Outrage over other deaths:
Protests spur memories of police killings that didn’t get wide media coverage.
Protesters have been galvanized around the world by the death of George Floyd, an African American man who pleaded for air and later died after a white police officer in Minnesota pressed his knee into his neck.
Alongside his story, demonstrators are speaking out about deaths in their own hometowns. Some are yearsold wounds, while others happened within days of Floyd’s death. There are cases that made national headlines and others that reverberated mainly through their own communities.
Here’s a look at a few of them by state:
Arizona: In Phoenix, the name of a man who died the same day as George Floyd, May 25, has become a rallying point. Dion Johnson lay on the ground for several minutes after he was shot and handcuffed, deprived of emergency medical aid before a nearby ambulance drove the short distance to treat him.
Connecticut: Signs are appearing at Connecticut rallies bearing the name of Jose Soto, who died in April after a SWAT team came to help arrest him on an alleged parole violation. His family has said they asked police to use restraint because he suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder. Soto, 27, was acting irrationally but did not have a weapon, family and law enforcement sources have told the Hartford Courant. He was shot as he exited his mother’s home in Manchester.
Utah: Salt Lake City protesters are highlighting the case of Bernardo PalaciosCarbajal, 22, who died after officers fired at least 20 shots as he ran away. Bodycamera footage doesn’t show him pointing a weapon during the chase, which started as officers investigated reports of a gun threat at a motel on May 23.
Texas: The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, who was shot by police in her Kentucky home this spring, evoke memories in Texas of Atatiana Jefferson, 28, who was shot by police while playing video games with her 8yearold nephew in Fort Worth last year. Officer Aaron Dean shot Jefferson through an open window, without identifying himself as an officer or knocking on the door. Dean later resigned and was charged with murder, a rarity. He has pleaded not guilty.
Florida: LGBTQ activists are among those calling for an investigation into the death of a transgender black man who was fatally shot by an officer in Florida in a case they say should not be overlooked. Tony McDade, 38, was suspected in the stabbing death of his neighbor in Tallahassee, police have said. He was found at a nearby apartment complex, where authorities say he pointed a gun at police before they fired the fatal shots. He often carried a BB gun, according to a previous police report.
Tennessee: In Nashville, Daniel Hambrick was shot and killed as he ran from an officer two years ago. The chase began after officer Andrew Delke pulled into a parking lot because he mistakenly thought he spotted a car he had been following. Hambrick happened to be nearby and ran away. Police say he did not follow commands to drop a gun he was holding, though video footage does not show him pointing it before Delke shot him.
California: An outcry is growing over the fatal shooting of Erik Salgado at the hands of California Highway Patrol officers on Saturday. His pregnant girlfriend was also injured in what advocates say was a hail of gunfire.