Police Victims blog

This post needed an edit in title so I gave it that . The issue of police killings should never boil down to one man or race. The faces and names contained are all Martyrs in this fight . They all deserve the same response that some cases Mike Brown, John Crawford, Kelly Thomas all received . Brief bios. give you all the tools needed to google the facts . The most important fact contained in this blog is how out of control our police have become . I do not post stories of those who are shot while brandishing  weapons, or directly confronted while committing a crime  . Its not that they are less deserving of life . This entry is for the Unarmed victims Of police killings .  Kids with BB guns do make the cut . Anyone with little gun experience can spot the difference, and cops claim to be trained professionals .

Parts of this entry come from other blogs and news posts . I don't give credit as its also public record

Mathew McCloskey,10,Killed by an officer who was allegedly responding to a call and traveling at an excessive speed with no lights or sirens. His two friends walking with him said they never seen the car and it came out of no where. It is far to convenient to excuse this death as an officer on a call. I do not believe it for one second and it sure must be nice to have that kind of an alibi for killing a child.

Caleb J. Surface, 23,was fatally shot, by Officer Scott Conklin, a 10-year veteran of the force, was identified by Fairfield police,as he responded to a domestic violence complaint.

McKenzie Cochran,25,died of position compression asphyxia, according to his autopsy. This was a result of a scuffle with three security guards at a Detroit shopping mall . The entire thing was captured on video and the security guards can clearly be heard saying "If You Can Talk You Can Breath" as he pleaded with them for air. “The security guards were doing their jobs acting appropriately,” according to Deputy Medical Examiner Dr. Cheryl Loewe, who said “no purposeful act” was involved. ????

Valerie Morrow, 40,killed by Officer Stephen Rozniakowski,Who broke into her house and shot her dead before wounding her 15-year-old daughter - just hours after the woman was granted an order of protection against him.Stephen Rozniakowski, an officer with the Colwyn Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania, allegedly gunned down Valerie Morrow, who broke up with him in August, at her home in Glenolden on Monday night.Just hours before she was killed, Rozniakowski, 32, had been sending her threatening messages, and said: 'If you find me dead, he did it.' After Rozniakowski broke into the house and gunned down the 40-year-old mother-of-two, he allegedly shot her teenage daughter, Bridgette Cruz, in the bicep before she fled to her room.

Dennis Grigsby, 35, Mentally handicapped man. The unnamed officer was responding to a burglary call and found Grigsby in a “dimly lit” garage, Holding a spoon. He lived in his mother’s home across the street. The 7-inch metal object that looked like a knife” and He began “aggressively” approaching the officer. According to the police story, he ignored commands to stop, prompting the officer to shoot him. Grigsby later died at the hospital.

 Mike Walker,38 unarmed shot multiple times because he was acting suspicious and not obeying their commands. Two officers fired multiple shots, with some of those shots being fired even after it was obvious that he did not have a gun.

Shelly Frey,27 fatally shot by an off-duty sheriff's deputy after he suspected her of shoplifting at a Houston Walmart, He was clearly marked in uniform as a Harris County deputy. And identified himself as the suspects were leaving the establishment, The officer confronted the suspects at exit of the store before they left. One female wouldn't stop, & struck the deputy with her purse, as they ran off.

 Logan Hall, 22, 12/12/2014 Hall “was involved in an active domestic with a family member. During the altercation, Hall was shot and killed.Three officers of the MT.Vernon OH. police department have been placed on leave pending the investigation ”

David Hooks was shot as he was face down in the drug raid that turned up nothing. The raid was based on information from a car thief that said "he stole Davids car and found a bag of Meth in it and wanted protection" David has another drug suspicion investigation 5 years earlier that did not yield charges and, that was used with the thief's info. for a no knock raid .

Akai Gurley,28, Killed while walking in a stairwell with his girlfriend. He was unarmed and the NYPD says "It was an accidental discharge" no crime was being investigated at the time, and the officer has not been charged with any crime. 

Tamir Rice 12 This one has video that leaves more questions than support for officers involved. First this looks like a kid playing . Another child leaving the recreation center passes by not fearing for his life. The person who called reported it was a air soft gun . The video is from a security camera that was clearly being monitored . Security cameras do not follow people unless controlled . The officer was close enough to touch him and was on the scene less than three seconds before shooting . No coward cop could have passably taken even half of the steps needed to make this a justifiable kill of a suspect with intent to harm . Never mind the part about this being a kid and he was provably in fear of his own life after two cops pulled up next to him in a car well off the road and began yelling orders at him .

Cameron Tillman 14  shot by a sheriff’s deputy. His brother, said he was shot opening the door and was unarmed, but the police said he was armed and that a gun was recovered near his body. It was later reported that the weapon was a BB gun

18-year-old Carey Smith-Viramontes of Long Beach. Killed as police responded to a report of a missing young girl he had a relationship with, according to a statement from the Long Beach Police Department some type of restraining order was in place. He was armed with a knife according to police.

Dillon Chadwick McGee, age 18,Killed while parked in his car and was identified as the individual deputies were seeking information from regarding an ongoing investigation. According to authorities, as the deputies approached the vehicle, the driver attempted to run over one of the officers. Neither deputy was injured in the incident.

