Diana Showman was a 19-year old woman in San Jose, California who had psychiatric disabilities. On August 14, 2014, she was walking towards a police officer carrying a power drill. The police officer mistook it for a gun and shot and killed her. The prosecutors concluded that the police had acted in self-defense. The parents settled a lawsuit against the police department.
Sandra Bland
Sandra Bland was a was a 28-year-old woman who suffered from depression when she was found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas.
