Trayvon Martin, 17 years old, was staying with his Dad in Sanford, Florida on the 26th February 2012. While his dad and his girlfriend were out one evening, he went for a walk to the local shop and picked himself up a packet of Skittles and an Arizona Watermelon drink.

George Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch volunteer, saw Trayvon walking back from the shop when he made a call to the police saying that he thought he looked “suspicious”.

Zimmerman approached Trayvon and there was an altercation between the two of them, however there’s specific details of what happened, Zimmerman shot Trayvon in the chest, killing Trayvon, and claimed it was self defence.

George Zimmerman was charged with second degree murder and manslaughter. 

On 10th June 2013 Zimmerman’s trial began.

On 13th July 2013 he was acquitted of all charges.

IN DECEMBER 2019 GEORGE ZIMMERMAN LAUNCHED A LAWSUIT TO SUE TRAYVON MARTINS FAMILY, THEIR LAWYERS AND PROSECUTORS FOR 100M, CLAIMING HE WAS VICTIM OF A CONSPIRACY ALONG WITH MALICIOUS PROSECUTION AND DEFAMATION. 

Documentary: Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story.

Amadou Diallo was 23 years old, living in The Soundview section of The Bronx, New York City.

On the 4th February 1999, Amadou was shot outside his apartment in the early hours of the morning by four police officers; Sean Carrell, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon and Kenneth Boss.

Police officer Sean Carrell claimed to have mistaken him for a rape suspect from a year earlier. The officers said that Amadou ran up the steps of his apartment when they approached him and ignored their orders to ‘stop and show his hands’. They claimed the porch light was out and they saw Amadou reach into his jacket and pull out something, which was his wallet, Carrell then shouted “GUN” to his fellow officers to warn them, and they all opened fire on Amadou Diallo.

41 shots were fired at Amadou Diallo and 19 hit him.

A witness testified that the officers opened fire with no warning.

On 25th March 1999 all four officers were indicted on the charges of second degree murder and reckless endangerment. on 16th December a court ordered a change of venue due to pretrial publicity where the jury after two days of deliberation found all four officers NOT GUILTY.

AMADOU DIALLO WAS MURDERED BY SEAN CARRELL, RICHARD MURPHY, EDWARD MCMELLON AND KENNETH BOSS. 

NO JUSTICE WAS SERVED.

Sandra Bland was 28 years old. On 10th July 2015 Sandra was pulled over and issued a ticket for a failure to signal by Officer Brian Encinia.

Encinia said that the encounter between the two got heated fast and then proceeded to arrest Sandra for assaulting a police officer. Sandra was charged and taken to Waller county jail, Texas.

SANDRA BLAND WAS FOUND HANGING IN HER CELL 3 DAYS AFTER BEING ARRESTED; HER DEATH WAS RULED AS SUICIDE.

Texas authorities and the FBI conducted an investigation and determined Waller County Jail did not follow the required policies including regular time checks on inmates and not completing the required mental health training for employees.

In December 2015 the Jury declined to indict the County Sheriff and Jail Staff for any felonies.

Brian Encinia was indicted for perjury for making false statements regarding the circumstances of Sandra’s arrest and was fired.

In June 2017 Perjury charges against Encinia were dropped in return for his career in law enforcement to be permanently over.

Recording from Sandra Bland’s mobile phone of Officer Brian Encinia confronting her;

Elijah McClain was a 23 year old massage therapist, he lived in Aurora, Colorado. On the 24th August 2019 Elijah was walking home from the shop when he was approached by police officers, Nathan Woodyard, Jason Rosenblatt and Randy Roedema.

The Police department received a call just after 10:30 pm,  from a resident reporting a “suspicious person” in a ski mask, flailing his arms. Elijah would wear a mask when out because he had anemia and would sometimes get cold.

The Officers tried to arrest Elijah, even though he had not committed a crime and was not armed. They state that Elijah resisted arrest. He was held to the floor and one officer put him in the ‘carotid hold’ which involves applying pressure the the side of the neck to temporarily cut off the blood flow to the brain.

First Responders were called to the scene and they injected Elijah with Ketamine to sedate him. 

On the way to the hospital Elijah went into Cardiac arrest.

Elijah was declared brain dead and died in hospital several days later after being taken off his life support.

Elijahs autopsy was ‘inconclusive’ and the coroner could not determine an exact cause of death, although he did say that it could of been an accident resulting in a drug reaction from the Ketamine. He also stated that it could of been homicide if the officers use of the carotid hold contributed to his death, it could of also been from an asthma attack.

One officer accused Elijah of reaching for an officers gun, although there was no evidence of this.
The body cams also ‘fell off during them restraining Elijah’ but on one of the videos you see one of the cameras being picked up and then an officer saying “don’t pick it up ” and it is dropped back into grass.

On 28th August all three officers were put on paid administrative leave.

No charges were filed against them.

Tamir Rice was a 12 year old, in Cleveland, Ohio on the 22nd November 2014, when two officers, Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, were responding to a call regarding “a male who keeps pulling a gun from his pants and pointing it at people” at the Cudell Recreation Centre. The man who made the call at the beginning and during the phone call states “the gun is probably fake” and at the end of the call he says “he is probably a juvenile” But this information was not relayed to the officers.

When the officers arrived at the scene and saw Tamir, they yelled “show me your hands” through the patrol car window. Loehmann says that instead of Tamir showing his hands to them ‘it looked as if he was trying to draw his gun’ he also said “he knew it was a gun and it was coming out” He then shot 12 year old, Tamir twice in the torso. Tamir Rice was out, playing with an airsoft replica that didn’t have the orange tip on the end of the barrel.

He died the Following day.

• Both Officers were placed on administrative leave.
• On 26th November surveillance footage was released by the police of the incident.
• On 3rd June 2015 the Sheriffs office declared that the investigation had been complete and they handed their findings over to the county prosecutor.
• Months later the prosecution presented evidence to a jury which declined to indict on the basis that it looks as though Tamir was drawing an actual firearm from his waist.

It had also come to light that in Loehmanns previous job as a police officer he was deemed an emotionally unstable recruit and unfit for duty.

TIMOTHY LOEHMANN KILLED TAMIR RICE.

Yvette Smith was a 47 year old mother of three when she called the police at around 00:30 on the 16th February 2014 about a dispute between two men that she had tried to calm down. She raised concerns to the police over the phone about a gun being involved in the dispute.

Two officers later arrived at the property, when they got there they immediately saw one man already outside of the house and issued a verbal command for the other occupants of the house to step outside.

Yvette opened the door of her house and when she did Officer Daniel Willis shouted “POLICE” and THREE SECONDS LATER fired shots at Yvette, hitting her twice.

Yvette died in hospital.

In April 2016 Daniel Willis was found NOT GUILTY of murder.

DANIEL WILLIS MURDERED YVONNE SMITH.