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41 T. Marshall L. Rev. 103 (2015-2016)
Law Enforcement and White Power: An FBI Report Unraveled

handle is hein.journals/thurlr41 and id is 113 raw text is: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHITE POWER: AN FBI REPORT UNRAVELED SAMUEL VINCENT JONES* Because of intensifying civil strife over the recent killings of unarmed Black men, women, and boys, many Americans are wondering, What's wrong with our police?' Remarkably, one of the most compelling but * Professor of Law, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois. The author is a former U.S. Army military police Captain and judge advocate. 1. See Sandhya Somashekhar et al., WASH. POST (Aug. 8, 2015), http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/08/08/Black-and-unarmed (noting that police violence against Black males is alarmingly high, pointing out that Black men are seven times more likely than White men to be killed by law enforcement officers when unarmed); see also The Counted: People Killed By Police In The US., THE GUARDIAN, http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police- killings-us-database (showing a recent study which indicates that law enforcement officers have killed approximately forty-seven Black males since the beginning of 2015; including, but not limited to, Brian Pickett (tased to death on January 6, 2015); Artago Howard (shot and killed on January8, 2015); Demaris Turner (shot and killed on January 23, 2015); Jeremy Lett (shot and killed on February 5, 2015); Terry Price (tased to death on February 21, 2015); Calvon Reid (tased to death on February 22, 2015); Glenn Lewis (shot and killed on February 25, 2015); Charly Keunang (shot and killed on March 1, 2015); Darrell Gatewood (tased to death on March 1, 2015); Thomas Allen Jr. (shot and killed on March 1, 2015); Andrew Williams (shot and killed on March 6, 2015); Bernard Moore (struck by a police car and killed on March 6, 2015); Naeschylus Vinzant (shot and killed on March 6, 2015); Tony Robinson (shot and killed on March 6, 2015); Anthony Hill (shot and killed on March 9, 2015); Terrance Moxley (tased to death on March 10, 2015); Askari Roberts (tased to death on March 17, 2015); Brandon Jones (shot and killed on March 19, 2015); Denzel Brown (shot and killed on March 22, 2015); Dominik Wise (tased to death on March 30, 2015), Donald Ivy (tased to death on April 2, 2015); Eric Harris (shot and killed on April 2, 2015); Walter Scott (shot and killed on April 4, 2015); Frank Shephard III (shot and killed on April 15, 2015); Darrell Brown (tased to death on April 16, 2015); Norman Cooper (tased to death on April 19,2015); William Chapman II (shot and killed on April 22, 2015); David Feliz (shot and killed on April 25, 2015), Bryan Overstreet (struck by a police car and killed on April 28, 2015); Brendon Glenn (shot and killed on May 6, 2015); Jason Champion (struck by a police car and killed on May 6, 2015); Sam Holmes (shot and killed on May 8, 2015); DaJuan Graham (tased to death on May 12, 2015); Richard Davis (tased to death on May 31, 2015); Ross Anthony (tased to death on June 8, 2015); Alan Williams (struck by a police car and killed on June 13, 2015); Kris Jackson (shot and killed on June 15, 2015); Kevin Bajoie (tased to death on June 20, 2015); Spencer McCain (shot and killed on June 25, 2015), Kevin Judson (shot and killed on July 1, 2015); George Mann (tased to death on July 11, 2015); Salvado Ellswood (shot and killed on July 12, 2015); Darrius Stewart (shot and killed on July 17, 2015); Samuel DuBose (shot and killed on July 19, 2015), Troy Robinson (tased to death on August 6, 2015); Christian Taylor (shot and killed on August 7, 2015); and, Asshams Manley (shot and killed on August 14, 2015)); see also Kali Nicole Gross, Silence on Black Female Victims Weakens Fight Against Police Brutality, HUFFINGTON POST (Apr. 19, 2015), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kali- nicole-gross/silence-on-Black-female-victims b 7092128.html, (noting that Black females have reportedly comprised nearly 20% of the deaths of unarmed Blacks killed by police in the last 15 years).

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