If All Lives Matter, Why Is This Still Happening?


I am so tired of hearing “All lives matter” in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.  I truly believe all lives matter but apparently that is not the social reality in the country of my birth.  I am not speaking of some so-called third world dictatorship.  I am speaking of the United States, the misnamed land of the free.  Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the preserve of citizens of European descent.  It is a place where people of African descent are shot while jogging, shot while eating supper in their own apartment, and police extra-judicial killings are tolerated.

The United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent began in 2015 and ends in 2024.  Like many other UN International Decades for…, this one is going largely unnoticed.  Yet, I say this is the perfect time to highlight the need for Euro-North Americans to step up.  It’s time for white people, who claim to be people of good will, who claim they despise racism, who claim they believe in equal rights for all, to put some action into those claims.  It is the work of all who benefit from oppression to put a stop to the oppression because when Black people try, they die.   We need you to care enough to ensure that no unarmed African American’s last words to an unhearing white assailant are “I can’t breathe” or “don’t shoot.” 

“Black Lives Matter” is not a battle cry nor is it an experiential truth.  It is an aspirational wake up call to North American society to transform the aspiration into a lived truth for all People of Colour.

The following is a list of names of unarmed African Americans who were killed by police from 2013 thru 2019.  I ask all people of faith to offer not only prayers for their families, but to make a commitment to work for justice locally and nationally, that is, equality when it come to the social, environmental, economic, health and general well-being of African American people. 

