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sign an executive order enforcing/expanding federal bans on discriminatory policing and strengthen police accountability

Created by R.B. on March 05, 2015

Tragic and unjust police killings of people of color are happening almost every week nationwide.
In just the past 5 weeks, at least 5 people have been killed or gravely injured by police:

1/26/15 — Jessie Hernandez, 17-years-old, fatally shot 18 times by Denver police while sitting in a car.
2/4/2015 — Yuvette Henderson, 38-years-old, mother of two, fatally shot 7 times by Emervyille police.
2/6/2015 — Sureshbhai Patel, 57-years-old, Indian grandfather, partially paralyzed by Madison police after a neighbor mistook him for a "skinny black man."
2/10/15 — Antonio Zambrano-Montes, 35-years-old, fatally shot 12 times by Pasco police with his hands in the air.
3/1/15 — Africa, a man living on Skid Row in Los Angeles was fatally shot at least 5 times by Los Angeles police.

Civil Rights & Equality
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