The New York Daily News newspaper listed this week the names of people shot by cops. I want to list the names here:
Prince Jones
Freddie Gray
Walter Scott
Tamir Rice
Michael Brown
Laquan McDonald
Eric Garner
Keith Childress
Bettie Jones
Malcolm Ferguson
John Crawford III
Junior Prosper
Keith McLeod
Dontre Hamilton
Dante Parker
Tanisha Anderson
Rumain Brisbon
Ramarley Graham
Amadou diallo
Tony Robinson
Jonathan Ferrell
McKenzie Cochran
Kajiee Powell
Akai Gurley
Jerame Reid
Yvette Smith
Philip White
Eric Harris
Jordan Baker
Ezell Ford
Jamar Clark
Carlos Alcis
Larry Jackson
Kimani Gray
Chavis Carter
Kendrec McDade
Rekia Boyd
Shereese Francis
Wendell Allen
Manuel Loggins
Alonzo Ashley
Aiyana Jones
Steven Washington
Aaron Campbell
Victor Steen
Shem Walker
Tarika Wilson
DeAunta Farrow
Ronald Madison
Timothy Stansbury
James Brissette
Kenneth Chamberlain
Sean Bell
Henry Glover
Oscar Grant
Tarika Wilson
Alberta Spruill
Ousmane Zongo
Orlando Barlow
Timothy Thomas
Alton Sterling
Philando Castile
And I’m tired of people making excuses–you know who you are–for why these events are ever justified.