Mothers Against Police Brutality (MAPB) is the voice for justice for victims of police brutality and deadly force.
MAPB works directly with the families of Victims of Police Brutality nationwide. Do you have a video or images of a police brutality Incident?
MAPB's Mission Statement
Our mission is to prevent police use of deadly force, particularly the killing of Black and other people of color; to change police deadly force policies and practices; to advocate for and with families who have lost loved ones to police violence; and to expand the concept of public safety with new policies limiting encounters between police and the public and making deep social investments in housing, health care, mental health services, employment, education, arts, recreation, and other presently unmet human needs throughout the United States. MAPB protests unjust policing, organizes communities most impacted, conducts research, and advocates for policy change in local, national, and international forums.
Mothers Against Police Brutality
The Collective Power of Conscience
This brief documentary describes the work of Mothers Against Police Brutality in cities across the United States and at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, including the 2023 We Remember National Billboard Campaign and the ongoing MAPB Fellowship Legacy Program. (Produced and directed by Christian Vasquez.)
MAPB requests U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Dallas Police Department, citing “a half century of unaccountable police brutality.’’
In a 19-page letter to Kristen Clarke, Assistant AG for Civil Rights, MAPB describes a culture of impunity within the Dallas department and a long history of violence against the public, falling disproportionately on Black and Latino residents.
Click the button below to read the MAPB Executive Summary and access full text of the DOJ request.
Collette Flanagan testifying before the United Nations Human Rights Council
October 3, 2022, in Geneva, Collette Flanagan, Founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality, testified before the United Nations Human Rights Council on “racial justice and equality in law enforcement.” Collette is shown here with Jurema Wurneck, a human rights activist with Amnesty International in Brazil, and Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, President of the Expert Mechanism on these issues.
MAPB Is Currently Developing a National Victim Database
Developing a victim’s database of police killings in the United States is crucial for accountability and transparency. Such a database would allow for accurate tracking and analysis of police use of force, including incidents resulting in fatalities. We envision that this database could provide a platform for victims’ families to seek justice and closure.
Effective Work Against Police Brutality
Any attempt to reduce the number of extrajudicial killings in the U.S. must confront the national scale, lack of accountability, and racialized impact of police use of deadly force. From 2015-2023, more than 1,000 people on average have been shot to death each year by police in our country, more than 9,200 individuals. Behind these statistics are 9,200 grieving families struggling for justice. Of the thousand fatal shootings annually by police officers in America, on average less than 1% result in an indictment, i.e., fewer than eight on average are prosecuted; even fewer cases produce a conviction at trial. Black Americans were more than 2.5 times as likely to be killed by police than white Americans. About 13% of all Black people who have been fatally shot by police since January 2015 were unarmed, compared with 7% of all white people.
1000 +
people are shot to death by police every year. MAPB is building a national network of families to press for national legislation to address this ongoing national crisis.
< 1 %
of fatal shootings by police are prosecuted. MAPB works to add a special civil rights unit in each district attorney’s office to handle police brutality cases and for federal prosecutors for fatal shootings by police.
2.5 times more
likely are Black people than whites to be killed by police. MAPB recognizes that superficial local “reforms” do not reach deep enough into the undercurrents of racism running through U.S. police departments and advocates national standards for screening, testing, and training of all police officers.
How We Support Impacted Families
MAPB advocates for civil rights, police accountability, and policy reform in response to the disproportionate killing of African American and Hispanic men and women by police. MAPB also works with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to help facilitate support for families impacted by police violence and organize conferences and offer resources to help restore communities as they struggle against police brutality.
Meet our 2021-2024 MAPB Legacy Fellows
Mothers Against Police Brutality is pleased to introduce our very first group of Fellows in the MAPB Fellowship Legacy Program. These leaders, from 10 different U.S. cities, were selected out of more than 150 applicants nationwide. These women have been directly impacted by police violence and emerged as change agents for justice in their home communities. We look forward to working with and supporting these brave, fighting Mothers to increase their leadership as they become catalysts and participants in the broader movement to end police brutality in America.
Recent News & Press Releases
MAPB Families Impacted by Police Violence to Testify in Two DC Events: MAPB Event in Washington D.C. March 22-25
MEDIA CONTACT: Alli McCracken, on-site contact allimccrack@gmail.com 860.575.5692 March 22-25, 2025 Mothers Against Police Brutality Families Impacted by Police Violence to Testify in Two DC Events: March 22 6th Annual Clinton R. Allen Speak Out and March 25 Congressional Staff Briefing on Qualified Immunity 6th Annual Clinton R. Allen Speak Out Washington, D.C. – March […]
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From protest to policy, we won’t let up. Your donation allows us to continue our mission of being the voice for justice for victims of police brutality, excessive force, and unjust murders by law enforcement.