Names of Unarmed African American Killed by Police  2013-2019
Victim's name
Victim's age
Victim's gender
1.    Aaron Bailey
45
Male
2.    Abdul Kamal
30
Male
3.    Adam Ardett Madison
28
Male
4.    Adam Trammell
22
Male
5.    Akai Gurley
28
Male
6.    Albert Davis
23
Male
7.    Alexander Jamar "A.J." Marion
19
Male
8.    Alfred Olango
38
Male
9.    Allen Desdunes
37
Male
10.Alonzo Smith
27
Male
11.Alteria Woods
21
Female
12.Andre Horton
42
Male
13.Andre Larone Murphy Sr.
42
Male
14.Anesson Joseph
28
Male
15.Anthony "Punch" Marcell Green
33
Male
16.Anthony Antonio Ford
27
Male
17.Anthony Ashford
29
Male
18.Anthony Bartley
21
Male
19.Anthony Dwayne Harris
38
Male
20.Anthony Hill
27
Male
21.Antone G. Black Jr.
19
Male
22.Antonio Garcia Jr.
47
Male
23.Antonio Johnson
40
Male
24.Antronie Scott
36
Male
25.Antwon Michael Rose II
17
Male
26.Antwun Shumpert
37
Male
27.Aries Clark
16
Male
28.Armando Frank
42
Male
29.Artago Damon Howard
36
Male
30.Arteair Porter
22
Male
31.Arther McAfee Jr.
61
Male
32.Arthur R. Williams Jr.
33
Male
33.Arthur Walton Jr.
33
Male
34.Arvel Douglas Williams
30
Male
35.Askari Roberts
35
Male
36.Asshams Manley
30
Male
37.Atatiana Jefferson
28
Female
38.Balantine Mbegbu
65
Male
39.Bennie Branch
24
Male
40.Bettie Jones
55
Female
41.Bill Jackson
59
Male
42.Bishar Hassan
31
Male
43.Bobby Gross
35
Male
44.Botham Shem Jean
26
Male
45.Brandon Jones
18
Male
46.Brendon Glenn
29
Male
47.Brian Day
36
Male
48.Brian Easley
33
Male
49.Brian Pickett
26
Male
50.Briatay McDuffie
19
Male
51.Byron Williams
50
Male
52.Calin Devante Roquemore
24
Male
53.Calvin Toney
24
Male
54.Calvon A. Reid
39
Male
55.Cameron Tillman
14
Male
56.Cedric Stanley
35
Male
57.Cedrick Chatman
17
Male
58.Chad Robertson
25
Male
59.Chance David Baker
22
Male
60.Channara Tom Pheap
33
Male
61.Charles A. Baker Jr.
30
Male
62.Charles D. "Chop Chop" Roundtree Jr.
18
Male
63.Charles David Robinson
47
Male
64.Charles K. Goodridge
53
Male
65.Charlin Charles
25
Male
66.Charly Leundeu "Africa" Keunang
43
Male
67.Chinedu Valentine Okobi
36
Male
68.Christian Taylor
19
Male
69.Christopher Alexander Okamoto
21
Male
70.Christopher J. Davis
21
Male
71.Christopher Jones
30
Male
72.Christopher McCorvey
36
Male
73.Christopher Wade
39
Male
74.Christopher Whitfield
31
Male
75.Cimarron Lamar Lamb
33
Male
76.Clifton Armstrong
38
Male
77.Clinton Roebexar Allen
25
Male
78.Corey Levert Tanner
24
Male
79.Corey Mobley
38
Male
80.Cornelius Brown
25
Male
81.Cortez Washington
32
Male
82.Craig Demps
22
Male
83.Cynthia Fields
60
Female
84.Dainell Simmons
29
Male
85.Dajuan Graham
40
Male
86.Dalvin Hollins
19
Male
87.D'Angelo Reyes Stallworth
28
Male
88.Danny Ray Thomas
34
Male
89.Dante Parker
36
Male
90.Darell Richards
19
Male
91.Darrell "Hubbard" Gatewood
47
Male
92.Darrell Banks
47
Male
93.Darrell Lawrence Brown
31
Male
94.Darrien Nathaniel Hunt
22
Male
95.Darrion M. Barnhill
23
Male
96.Darrius Stewart
19
Male
97.Daryll Blair
19
Male
98.Dason Peters
33
Male
99.David Andre Scott
28
Male
100.                 David Felix
24
Male
101.                 David Joseph
17
Male
102.                 DeAndre Lloyd Starks
27
Male
103.                 Deaundre Phillips
24
Male
104.                 Deion Fludd
17
Male
105.                 DeJuan Guillory
27
Male
106.                 Delrawn Small
37
Male
107.                 Dennis Grisgby
35
Male
108.                 Dennis Plowden
25
Male
109.                 Denzel Brown
21
Male
110.                 Deomain Hayman
28
Male
111.                 DeOntre L. Dorsey
32
Male
112.                 Deravis Rogers
22
Male
113.                 DeRicco Devante Holden
24
Male
114.                 D'ettrick Griffin
18
Male
115.                 Devin Howell
30
Male
116.                 DeWayne Watkins
74
Male
117.                 Dewboy Lister
55
Male
118.                 Dominic Hutchinson
30
Male
119.                 Dominique "Nonny" Silva
24
Male
120.                 Dominique Clayton
32
Female
121.                 Dominique Franklin Jr.
23
Male
122.                 Donald "Dontay" Ivy
39
Male
123.                 Donnell Thompson Jr.
27
Male
124.                 Donovan Thomas
22
Male
125.                 Dustin Keith Glover
27
Male
126.                 Dylan Samuel-Peters
1
Male
127.                 Dyzhawn L. Perkins
19
Male
128.                 Elijah Glay
39
Male
129.                 Emanuel Jean-Baptiste
29
Male
130.                 Eric Courtney Harris
44
Male
131.                 Eric Garner
43
Male
132.                 Eric Reason
38
Male
133.                 Eric Ricks
30
Male
134.                 Ernest Satterwhite
68
Male
135.                 Ervin Edwards
38
Male
136.                 Eugene Williams
38
Male
137.                 Euree Lee Martin
58
Male
138.                 Ezell Ford
