Dawson, GA
James Brazier
James Brazier, a Black husband and father of four, was beaten during his April 20, 1958 arrest in Dawson, Georgia, and died five days later from head injuries.
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Police Brutality records
2,566 published records · names 1–30
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James Powell
Fifteen-year-old James Powell was shot by off-duty NYPD lieutenant Thomas Gilligan in Manhattan on July 16, 1964; his killing sparked the Harlem uprising.
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North Richmond, CA
Denzil Dowell
Denzil Dowell was killed by a Contra Costa County sheriff's deputy in North Richmond in 1967; his death became an early focus of Black Panther investigations of police violence.
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Chicago, IL
Fred Hampton
Twenty-one-year-old Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was shot and killed during a predawn Chicago police raid on December 4, 1969.
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Chicago, IL
Mark Clark
Black Panther member Mark Clark, 22, was killed alongside Fred Hampton during a December 4, 1969 raid by Chicago police.
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Queens, NY
Clifford Glover
Ten-year-old Clifford Glover was shot in the back while running from an unmarked NYPD car in Queens on April 28, 1973.
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Los Angeles, CA
Eula Love
Eula Love, a Black mother, was fatally shot by LAPD officers outside her home on January 3, 1979.
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Miami, FL
Arthur McDuffie
Arthur McDuffie, a Black insurance salesman and Marine veteran, was beaten by Miami-Dade police after a motorcycle stop and died four days later in December 1979.
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Signal Hill, CA
Ron Settles
Ron Settles, a 21-year-old Black college football player, died in a Signal Hill, California jail hours after a traffic stop on June 2, 1981.
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New York, NY
Michael Stewart
Artist Michael Stewart died after being arrested by New York City Transit Police on September 15, 1983 over alleged subway graffiti.
PB-010
Bronx, NY
Eleanor Bumpurs
Historical research sources identify Eleanor Bumpurs in a fatal law-enforcement encounter in Bronx, NY. Detailed chronology and dispositions require record-level checking.
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New York, NY
Edmund Perry
Edmund Perry, a 17-year-old scholarship student and recent Phillips Exeter graduate, was killed by a New York City police officer on June 12, 1985.
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Teaneck, NJ
Phillip Pannell
Sixteen-year-old Phillip Pannell was shot in the back by Teaneck, New Jersey officer Gary Spath on April 10, 1990.
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Detroit, MI
Malice Green
Malice Green died following a brutal beating by Detroit police officers in November 1992.
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Brooklyn, NY
Nicholas Heyward Jr.
Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Heyward Jr. was shot by a housing police officer while playing with a toy gun in Brooklyn in September 1994.
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Pittsburgh, PA
Jonny Gammage
Jonny Gammage, a 31-year-old Black businessman, died from suffocation during restraint by suburban Pittsburgh police officers in 1995.
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Bronx, NY
Amadou Diallo
Unarmed Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo was killed by four plainclothes NYPD officers who fired 41 shots at his Bronx home in 1999.
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Los Angeles, CA
Margaret LaVerne Mitchell
Margaret LaVerne Mitchell, a Black woman who was experiencing homelessness and mental illness, was shot by an LAPD officer after police stopped her over a shopping cart in May 1999.
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Bronx, NY
Malcolm Ferguson
Unarmed Malcolm Ferguson was shot and killed by an NYPD plainclothes officer in a Bronx public-housing stairwell on March 1, 2000.
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New York, NY
Patrick Dorismond
Unarmed security guard Patrick Dorismond, 25, was fatally shot by an undercover NYPD detective during a buy-and-bust drug operation in Manhattan in March 2000.
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Dellwood, MO
Earl Murray
Earl Murray was shot and killed in the St. Louis area during a June 12, 2000 federal and local police drug-sting operation; his unarmed passenger Ronald Beasley was also killed.
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Dellwood, MO
Ronald Beasley
Ronald Beasley was killed alongside Earl Murray when officers fired repeatedly into Murray's car during a June 2000 drug-sting operation in the St. Louis area.
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Fairfax County, VA
Prince Jones
Prince Jones was shot and killed on September 1, 2000 by an undercover Maryland police officer who followed him into Virginia.
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Cincinnati, OH
Timothy Thomas
Nineteen-year-old Timothy Thomas was unarmed when Cincinnati officer Stephen Roach shot him while pursuing him on misdemeanor warrants in April 2001.
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Las Vegas, NV
Orlando Barlow
Unarmed Orlando Barlow, 28, was shot in the back by a Las Vegas police officer while kneeling outside a home and appearing to surrender.
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New York, NY
Alberta Spruill
Alberta Spruill died after NYPD officers mistakenly raided her Harlem apartment with a stun grenade while searching for another person in May 2003.
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New York, NY
Ousmane Zongo
Ousmane Zongo, an unarmed immigrant from Burkina Faso, was shot by NYPD officer Bryan Conroy during an unrelated warehouse operation in May 2003.
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New York, NY
Timothy Stansbury
Unarmed 19-year-old Timothy Stansbury Jr. was fatally shot in a Brooklyn housing-project stairwell while moving between buildings in January 2004.
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New Orleans, LA
Henry Glover
Henry Glover was shot in the back by a New Orleans police officer days after Hurricane Katrina; other officers later burned his remains.
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New Orleans, LA
James Brissette
Seventeen-year-old James Brissette was shot and killed by New Orleans officers on the Danziger Bridge days after Hurricane Katrina.
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