In conversations with cop apologists, they often claim that those who are obeying the law won’t get shot. Of course, that’s completely false. I can come up with a fairly long list of people who were obeying the law when they were shot by police, and in most cases, the cop doesn’t even suffer any consequences whatsoever, much less the death penalty.
And it’s also possible that someone who was breaking a law (or breaking an unjust law, which is no law at all) can still be murdered, but for this list I will stick with people who were completely innocent and obeying the police.
- Daniel Shaver
- Tamir Rice
- Philando Castile
- Justine Damond
- Freddie Gray
- Sam Dubose
- Terrence Crutcher
- Alton Sterling
- Akai Gurley
- Kathryn Johnston
There are others I could mention from farther back, but that is plenty for now. 