PROFESSOR CARL "TONE" JONES M. ED

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Aspiring college student Amadou Diallo was mistaken for someone else by four plainclothes officers. The last thing he told his mother was that he had saved $9,000 for college expenses.

Groom-to-be Sean Bell, 23,was leaving his bachelor party when police fired 50 bullets at him. His friend, Joseph Guzman, told him that he loved him as they attempted to escape the onslaught.

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Oscar Grant, 22, was shot and killed by a police officer on New Year's Day, 2009. The officer testified that he meant to reach for his Taser but accidentally pulled out his gun.

Trayvon Martin, a high school student, was killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman while walking to his father's house.

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California teenager Kendrec McDade was fatally shot by police who answered a 911 call about an armed robbery. The caller said that McDade was armed in the hopes of receiving a quicker response.

Kimani Gray was standing on a street in Brooklyn when police officers approached him. The officers claimed that when they approached Kimani, he pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at them. Police officers shot Kimani at least seven times, even though Kimani hadn’t shot a single bullet. 

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John Crawford, 22, was on the phone with his mother when he was shot by police in an Ohio Walmart. Police said he didn't follow commands to put down a pellet rifle he'd picked up in the store.

Former college football player Jonathan Ferrell was shot 10 times by a police officerwhile seeking help following a car crash a month before his 25th birthday. He didn't have time to explain.

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Originally stopped for walking in the street, Michael Brown was shot a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, two days before he was set to begin classes at Vatterott College.

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 Eric Garner died July 2014. He was unarmed. Police officers were trying to arrest him for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. Eric suffered from asthma, and as a police officer put his arm around Eric’s neck during the arrest, he managed to gasp, “I can’t breathe!” The New York City medical examiner’s office ruled Eric’s death a homicide, pointing out that the officer’s chokehold might have been a big factor. 

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