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Gerth was spotted in Downtown Rockford by Rockford Police driving a stolen vehicle. Gerth reportedly ignored the police officers commands to get out the and reportedly threaten to hit the officers with the vehicle. Police Officer Todd Murr then shot and killed Gerth. The shooting was later ruled justified. [162] November 30, 2003 Nathaniel ...
MN v. Thao 27-CR-20-12949. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black American man, was murdered in Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. [ 14] Floyd had been arrested after a store clerk alleged that he made a purchase using a counterfeit $20 bill. [ 15]
Five police officers killed in Dallas, Texas during sniper attack. On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and shot police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five, injuring nine others, and wounding two civilians. Johnson, a 25-year-old Army Reserve Afghan War veteran, was angry over police shootings of black men.
Map of per capita police killings in the United States in 2018. [1]Below are lists of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, both on duty and off duty. . Although Congress instructed the Attorney General in 1994 to compile and publish annual statistics on police use of excessive force, this was never carried out, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation does not collect the
Fortson's death draws striking similarities to other Black people killed in recent years by police in their homes. In 2018, a white Dallas police officer fatally shot Botham Jean, who was unarmed ...
"Black Lives Matter" and "Stop Killing Black People" signs at a Minneapolis protest, May 27, 2020. George Floyd's murder was viewed by some residents as a continuation of a history of police violence in Minneapolis, where 11 people were killed by police officers between 2010 and 2020, including Floyd. [51]
After all the attention the Black Lives Matter-led racial justice movement generated after George Floyd’s death in 2020, new data shows that the number of Black
Michael Brown Sr. stands in front of the Ferguson Police officers during a 2020 protest marking six years since 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr. was shot dead by the police in Ferguson, Missouri.