in 2002 that signed the Collaborative Agreement, which brought sweeping reforms to the police department. It would change how it tracked and recorded its use of force, modify foot-pursuit policies and add computers to cruisers. The emphasis would now be community-oriented policing.
Sources:
Stephen Roach, was a 27 year old city policeman at the time of Thomas’s death.
He had been a city police officer since 1997.
Date:
2001-04-07Location:
Cincinnati, Ohio
What happened:
In April of 2001, Thomas- an unarmed black 19-year-old- was shot by a white officer, Stephen Roach, in Cincinnati. Was wanted for traffic violations and was fleeing. Mr. Thomas had been wanted on 14 warrants, including traffic charges and fleeing the police. On the night of the shooting, he ran from three other officers and scaled fences in a neighborhood plagued by drugs and violence according to Roach’s lawyer.
About The Perpetrator:
About The Victim:
Outcome:
The officer, Stephen Roach, had been charged with negligent homicide and obstructing official business in the death of Timothy Thomas, 19, whom he shot in a dark alley early on April 7. Judge Ralph E. Winkler of Hamilton County Municipal Court pronounced sentence after hearing the trial without a jury. Officer Roach did not testify. ”This shooting was a split-second reaction to a very dangerous situation created by Timothy Thomas,” Judge Winkler said. ”Police Officer Roach’s action was reasonable.” The judge said Officer Roach had an unblemished record, while Mr. Thomas had been wanted on a variety of warrants and did not respond to an order to show his hands. Roach was acquitted. Eight hundred arrests were made in the ensuing riots.
The City of Cincinnati, Fraternal Order of Police and Black United Front were among groups in 2002 that signed the Collaborative Agreement, which brought sweeping reforms to the police department. It would change how it tracked and recorded its use of force, modify foot-pursuit policies and add computers to cruisers. The emphasis would now be community-oriented policing.
Sources:
Timothy Thomas was an unarmed black 19-year-old male.