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A woman holds a banner during a protest in support of the Black lives matter movement in NY on July 09, 2016. Others donated to funds that quickly sprang up for the two men’s families, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. In 2015, young Black men were nine times more likely than other Americans to be shot and killed by law enforcement.
Umpqua, Ore. – On October 1, 2015, Chris Harper Mercer killed nine people and injured seven to nine more at Umpqua Community College before two police officers shot him.
The unrest happened just miles from where Philando Castile, one of the victims, was shot by police.
Adam Bettcher/Reuters Diamond Reynolds, girlfriend of Philando Castile, gets a hug as people gather to protest the fatal shooting by Minneapolis area police during a traffic stop, July 7, 2016, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Asked what she would say to Yanez given the chance to speak with him, Reynolds said that she wanted to tell him about her feelings of loss in the wake of Castile’s death.
These two videos aren’t special.
“Historically, African-Americans have viewed guns kind of like the boogeyman – ‘The master told you not to look at the gun and we shouldn’t touch a gun, ‘” Smith said. This lie that we have fixed the issue – when we haven’t.
“We are sick and exhausted of the killings of young men and women in our communities”, she wrote on her website in a post titled “Freedom”.
Reynolds began livestreaming on Facebook from the vehicle shortly after Castile, who is bloodied and moaning before slumping in the driver’s seat, had been shot. St. Paul Public Schools said in a statement that Castile was a “team player who maintained great relationships with staff and students alike”.
“He remembered their names”.
Both officers involved – four-year member of the department Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II, who was on the force for three years – were placed on administrative leave and had prior “use of force” complaints. “This was a real guy”.
We must address the systemic injustice that makes violence, whether it comes from the state or from within the community, prevalent in our neighborhoods.
Protests erupted across the country following news of Sterling and Castile’s deaths. He said police lied during a 30-minute interrogation, telling him they had video of him shooting. “There was more than the reason that the brake light was cracked”, Kelly said. “I don’t think it would have”, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said.
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Despite the fact that her children will be raised in the spotlight, Kardashian writes that she doesn’t ever want to have to tell her son to be scared of the police, the very people who are sworn to protect him, due to the color of his skin.
