Victims

A National Crisis in Policing

Police Brutality is a national crisis and a moral stain upon our country. Over 1,000 people are shot to death by police every year in the U.S., and countless others are beaten, kicked, choked, and otherwise killed or injured by police officers. The few cases covered by the national media and remembered in hashtags do not convey the destruction and havoc that police brutality causes families and communities. The horrors that engulf the lives of the victim and their surviving loved ones are unseen by the general public. The vast majority of killings by police are unknown beyond the victim’s family and friends. Families are left devastated, their sorrow and trauma endured in private, unrelieved by federal legislation or assistance. In this almost irretrievable state, families struggle to survive and for justice in the name of their lost loved ones.

This page is dedicated to the thousands of individuals and families who have suffered the terror of police brutality. But victims can become change agents. We see this in cities across the country, as we build out our family network to bring an end to the list of killings by police that has grown every year since 2015. Working together, directly impacted families can build the power and influence needed to pass national legislation and local policy changes that will protect us all from police violence and deliver justice to communities oppressed for far too long.