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Miami Florida 1989
Clement A Lloyd 23 year old black motorcyclist shot fataly by William E Lozano Police officer Passenger Alan Blanchard age 24 died of injuries sustained when the motorcycle crashed. Lozano was aquitted Source1 Source2

Detroit Michigan 1992
Malice Green was killed by two white police officers that kicked and punched him after he refused to obey their orders. Green was beat about the head and neck 14 times with a heavy flashlight. Green Suffered a seizure and died on the way to the hospital. Cops sentenced to 7 to 15 years. Source1

PG county Maryland 1993
24 year old black man Archie Elliot was shot 14 times by 2 white officers while handcuffed with his hands behind his back as he sat in a police cruiser. Source1

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1995
Following a Traffic stop, white Pittsburgh police killed Johnny Gammage. He was beaten and stomped to death. for driving suspiciously. Source1

Brookyln, NY 1996

Aswan Watson a 23 year old black man shot 23 times by 2 undercover cops claimed he was in a stolen car and he reached for something. Watson was unarmed and eyewitnesses report that Watson had his hands raised when the policemen approached him.

New York City 1997
Kevin Cedeno 16 years old was shot and killed by an officer that claimed he lunged at him w/ a machete. The Medical report indicated that Cedeno was shot in the back. Source1

New York City 1997
Albert Louima a hatian immigrant was sodomized with a broken off broom handle and then it was placed in his mouth and suffered internal injuries all while his hands were handcuffed behind his back. This was done by multiple officers. 1 officer was sentenced to 30 years

Trenton New Jersey 1998
White NJ Cops shot 3 of 4 black men at a traffic stop. This occured after they were handcuffed and had to lie in a ditch and were strip searched. Troopers alao falsified records to cover it up. The case was thrown out of court due to "over- zealous" procecutors set up a "minitrial" and violated the troopers constitutional rights. Source1

Broward County, Florida 1998
Grand jury would not indict a ft Lauderdale cop of wrongdoing in the beating of a schizophrenic man John Clements that was caught on tape by 2 polish tourists. Source1 <----There are several other cases on this link as well

New York City 1999
Amadou Diallo Shot and Killed by 4 NYC cops fired 41 times at unarmed Diallo hitting him 19 times. Several Blullets hit as Diallo was falling or when he was on the ground. 1 of the bullets even hit the bottom of his shoe. The Family got a 3 million dollar settlement.

Riverside California 1998
Tyisha Shenne Miller was shot and killed by 2 white officers. She was unconsious in a car at a gass station w/ a gun in her lap. Doors and windows lock so cops bust in the windows to get her gun. They fired 24 rounds hitting 12 times when she woke up and reached for her gun. After the shooting witnesses report tha the officers made racist comments and high fived each other. Source1 Source2

St Louis 2000
EArly Murray and Ronald Beasly were surrounded by several police agencies in daylight at a jack in the box. They tried to pull away and the two officers pump 20 shots into the car under the pretext of a drug investigation. Beasely was not a suspect. Source1 <--also contains several other cases of police brutality by ST. Louis Police

Cincinnati, Ohio 2001
Officer Stephen Roach shoots and kills 19 year old unarmed Timothy Thomas. Roach Charged w/ negligent homicide and was acquitted. Thomas was the 5 black male killed since 2000 in Cincinnati and the 15th since 1995. Source1

New Jersey 2002
A white officer mistook the identity of Kindra Wright a black woman. The Trooper handcuffed her and lifted her by her hair, punched her in the face and threw her to the ground. Wright recieved a $800000 settlement. Source1

Inglewood California 2002
Office Jeremy Morse was caught on tape slamming a 16 year old Donovan Jackson-Chavis on a squad car and punching him in the face. His Partner Bjorn Darvish indicted for filing a false police report. A mistrial declared. Source1

Columbus Georgia 2004
Local Seriffs special unit target 4 black men in an upscale model SUV as possible drug suspects. Men were dragged from the vehicle had to lay on the side of a major interstate one of sheriffs shot one of the men Kenny walker in the in the head. All 4 Men were college graduates with clean records. Source1

Alton Illinois 2004
Black Woman reports that police kicked down her door and entered her home with no warrant and chocked her 14 year old son because they suspected someone in the house had stolen a car. Action justified by the use of the terry stop case 1968 US Supreme Court. Source1

New York City 2004
White Officer killed 19 year old Timothy Stansbury who was unarmed. He had no police record. Source1 Source2

St. Louis Missouri 2004
St. Louise cops fired 28 shots at a fleeing car following a traffic stop. Carrying a man his wife and 3 children. The officers argue they did not know. However they got into an discussion with the driver and ordered him out of the car and somehow did not see the wife an three children.

California May 2005
13 California Sheriffs shoot at a black motorist 120 times. Police had suspected Winston Hayes, 44, of involvement with a previous shooting, but it was later learned that he was not involved. After a brief pursuit, Hayes' vehicle lurched and struck a police car. That's when the deputies opened fire. Four bullets hit Hayes, who was hospitalized. A deputy was hit by a round and bruised. source1

October 2005 New Orleans
2 Officers suspended for beating a 64 year old school teacher. Videotape showed one officer hitting the man 4 times on the head and another officer kneeing and punching him. source1


I provided this SHORT history here as proof of what happens when we are negligent in protesting and fighting against things that are wrong, more people die. More people Like Aiyana Jones and Oscar Grant. Police brutality isn't new, we are all aware of how power can corrupt and in a white supremacist society such power is deadly to black people. Needless to say we need to become more active in perusing actions and methods of safe guarding ourselves.
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many of the cases found here i first found in this book *link*