SettingsVictims of police brutality
Abner Louima
Abner Louima is a Haitian who was assaulted, brutalized and forcibly sodomized with the handle of a bathroom plunger by New York City police officers after being arrested outside a Brooklyn nigh...
Abner Louima is a Haitian who was assaulted, brutalized and forcibly sodomized with the handle of a bathroom plunger by New York City police officers after being arrested outside a Brooklyn nigh...
Amadou Diallo shooting
Amadou Diallo was a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant in New York City who was shot and killed on February 4, 1999 by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers: Sean Carroll, Richa...
Amadou Diallo was a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant in New York City who was shot and killed on February 4, 1999 by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers: Sean Carroll, Richa...
Andries Tatane
Andries Tatane was a 33 year old South African citizen who died during a service delivery protest in Ficksburg.
Andries Tatane was a 33 year old South African citizen who died during a service delivery protest in Ficksburg.
Anthony Baez
Anthony Ramon Baez (1965 – 1994) was a 29-year old security guard who died on December 22, 1994.
Anthony Ramon Baez (1965 – 1994) was a 29-year old security guard who died on December 22, 1994.
Chad Holley
Chad Holley was an Elsik High School sophomore at the time of his arrest in 2010 as an alleged burglary suspect, which was preceded by, what some say, was an abuse by the Houston Police Department.
Chad Holley was an Elsik High School sophomore at the time of his arrest in 2010 as an alleged burglary suspect, which was preceded by, what some say, was an abuse by the Houston Police Department.
Deandre Brunston
Deandre "Trey" Brunston, a 24 year old African-American, who resided in Compton, Los Angeles County, California, was shot 22 times by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies on August 24, 2003.
Deandre "Trey" Brunston, a 24 year old African-American, who resided in Compton, Los Angeles County, California, was shot 22 times by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies on August 24, 2003.
Death of Aiyana Jones
Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley Jones (July 20, 2002 – May 16, 2010) was a seven-year-old girl from the East Side of Detroit, Michigan who was shot and killed during a raid conducted by the Detroit Police...
Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley Jones (July 20, 2002 – May 16, 2010) was a seven-year-old girl from the East Side of Detroit, Michigan who was shot and killed during a raid conducted by the Detroit Police...
Death of Carlo Giuliani
Carlo Giuliani was an Italian anti-globalist who was shot dead by a police officer during the demonstrations against the Group of Eight summit that was held in Genoa from July 19 to July 21, 2001.
Carlo Giuliani was an Italian anti-globalist who was shot dead by a police officer during the demonstrations against the Group of Eight summit that was held in Genoa from July 19 to July 21, 2001.
Death of Christopher Alder
Christopher Ibikunle Alder was a trainee computer programmer and former British Army paratrooper who had served in the Falklands War and was decorated for his service with the Army in Northern I...
Christopher Ibikunle Alder was a trainee computer programmer and former British Army paratrooper who had served in the Falklands War and was decorated for his service with the Army in Northern I...
Death of Kelly Thomas
Kelly Thomas was a homeless man with schizophrenia who lived on the streets of Fullerton, California, before he was severely beaten by members of the Fullerton Police Department on July 5, 2011.
Kelly Thomas was a homeless man with schizophrenia who lived on the streets of Fullerton, California, before he was severely beaten by members of the Fullerton Police Department on July 5, 2011.
Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed
Khaled Mohamed Saeed was a young Egyptian man who died under disputed circumstances in the Sidi Gaber area of Alexandria on June 6, 2010, after being arrested by Egyptian police.
Khaled Mohamed Saeed was a young Egyptian man who died under disputed circumstances in the Sidi Gaber area of Alexandria on June 6, 2010, after being arrested by Egyptian police.
Death of Maxwell Itoya
Maxwell Itoya was a Pole of Nigerian origins, who was killed in a police raid on a market in Warsaw, Poland.
Maxwell Itoya was a Pole of Nigerian origins, who was killed in a police raid on a market in Warsaw, Poland.
Eleanor Bumpurs
Eleanor Bumpurs (August 22, 1918 - October 29, 1984) was an African-American woman who was shot dead on October 29, 1984, by police officers called to assist her city-ordered eviction from her a...
Eleanor Bumpurs (August 22, 1918 - October 29, 1984) was an African-American woman who was shot dead on October 29, 1984, by police officers called to assist her city-ordered eviction from her a...
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Felipe Fernández-Armesto (born 1950) is a British historian and author of several popular works of history.
Felipe Fernández-Armesto (born 1950) is a British historian and author of several popular works of history.
Frank Jude, Jr.
Frank Jude, Jr., a.k.a. Frankie Lee Jude, Jr., (born August 14, 1978) is a Wisconsin man who was severely beaten by off-duty Milwaukee police officers in the early-morning hours of October...
Frank Jude, Jr., a.k.a. Frankie Lee Jude, Jr., (born August 14, 1978) is a Wisconsin man who was severely beaten by off-duty Milwaukee police officers in the early-morning hours of October...
Javier Ovando
Javier Francisco Ovando (born c. 1977), is a Honduran man who became a central figure in the LAPD Rampart Scandal when he was shot and framed by corrupt Rampart officers Rafael Pérez and Nino Durden.
Javier Francisco Ovando (born c. 1977), is a Honduran man who became a central figure in the LAPD Rampart Scandal when he was shot and framed by corrupt Rampart officers Rafael Pérez and Nino Durden.
