Killings ignited racial tensions

THESE US police killings sparked racial tensions.

Eric Garner: Died after being put in a chokehold by New York police while selling cigarettes in July 2014. Grand jury decided no charges.

Michael Brown: Violent national protests after the 18-year-old was shot at least seven times in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014. Officer Darren Wilson cleared of wrongdoing.

Tamir Rice: Police officer shot dead Tamir, 12, who had a toy gun in a Cleveland park in November 2014. No officers indicted.

Walter Scott: Unarmed and shot in the back running from police in Charleston, South Carolina, in April 2015. Ex-cop Michael Slager was found guilty of his death.

Alton Sterling: Alton’s death in July 2016 led to days of protests in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was killed after police responded to reports of a disturbance outside a shop. The two officers involved did not face criminal charges.

Philando Castile: Stopped by police in a routine check, driver Philando was killed reaching for his

licence in St Paul, Minnesota in July 2016, says his girlfriend who live-streamed the encounter.

Breonna Taylor: The medical technician, 26, was shot eight times when officers raided her home in Louisville, Kentucky, in March 2020.

Daunte Wright: Shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, this month. Police say the officer mistakenly used a handgun not her Taser.

Adam Toledo: Video released after Adam, 13, was shot dead by police in an alley in Chicago on March 29 seems to show raising his hands.

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