25
Male
139.                 Felix Kumi
61
Male
140.                 Frank Shephard III
41
Male
141.                 Fred Bradford Jr.
51
Male
142.                 Freddie Blue
20
Male
143.                 George Harvey
39
Male
144.                 George Mann
53
Male
145.                 George Robinson
62
Male
146.                 George V. King
19
Male
147.                 Geraldine Townsend
72
Female
148.                 Gregory Lewis Towns Jr
24
Male
149.                 Hallis Kinsey
26
Male
150.                 Herbert Gilbert
37
Male
151.                 Howard Wallace Bowe Jr.
34
Male
152.                 India Kager
28
Female
153.                 India M. Beaty
25
Female
154.                 Iretha Lilly
37
Female
155.                 Isaiah Lewis
17
Male
156.                 Jacorey Calhoun
23
Male
157.                 Jamar Clark
24
Male
158.                 James Carney III
48
Male
159.                 James Leatherwood
23
Male
160.                 Jason Moland
29
Male
161.                 Jayvis Benjamin
20
Male
162.                 Jean Pedro Pierre
42
Male
163.                 Jeffery B. Lilly Jr.
22
Male
164.                 Jeffrey Ragland
50
Male
165.                 Jerame C. Reid
36
Male
166.                 Jeremey Lake
19
Male
167.                 Jeremy Lett
28
Male
168.                 Jermaine Darden
34
Male
169.                 Jermaine McBean
33
Male
170.                 Jerome Keith Allen
22
Male
171.                 Jerry Brown
41
Male
172.                 Jesse Jesus Quinton
35
Male
173.                 Jessica Williams
29
Female
174.                 Jimmie Montel Sanders
33
Male
175.                 Jimmy Atchison
21
Male
176.                 John H. Crawford III
22
Male
177.                 John T. Wilson III
22
Male
178.                 Jonathan A. Ferrell
24
Male
179.                 Jonathan Sanders
39
Male
180.                 Jordan Baker
26
Male
181.                 Jordan Edwards
15
Male
182.                 Jordan Michael Griffin
18
Male
183.                 Joshua Terrell Crawford
25
Male
184.                 Joshua Wayne Harvey
25
Male
185.                 JR Williams
38
Male
186.                 Juan Markee Jones
25
Male
187.                 Juan May
45
Male
188.                 Julian Dawkins
22
Male
189.                 Julius "Jules" Graves
43
Male
190.                 Junior Prosper
31
Male
191.                 Justin Griffin
25
Male
192.                 Kaldrick Donald
24
Male
193.                 Keara Crowder
29
Female
194.                 Keita O'Neil
42
Male
195.                 Keith Childress
23
Male
196.                 Keith Harrison McLeod
19
Male
197.                 Kendall Alexander
34
Male
198.                 Kendra Diggs
37
Female
199.                 Kendrick Brown
18
Male
200.                 Kenneth Johnson
25
Male
201.                 Keoshia L. Hill
28
Female
202.                 Kevin Bajoie
32
Male
203.                 Kevin Bruce Mason
57
Male
204.                 Kevin Hicks
44
Male
205.                 Kevin Higgenbotham
47
Male
206.                 Kevin Leroy Beasley Jr.
23
Male
207.                 Kevin Matthews
35
Male
208.                 Kionte DeShaun Spencer
18
Male
209.                 Kris Jackson
22
Male
210.                 Lamont Perry
32
Male
211.                 Lamontez Jones
39
Male
212.                 Lana Morris
46
Female
213.                 Larry Eugene Jackson Jr.
32
Male
214.                 Lashano J. Gilbert
31
Male
215.                 Lavall Hall
25
Male
216.                 Lavante Biggs
21
Male
217.                 Lavon King
20
Male
218.                 Lawrence Hawkins
56
Male
219.                 Leroy Browning
30
Male
220.                 Leslie Sapp III
47
Male
221.                 Levon Leroy Love
44
Male
222.                 Levonia Riggins
22
Male
223.                 Lionel Gibson
21
Male
224.                 Lorenzo Antoine Cruz
23
Male
225.                 Mahlon Edward Summerour
63
Male
226.                 Marc Brandon Davis
34
Male
227.                 Marcus McVae
34
Male
228.                 Marcus-David L. Peters
24
Male
229.                 Mario Clark
31
Male
230.                 Mark Anthony Blocker
20
Male
231.                 Mark Roshawn Adkins
54
Male
232.                 Marlon Brown
38
Male
233.                 Marlon Horton
28
Male
234.                 Marlon Lewis
37
Male
235.                 Marlon S. Woodstock
38
Male
236.                 Marquez Warren
19
Male
237.                 Marzues Scott
35
Male
238.                 Maurice Holly
55
Male
239.                 Micah Anthony Key
24
Male
240.                 Michael Brown
18
Male
241.                 Michael Eugene Wilson Jr.
27
Male
242.                 Michael Lorenzo Dean