Joe Campos Torres
Joe Campos Torres (1954 - May 5, 1977) was a 23-year-old Vietnam Veteran had been arrested at a Houston bar for disorderly conduct where six police officers took Torres to a spot called “The Hol...
Joe Campos Torres (1954 - May 5, 1977) was a 23-year-old Vietnam Veteran had been arrested at a Houston bar for disorderly conduct where six police officers took Torres to a spot called “The Hol...
Johnny Gammage
Jonny Gammage (July 20, 1964 - October 12, 1995) was a black motorist who was killed on October 12, 1995, after being stopped for "driving erratically" by police from the nearly all-white Pittsb...
Jonny Gammage (July 20, 1964 - October 12, 1995) was a black motorist who was killed on October 12, 1995, after being stopped for "driving erratically" by police from the nearly all-white Pittsb...
Kathryn Johnston shooting
Kathryn Johnston (June 26, 1914 - November 21, 2006) was an elderly Atlanta, Georgia woman who was shot by undercover police officers in her home on Neal Street in northwest Atlanta on November ...
Kathryn Johnston (June 26, 1914 - November 21, 2006) was an elderly Atlanta, Georgia woman who was shot by undercover police officers in her home on Neal Street in northwest Atlanta on November ...
Kelly Thomas (beating victim)
Kelly Thomas (April 5, 1974 – July 10, 2011) was a 37 year old homeless man suffering from schizophrenia, and living on the streets of Fullerton, California.
Kelly Thomas (April 5, 1974 – July 10, 2011) was a 37 year old homeless man suffering from schizophrenia, and living on the streets of Fullerton, California.
Malice Green
Malice Green was a resident of Detroit, Michigan who died while in police custody after being arrested by Detroit police officers Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers on November 5, 1992 during a traf...
Malice Green was a resident of Detroit, Michigan who died while in police custody after being arrested by Detroit police officers Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers on November 5, 1992 during a traf...
Michael Stewart (graffiti artist)
Michael Jerome Stewart was a black graffiti vandal and vandal who received recognition after his death following an arrest by New York City Transit Police for spray-painting graffiti on a subway...
Michael Jerome Stewart was a black graffiti vandal and vandal who received recognition after his death following an arrest by New York City Transit Police for spray-painting graffiti on a subway...
Nathaniel Levi Gaines
Nathaniel Levi Gaines was an African-American resident of Yonkers, New York who, in a case of illegal use of deadly force, was fatally shot by a member of the New York City Transit Police, a div...
Nathaniel Levi Gaines was an African-American resident of Yonkers, New York who, in a case of illegal use of deadly force, was fatally shot by a member of the New York City Transit Police, a div...
Neil Aggett
Neil Aggett was a white South African trade union leader and labour activist who died whilst in detention after being arrested by the South African Security Police.
Neil Aggett was a white South African trade union leader and labour activist who died whilst in detention after being arrested by the South African Security Police.
Otto Zehm
Otto Zehm (1970–2006) was a mentally disabled man from Spokane, Washington who died on March 20, 2006, two days after being beaten, tasered multiple times, and improperly restrained by seven Spo...
Otto Zehm (1970–2006) was a mentally disabled man from Spokane, Washington who died on March 20, 2006, two days after being beaten, tasered multiple times, and improperly restrained by seven Spo...
Pocho Lepratti
Claudio Hugo Lepratti (27 February 196619 December 2001), known as Pocho Lepratti, was a volunteer who worked in a poor neighbourhood in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and ...
Claudio Hugo Lepratti (27 February 196619 December 2001), known as Pocho Lepratti, was a volunteer who worked in a poor neighbourhood in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and ...
Robert Davis (New Orleans)
Robert Davis (born 1941) is a retired elementary school teacher and resident of New Orleans who was detained, arrested, and beaten by four police officers on October 9, 2005 on suspicion of publ...
Robert Davis (born 1941) is a retired elementary school teacher and resident of New Orleans who was detained, arrested, and beaten by four police officers on October 9, 2005 on suspicion of publ...
Rodney King
Rodney Glen King is best known as a victim in a police brutality case involving the Los Angeles Police Department on March 3, 1991.
Rodney Glen King is best known as a victim in a police brutality case involving the Los Angeles Police Department on March 3, 1991.
Sahar Sarid
Sahar Sarid (born 14 November 1974) is a South Florida-based Internet entrepreneur who founded Recall Media Group, a company involved in tech platforms and domain names and internet search t...
Sahar Sarid (born 14 November 1974) is a South Florida-based Internet entrepreneur who founded Recall Media Group, a company involved in tech platforms and domain names and internet search t...
Vladimir Herzog
Vladimir Herzog (27 June 1937 – 25 October 1975) nicknamed Vlado, was a Brazilian journalist, university professor and playwright of Yugoslavian origin.
Vladimir Herzog (27 June 1937 – 25 October 1975) nicknamed Vlado, was a Brazilian journalist, university professor and playwright of Yugoslavian origin.
Wallace Gichere
Wallace Gichere was a Kenyan photojournalist and social activist.
Wallace Gichere was a Kenyan photojournalist and social activist.
Yang Xin (actress)
Yang Xin (Chinese: 杨欣) (b.
Yang Xin (Chinese: 杨欣) (b.