On Jan. 8, I started as a weekly columnist for The Daily Beacon. My first piece was titled “2015 is a year for change.”
In the article I mentioned Michael Brown, Eric Garner and the Black Lives Matter movement. I ended the article by stating, “2015 would be the year that we never forget.” Here I am three months later still talking about the same topics. Still trying to show that Black lives actually do matter.
On Aug. 20, 2014, Marc Lamont Hill stated, “Every 28 hours, an unarmed black person is shot by a cop.”
That was almost a year ago. The rate is now every eight hours — at least three black people killed by law enforcement per day. This last article is going to be a little different. I dedicate this article to the black lives that have been taken by police since my article was published in January.
These are their names.
Bernard Moore 62, Lavall Hall 25, Jonathan Ryan Paul 42, Jamie Croom 31, Terry Garnett Jr. 37, Monique Jenee Deckard 43, Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. 19,Tyrone Ryerson Lawrence 45, Naeschylus Vinzant 37, Andrew Anthony Williams 48, Dewayne Deshawn Ward Jr. 29, Ladarius Williams 23, Yvette Henderson 38, Edward Donnell Bright, Sr. 56, Thomas Allen Jr. 34, Charley Leundeu Keunang, “Africa” 43, Fednel Rhinvil 25, Shaquille C. Barrow 20, Kendre Omari Alston 16, Brandon Jones 18, Darrell “Hubbard” Gatewood 47, Cornelius J. Parker 28, Ian Sherrod 40, Jermonte Fletcher 33, Darin Hutchins 26, Glenn C. Lewis 37, Calvin A. Reid 39,Tiano Meton 25, Demaris Turner 29, Isaac Holmes 19, A’Donte Washington 16, Terry Price 41, Stanley Lamar Grant 38, Askari Roberts 35, Dewayne Carr 42,Terrance Moxley 29,Theodore Johnson 64, Cedrick Lamont Bishop 30, Anthony Hill 27, Terence D. Walke 21, Janisha Fonville 20, Phillip Watkins 23, Anthony Bess 49, Desmond Luster Sr. 45, James Howard Allen 74, Natasha McKenna 37, Herbert Hill 26, Markell Atkins 36, Kavonda Earl Payton 39, Rodney Walker 23, Donte Sowell 27, Mario A. Jordan 34, Artago Damon Howard 36, Andre Larone Murphy Sr. 42, Marcus Ryan Golden 24, Brian Pickett 26, Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed 41, Ronald Sneed 31, Leslie Sapp III 47, Matthew Ajibade 22, Eric Harris 44, Freddie Gray 25.
#BlackLivesMatter
Hawa Henderson is a senior in microbiology. She can be reached at [email protected].
