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Killing of Ajike Owens
On June 2, 2023, in Ocala, Florida, 35-year-old Ajike "A.J." Shantrell Owens was shot and killed by her neighbor, 58-year-old Susan Louise Lorincz. Owens had gone to Lorincz's door after an altercation between her children and Lorincz in a grassy area nearby. While Owens stood outside the windowless front door, Lorincz fired a single shot through it, striking Owens in the chest.
Black Lives Matter
social movement originating in the USA
shooting of Michael Brown
2014 police killing of a black man in Ferguson, Missouri, United States
2014 Ferguson unrest
aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri
2014 Isla Vista killings
spree killing which occurred in Isla Vista, California
killing of Eric Garner
death of African American man due to chokehold from police officer
Joseph Paul Franklin
American serial killer (1950-2013)
shooting of Trayvon Martin
2012 killing of teenager in Sanford, Florida
2015 Baltimore protests
protests in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 2015 against the killing of Freddie Gray by Baltimore Police
I can't breathe
political slogan of the Black Lives Matter movement
All Lives Matter
slogan created as a counter-movement to Black Lives Matter
Central Park jogger case
1989 crime involving a violent attack on a jogger in New York City
death of Freddie Gray
death of a person in police custody
race and crime in the United States
Relationship between race and crime in the US
White Lives Matter
far-right slogan used by neo-Nazis and white nationalists
Richard Herrnstein
American psychologist (1930–1994)
Ferguson effect
contested possibility of violent crime increasing with reduced proactive policing
Assata's Daughters
Chicago organization of black girls and young women
#SayHerName
thumb|Attendees at the #SayHerName vigil of May 20, 2015, located at Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square in New York City SayHerName is a social movement that seeks to raise awareness for Black women victims of police brutality and anti-Black violence in the United States. The movement's name was created by the African American Policy Forum (AAPF). #SayHerName aims to highlight the gender-specific ways in which Black women are disproportionately affected by fatal acts of racial injustice. In an effort to create a large social media presence alongside existing racial justice campaigns, such as
Heather Mac Donald
American conservative political commentator, essayist, attorney and author
No justice, no peace
slogan used as early as 1986, following the murder of Michael Griffith at the hands of mob of white youths
Running while black
racial profiling of runners of color
hands up, don't shoot
Human Rights slogan
The Force
2017 film by Peter Nicks