Levi Weaver, 18,  was shot twice in the chest by chief jail administrator Jerry Shellhouse at Weaver's home. Weaver, holding a baseball bat and kitchen knife, lunged at the deputy after law enforcement responded to his home. He was mentally disturbed and was no stranger to the officers.

19-year-old Diana Showman, of San Jose,Ca. Killed by a San Jose police officer after brandishing what looked like a gun but proved to be a power drill

Samantha Ramsey was killed by Boone County deputy Tyler Brockman as she left a party in April. Now, a Boone County grand jury has decided not to indict Brockman, who has always maintained he acted in self-defense, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

John Crawford Killed by a cop Blind shooting around a shelf in a Walmart not evacuated for carrying an Orange tip BB gun picked up a few steps  away in the same store . The video speaks for its self so I wont elaborate .

Joseph Jennings,18, / Shot sixteen times for allegedly being in possession of a gun with the intent of suicide . He was suicidal and the police had dealt with him hours before but no gun has been produced to back up the stories of law enforcement . this is the 14th shooting of an unarmed citizen in the state of Kansas this year and is being investigated as well as others as a homicide . 8/26/2014

Mike Brown,18, / shot six times for jaywalking no proof of police officer being beaten or knowing of the alleged robbery hours before has been given to date . 8/9/2014

54-year-old Frank Mendoza / shot by a cop in a standoff the police held in his backyard when he looked out the door  8/2/2014

Mary Hawkes, 19, Shot three times while running from the Albuquerque Police. The original story was she pulled a gun. It has now changed to the officer being charged and the gun being planted to fit the story. The officer claims his body cam. was not working it was tested and found to be in proper working order. Officer Dear has used this excuses three times so I guess three strikes will still get you an out.

Tyler Comstock, 19, / Shot for stealing his Dads truck the police had been informed he was driving and told to back off 5/11/2013

Felix Martinez Torres, 47, / Was denied medication while in jail  on warrants stemming from driving on a suspended license and failure to appear in court. 10/7/2013

Jack Roberson,43, / shot after family called medics. after Jack had an allergic reaction to medication no one called the police they simply showed up witnesses said there was no need for them as he was not violent . 10/8/2013

Jonathan Ferrell,24, / was killed for knocking on a door seeking help for an auto accident . after the crash he began going door to door looking for a phone to use one of the houses called the police to report a suspicious man without answering the door . the officer is awaiting trial for voluntary manslaughter . 9/15/2013

Denis Reynoso,29. / Killed after police kicked in his door without warrant over a noise complaint . He was pronounced dead and their 5-year-old child was left covered in his own father’s blood for hours till his wife came home . He was a five tour combat veteran . 9/5/2013

Henry C. Taylor , 68, / Was killed by a police officer checking a broken window in  Henry's garage . Henry a Decorated war veteran and Officer was open carrying his sidearm on his property due to widow being broken by thiefs a few night before his shooting . The officer who shot him had responded to the original call and had met Henry the night the widow was broke. 8/22/2013

John Wrana,95, / WWII veteran was killed by the police for refusing to go to the hospital . officers call to the scene to help by medics conducted themselves in a scenario manor and used riot shields and tazer guns before shooting him in his own bed with a SHOTGUN .

Andrea Rebello, 21, / Killed by police officer who blindly fired eight shots into the door of her home in a home invasion where she was taken as a hostage . 9/5/2013

Kathryn Michelle Walters,46 & 5-year old son Maximilian Walters, / killed by Father and husband in a domestic issue as he returned home from work as a LVMPD . the couple had marriage issues 1/22/2013

Darryl Vance Parker,50, / unarmed and killed for night hunting ??? he had been harassed by the officer who shot him for years and had filed a suit against him and the state in court just a month before . 1/24/2013

Robert Ethan Saylor 20, died Jan. 12 after the deputies, moonlighting as Westview Promenade mall security officers, tried to remove him from a Regal Cinemas Westview Stadium 16 auditorium at the management's request. the medical examiner found that Saylor's Down syndrome, physique and heart disease made him more susceptible to sudden death in stressful conditions that would compromise his breathing.

Kelly Thomas,37, / Ill just leave the video of what happened here . This is where I got involved in police brutality . watch the video and you will know why . shit gets real around 14:40 watch and understand police abuse .   7/5/2011

Gil Collar 18, was using LSD and exhibiting what officers described as erratic behavior around the police station on campus.Officers said that Gil was acting “aggressively” in the video, pounding on the window, walking away, then returning.That’s when Officer Travis Austin came outside with his gun drawn and aimed at Collar who had his “arms outstretched and palms open,” even according to Officer Austin.

The video was manipulated by the police so most of the audio is missing. When the officers are in the hallway where the sound quality is the best they prove that they have learned to whisper and use hand signs to remind others to do so as well .

Craig Burdine, 37, was taken to the Sandusky County jail Aug. 11, 2007 for creating a “domestic disturbance.” There, he engaged in an altercation with several deputies, who shot him three times with a Taser gun. A grand jury issued no indictments after examining the 2007 case

These are just a few of the thousands of examples out there . If these don't convince you that we as Americans have a problem then its you not I that is blinded by hate . This is not a racial thing this is a civil rights issue we as Americans are losing . Keep that in mind before you explain to me about one dead black man you score card is a little short .