Aug 17, 2014

#LastWords - A Powerful Tribute to Victims of Police Brutality

(which one is next?)

sean_bell_shirin_barghi_last_words
At one point, Guzman says, he spoke to Sean Bell and said, “S, I love you, son.” He says Bell said, “I love you too.” Then Guzman says Bell “stopped moving.” -abclocal.go.com
oscar_grant_shirin_barghi_last_words
Mehserle testified that he meant to zap Grant with his Taser in an Oakland station – but instead pulled his .40 caliber handgun and blasted the man. -newyorkdailynews.com
trayvon_martin_shirin_barghi_last_words
“A man was watching him,” said Rachel Jeantel, 19, who was on the phone with Martin just before he was fatally shot. “He said the man kept watching him. He kept complaining that a man was just watching him.” -cnn.com
michael_brown_shirin_barghi_last_words
The officer demanded that the two “get the f—k on the sidewalk," Johnson says. His exact words were "get the f—k on the sidewalk.” -gawker.com
kimani_gray_shirin_barghi_last_words

New York City police officers shot and killed 16-year-old Kimani Gray in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. -afreesociety.org
kendrec_mcdade_shirin_barghi_last_words

They said they thought McDade was armed because … he clutched his waste band as they chased him onto a dimly lit neighborhood street. -pasadenastarnews.com
jonathan_ferrell_shirin_barghi_last_words

Jonathan never had an opportunity to reply. He had bullets in him before he could ever hit the ground. So there was not sufficient warning. No one ever told him to stop. He didn’t have time to react. -huffingtonpost.com
john crawford_shirin_barghi_last_words

He was at the video games playing videos and he went over there by the toy section where the toy guns were. And the next thing I know, he said ‘It’s not real,’ and the police start shooting and they said ‘Get on the ground,’ but he was already on the ground because they had shot him. And I could hear him just crying and screaming. I feel like they shot him down like he was not even human-msnbc.com
eric_garner_shirin_barghi_last_words
The medical examiner’s office later ruled Garner’s death a homicide, caused by the officer’s chokehold as well chest and neck compressions and prone positioning “during physical restraint by police. -newyork.nbclocal.com
amadou_diallo_shirin_barghi_last_words
Diallo was shot outside his Bronx apartment. The police officers had mistaken him for a serial rapist, who was later apprehended. -pri.org


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