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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What happened:
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:
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Loreal Tsingine is a 27 year old, Indigenous/ Native American woman.
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.
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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.
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Timothy Thomas was an unarmed black 19-year-old male.