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Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman shoots Trayvon Martin in Sanford -
Trayvon Martin Petition
A call for the arrest of
George Zimmerman results in a
petition on Change.org. It receives
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Jordan Davis is shot at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida
African-American teenager Jordan Davis, 17, and his three friends are stopped in a gas station parking lot to buy gum and cigarettes. They are approached by white man Michael Dunn and after an verbal argument about the volume of the teenagers' music, Dunn shoots 10 rounds into their car, killing Davis. -
Renisha McBride is shot dead in Detroit after a car accident
Renisha McBride, 19, knocks on the door of Theodore Wafer's home in the early hours of the morning after she is involved in a car crash in Detroit, Michigan. Wafer fatally shoots her through his door. -
'I can't breathe' - Eric Garner is choked to death on Staten Island, New York
Eric Garner, 43, is killed by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo after being put in a chokehold on the side of the road. A bystander films the footage of the 43-year-old father gasping for air and saying "I can't breathe" before turning limp. -
John Crawford is killed by police at a Walmart in Ohio
John Crawford, 22, is shot dead by police after being seen with a toy gun, which he picked up in the store. -
Unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed in Ferguson, Missouri
Unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by officer Darren Wilson outside of an apartment complex in Ferguson, Missouri. -
Laquan McDonald is killed by officer Jason Van Dyke in Chicago
Laquan McDonald, 17, is shot 16 times in 13 seconds by police officer Jason Van Dyke after he refuses to drop a three-inch knife in Chicago, Illinois. -
Tamir Rice is shot by a police officer after carrying a toy gun in Ohio
Tamir Rice, 12, is seen pointing a gun at random people Cleveland, Ohio. A call is made to police. The caller says the gun is "probably fake", but the information is not relayed to the attending officers. -
Freddie Gray is arrested in Baltimore, dies after sustaining injuries in police custody
Freddie Gray runs after seeing police in Baltimore, Maryland. The 25-year-old is arrested for possessing what they describe as an illegal switchblade. -
Jamar Clark is shot by police in Minneapolis
Jamar Clark, 24, is shot in the head by police, with some witnesses claiming he was handcuffed at the time -
Anton Sterling is shot five times in the chest at close range by police
Two videos capture the moment Alton Sterling, 37, is pinned down to the ground and shot five times in the chest at close range by police outside a convenience store at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. -
Shooting of Breonna Taylor
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman, was fatally shot in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment on March 13, 2020, -
Shooting of George Floyd
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while being arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit bill.
