The Stolen Lives Project is a watchdog group for deaths from police brutality in the United States. The group collects data on people who have died from the police and Border Patrol. Current supporters of the group include the National Lawyers Guild, the Anthony Baez Foundation, and the Center for Constitutional Rights.[1][2]
 Protestors holding up a Stolen Lives Project banner listing people killed by policemen. | |
| Formation | 1990 |
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| Website | stolenlives.org |
History
editThe Stolen Lives project was created in 1990 in response to inaccurate public reporting of deaths due to police brutality and a lack of a nationwide body dedicated to reporting police brutality deaths.[3][4][5] In an attempt to improve accountability, SLP encourages people to send photographs, names, and narrative accounts of individuals killed by the police, and has won awards for its thorough documentation of police brutality.[6][7] In the 1990s, the Stolen Lives Project documented approximately 200 police killings per year.[8][9]
Activity
editThe Stolen Lives Project, along with other police brutality watchdog groups, has organized a national day of protest against police brutality since 1996.[10][11] Every year, the project holds a ceremony to present families of victims with certificates recognizing their loss.[12] The Stolen Lives book published a print version of the group's database; the second edition was published in 1999.[13][14] Further updates on the second edition were provided in the 2000s, in addition to state-specific versions.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Stolen Lives". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ Ross, Cody T. (2015-11-05). "A Multi-Level Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings at the County-Level in the United States, 2011–2014". PLOS ONE. 10 (11): e0141854. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1041854R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141854. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4634878. PMID 26540108.
- ^ "Freedom Archives Search Engine: Stolen Lives Killed and Brutalized by Police". search.freedomarchives.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ Duran, Robert J. (2017). "A Call to Disrupt Institutional Racism: Racial and Ethnic Inequality in the Criminal Justice System" (PDF). ACJS Today. 17: 36–40.
- ^ "OPINION - Death by Sonoma County Sheriffs". Sonoma County Gazette. 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ Bryant-Davis, Thema; Adams, Tyonna; Alejandre, Adriana; Gray, Anthea A. (2017). "The Trauma Lens of Police Violence against Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Trauma Lens of Police Violence against Ethnic Minorities". Journal of Social Issues. 73 (4): 852–871. doi:10.1111/josi.12251.
- ^ Kolsy, Uzma (2013-11-05). "Are Today's Cops Too Quick to Shoot?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ Drake, Jarrett M. (2014). "Insurgent citizens: the manufacture of police records in post-Katrina New Orleans and its implications for human rights". Archival Science. 14 (3–4): 365–380. doi:10.1007/s10502-014-9224-2. ISSN 1389-0166. S2CID 143921131.
- ^ "After a Police Shooting, One Father's Quest for Justice Sets a Precedent". www.vice.com. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ "STOP POLICE BRUTALITY, REPRESSION AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF A GENERATION!". www.october22.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ "National Day Against Police Brutality being commemorated in Newark". amsterdamnews.com. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ Sosin, Clarissa; Khan, Daryl (2019-01-09). "New York Activist Against Police Shootings Laid to Rest". Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ "Stolen Lives Project". www.stolenlives.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ Stolen Lives Project (1999). Stolen lives: killed by law enforcement. New York, N.Y. (P.O. Box 2627, New York 10009): Stolen Lives Project. ISBN 978-0-9675136-2-1. OCLC 43686900.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Stolen Lives Project Updates". www.stolenlives.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.