NEVER FORGET
Some names never got their justice. Some got a version of it that wasn't justice at all. This is where we hold them — the ones the system tried to let history forget. Their names. Their stories. Their truth. We say them out loud so the world can't look away, and we won't stop saying them until justice catches up to what's owed.
Memory Required. Never Forget.
Victims of
a broken system
Oscar Grant
Killed by a BART police officer on New Year's Day 2009 at Fruitvale Station while lying face-down.
Trayvon Martin
A 17-year-old fatally shot in 2012 by a neighborhood watch coordinator while walking home in Florida.
Michael Brown
Shot by a police officer in 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking a global movement for justice.
Korryn Gaines
Fatally shot by police in her Maryland apartment in 2016 during a standoff over traffic violations.
Sandra Bland
Found dead in a Texas jail cell in 2015 after a wrongful arrest following a minor traffic stop.
Breonna Taylor
Fatal shot by police in 2020 during a botched 'no-knock' raid on her apartment in Louisville.
Atatiana Jefferson
Fatally shot through a window in her own home by a Fort Worth police officer in 2019.
Botham Jean
Shot in 2018 in his own apartment by an off-duty officer who claimed she mistook it for her own.
Philando Castile
Shot during a traffic stop in 2017 while reaching for his ID, as his partner live-streamed the horror.
Tamir Rice
A 12-year-old boy shot by police in a Cleveland park in 2014 while playing with a toy gun.
Emmett Till
Abducted and lynched in 1955 at the age of 14, after being accused of whistling at a white woman.
And the countless others whose legacies we carry. Living memorial.
This is a living wall. We document. We testify. We never forget.