28
Male
243.                 Michael Noel
32
Male
244.                 Michael Ricardo Minor
38
Male
245.                 Miguel Espinal
36
Male
246.                 Montez Dewayne Hambric
26
Male
247.                 Montrell Moss
23
Male
248.                 Muhammad Abdul Muhaymin
43
Male
249.                 Naeschylus Vinzant
37
Male
250.                 Name withheld by police
25
Male
251.                 Name withheld by police
40s
Male
252.                 Name withheld by police
Unknown
Male
253.                 Nana Adomako
45
Male
254.                 Natasha McKenna
37
Female
255.                 Nathaniel Pickett
29
Male
256.                 Nicholas Walker
31
Male
257.                 Norman Cooper
33
Male
258.                 Oliver Jarrod Gregoire
26
Male
259.                 Ollie Lee Brooks
64
Male
260.                 Paterson Brown Jr.
18
Male
261.                 Patricia Spivey
52
Female
262.                 Paul Gaston
37
Male
263.                 Peter John
36
Male
264.                 Peter William Gaines
37
Male
265.                 Phillip White
32
Male
266.                 Quanice Derrick Hayes
17
Male
267.                 Quintine Barksdale
43
Male
268.                 Raphael Thomas
29
Male
269.                 Rashaun Washington
37
Male
270.                 Raynard Burton
19
Male
271.                 Rayshaun Cole
30
Male
272.                 Reginald L. Moore Sr.
44
Male
273.                 Reginald Williams Jr.
29
Male
274.                 Richard Gregory Davis
50
Male
275.                 Richard Perkins
39
Male
276.                 Ricky Deangelo Hinkle
47
Male
277.                 Ritchie Lee Harbison
62
Male
278.                 Robert Dentmond
16
Male
279.                 Robert Lawrence White
41
Male
280.                 Roderick Ronall Taylor
42
Male
281.                 Ronell Foster
32
Male
282.                 Ronnie Ledesma Jr.
39
Male
283.                 Ross Anthony
25
Male
284.                 Roy Lee Richards
46
Male
285.                 Rumain Brisbon
34
Male
286.                 Ryan L. Stokes
24
Male
287.                 Ryan Twyman
24
Male
288.                 Sabin Marcus Jones
45
Male
289.                 Salvado Ellswood
36
Male
290.                 Samuel Dubose
43
Male
291.                 Sherida Davis
38
Female
292.                 Sherman Evans
63
Male
293.                 Spencer McCain
41
Male
294.                 Stephen Gayle
40
Male
295.                 Stephen Murray
52
Male
296.                 Stephon Clark
23
Male
297.                 Tamir E. Rice
12
Male
298.                 Tanisha N. Anderson
37
Female
299.                 Tashii S. Brown
40
Male
300.                 Tawon Boyd
21
Male
301.                 Terence Crutcher
40
Male
302.                 Terrance Moxley
29
Male
303.                 Terry Price
41
Male
304.                 Thomas Allen Jr.
34
Male
305.                 Thomas Lane
37
Male
306.                 Thomas Williams
34
Male
307.                 Thomas Yatsko
21
Male
308.                 Tiano Meton
25
Male
309.                 Tiara Thomas
30
Female
310.                 Tommy J. Yancy Jr.
32
Male
311.                 Tony Terrell Robinson
19
Male
312.                 Torrey Lamar Robinson
35
Male
313.                 Tracy Clyde
42
Male
314.                 Treon "Tree" Johnson
27
Male
315.                 Trey Ta'Quan Pringle Sr.
24
Male
316.                 Troy Robinson
32
Male
317.                 Tyre King
13
Male
318.                 Tyrone Davis
43
Male
319.                 Tyrone West
44
Male
320.                 Vernell Bing Jr
22
Male
321.                 Vernicia Woodard
26
Female
322.                 Victo Larosa III
23
Male
323.                 Walter Scott
50
Male
324.                 Warren Ragudo
34
Male
325.                 Wayne Wheeler
41
Male
326.                 Wendell Celestine Jr.
37
Male
327.                 William Alfred Harvey III
57
Male
328.                 William Chapman
18
Male
329.                 William Matthew Holmes
24
Male
330.                 William Taylor
32
Male
331.                 Willie James Sams
21
Male
332.                 Willie James Williams
27
Male
333.                 Willie Lee Bingham Jr.
20
Male
334.                 Willie Neall Harden
25
Male
335.                 Xavier Tyrell Johnson
31
Male
336.                 Yvette Smith
47
Female

Ahmaud Arbery, murdered by retired law officer, son and another
February 23, 2020
George Floyd, murdered by police officer as other officers look on
May 25, 2020.


Comments

Rosemary Falconer said…
This is too sad for words. I have four black grandsons growing up and it's scary. At least they are in Canada but still....

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