Jose Armendariz
UPDATE: Jose is now free! Thank you all for your support that enabled his freedom. Jose Armendariz is currently incarcerated in Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, CA. He is a type 1 diabetic with stage 2 chronic kidney disease and he’s ABA because he has a damaged knee. He has been consistently denied the medical care and […]
Dontre Hamilton
Dontre Hamilton was a 31-year old man who lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He had schizophrenia and other psychiatric disabilities. On April 30, 2014, Dontre was sleeping in a park, causing no disturbance. Police officer Christopher Manney starting frisking him with no probable cause. When Dontre became startled, Officer Manney shot him 14 times and killed […]
Freddie Gray
Freddie Gray was a 25 year old man who had developmental disabilities as a result of lead poisoning. On April 12, 2015, he was arrested by 6 Baltimore police officers and put into a van. But the end of the trip, he had fallen into a coma because he suffered three fractured vertebrae, injuries and […]
Eric Garner
Eric Garner was a man who suffered from acute and chronic bronchial asthma and hypertensive cardiovascular disease. He was approached by the New York Police for suspicion of selling illegal cigarettes. When Garner asserted his innocence, police officers forced his head down to the ground so he could not breathe. Even when he stated he […]
Colin Farmer
Colin Farmer (Chorley, Lancashire) is a 61-year-old blind man. Colin was taking a walk to a local pub with his white walking stick. The police received complaints about a man walking by Chorley with a samurai sword. A officer spotted Colin with his walking stick and confused the walking stick for the sword and immediately […]
Kenneth Ellis
Kenneth Ellis (Albuquerque, NM: 2010) was an Iraq War veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Ellis was called to a convenience store when he began threatening to kill himself. The police arrived and a crisis-intervention officer began negotiating with Ellis. In the middle of the negotiation, OfficerLampiris-Trembasuddenly shot and killed him. The city independent […]
Randal Dunklin
Randal Dunklin (San Francisco). Randal Dunklin was a homeless man who used a wheelchair and who has psychiatric disabilities. One day he was carrying a knife in 2011, and was surrounded by police who ordered him to drop the knife. He attempted to raise his hands to show he was complying with police officers, and […]
Michelle Cusseaux
Michelle Cusseaux was a 50-year old woman with psychiatric disabilities who lived in Phoenix, Arizona. In August 2014, police were sent to Michelle’s home on a court-ordered mental health pick up. When Michelle would not open the door, the police forced their way in. Police officer Percy Dupra shot her claiming he felt threatened by […]
Kristiana Coignard
Kristiana Coignard was a 17-year-old girl with psychiatric disabilities. On January 22, 2015, she went to the lobby of the Longview Police Department in Texas and requested assistance. The police claim she had written “I have a gun” on her hand. They shot her five times and killed her. A grand jury did not indict […]
Kevin Colindres
Kevin Colindres (Miami, FL: 2006) was an 18-year-old man who had autism. The police were called do his home after he began fighting with this family. Colindres calmed down until the police tried to take him to a crisis treatment center. When Colindres tried to go back to his house, the police hogtied Colindres, put […]