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Saturday, April 25, 2009

RESOLUTION FOR MICHAEL PATRICK JACOBS JR.



Delivered to the Family on this 25th Day, April, 2009
On Behalf of the Blogging Community Worldwide
Presented by Eddie Griffin (BASG), AfroSpear and Afrosphere Action Coalition

Romans 16:16 Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you. I bring you our humble greetings and condolences also from those who share this hour of grief.

I am lost for words of comfort to the Jacobs Family. I feel like Moses. I am not an eloquent man of speech, and even as I write this Resolution, my heart is too torn apart to call this a homegoing celebration.

Michael Patrick Jacobs, Jr. was only 24 years old when he died. He is about the same age as my oldest grandson. And, if I were sitting in the seat of Michael Jacobs, Sr. and Charlottte, it would be hard for me to celebrate my son’s homegoing, when he was snatched away so suddenly and so violently.

I am blinded this day by tears of sadness, because this young man did not have to die like this. Brother Kyev Tatum touched the heart of the entire world when he spoke into the camera and said, “This young man did not have to die like this.”

We know also that Michael did not have to die like this because we have been warning police departments all across the United States that Tasers Kill. Tasers send out a 50,000-volt charge into a person. If we shock ourselves on an electrical outlet, we only get hit with 120 volts. When they executed men on death row, Old Sparky only generated 20,000 volts.

A few years ago, the Fort Worth Police Department and the Fort Worth Independent School district proposed using tasers on school children. That’s when we said: Enough is enough.

Thanks to a fellow blogger in Canada, we have compiled a list of everyone executed by taser electrocution. The list is hereby attached to this Resolution, in memory of all those who died by Tasers. But I would be remiss if I did not mention the name of those who died at the hands of the Fort Worth Police Department.

81. November 2, 2004: Robert Guerrero, 21, Fort Worth, Texas
109. April 3, 2005: Eric Hammock, 43, Fort Worth, Texas
130. June 24, 2005: Carolyn Daniels, 25, Fort Worth, Texas
214. August 23, 2006: Noah Lopez,25, Fort Worth, Texas
405. April 18, 2009: Michael Jacobs Jr., 24, Fort Worth, Texas

IN MEMORY ALSO

1. September 28, 1999: David Flores, 37, Fairfield, California
2. May 14, 2000: Enrique Juarez Ochoa, 34, Bakersfield, California
3. June 17, 2001: Mark Burkett, 18, Gainesville, Florida
4. December 15, 2001: Hannah Rogers-Grippi, 6 months fetus, Chula Vista, California
5. December 17, 2001: Marvin Hendrix, 27, Hamilton, Ohio
6. December 21, 2001: Steven Vasquez, 40, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7. January 27, 2002: Vincent Delostia, 31, Hollywood, Florida
8. February 12, 2002: Anthony Spencer, 35, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. March 27, 2002: Henry Canady, 46, Hilliard, Florida
10. May 17, 2002: Richard Baralla, 36, Pueblo, Colorado
11. June 10, 2002: Eddie Alvarado, 32, Los Angeles, California
12. June 15, 2002: Jason Nichols, 21, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
13. June 28, 2002: Clever Craig, 46, Mobile, Alabama
14. June 27, 2002: Fermin Rincon, 24, Fontana, California
15. June 2002: Unidentified male, 39, Phoenix, Arizona
16. July 19, 2002: Johnny Lozoya, Gardena, California
17. July 19, 2002: Gordon Jones, 37, Windermere, Florida
18. September 1, 2002: Frederick Webber, 44, Orange City, Florida
19. November 7, 2002: Stephen Edwards, 59, Shelton, Washington
20. March 16, 2003: Unidentified male, 31, Albuquerque, New Mexico
21. April 19, 2003: Terrence Hanna, 51, Burnaby, British Columbia
22. May 10, 2003: Joshua Hollander, 22, Normal Heights, California
23. June 9, 2003: Timothy Sleet, 44, Springfield Missouri
24. July 22, 2003: Clayton Willey, 33, Prince George, British Columbia
25. August 4, 2003: Troy Nowell, 51, Amarillo, Texas
26. August 8, 2003: John Thompson, 45, Carrollton Township, Michigan
27. August 17, 2003: Gordon Rauch, 39, Citrus Heights, California
28. September 24, 2003: Ray Austin, 25, Gwinnett, Georgia
29. September 29, 2003: Glenn Leyba, 37, Glendale, Colorado
30. September , 2003: Clark Whitehouse, 34, Whitehorse, Yukon
31. October 7, 2003: Roman Pierson, 40, Brea, California
32. October 11, 2003: Dennis Hammond, 31, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
33. October 21, 2003: Louis Morris, 50, Orlando, Florida
34. November 6, 2003: James Borden, 47, Monroe County, Indiana
35. November 10, 2003: Michael Johnson, 32, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
36. November 11, 2003: Kerry O’Brien, 31, Pembroke Pines, Florida
37. December 9, 2003: Curtis Lawson, 40, Unadilla, Georgia
38. December 9, 2003: Lewis King, 39, St. Augustine, Florida
39. February 4, 2004: David Glowczenski, 35, Southampton Village, New York
40. February 12, 2004: Raymond Siegler, 40, Minneapolis, Minnesota
41. February 21, 2004: Curt Rostengale, 44, Silverdale, Washington
42. February 21, 2004: William Lomax, 26, Las Vegas, Nevada
43. March 23, 2004: Perry Ronald, 28, Edmonton, Alberta
44. March 28, 2004: Terry Williams, 45, Madison, Illinois
45. April 1, 2004: Phillip LaBlanc, 36, Los Angeles, California
46. April 16, 2004: Melvin Samuel, 28, Savannah, Georgia
47. April 18, 2004: Alfredo Diaz, 29, Orange County, Florida
48. April 27, 2004: Eric Wolle, 45, Washington Grove, Maryland
49. May 1, 2004: Roman Andreichikov, Vancouver, British Columbia
50. May 13, 2004: Peter Lamonday, 38, London, Ontario
51. May 22, 2004: Henry Lattarulo, 40, Hillsborough, County Florida
52. May 27, 2004: Frederick Williams, 31, Lawrenceville, Georgia
53. May 30, 2004: Darryl Smith, 46, Atlanta, Georgia
54. May 31, 2004: Anthony Oliver, 42, Orlando, Florida
55. June 4, 2004: Jerry Pickens, 55, Bridge City, Louisiana
56. June 9, 2004: James Cobb, 42, St. Paul, Minnesota
57. June 9, 2004: Jacob Lair, 26, Sparks, Nevada
58. June 23, 2004: Robert Bagnell, 44, Vancouver, British Columbia
59. June 24, 2004: Kris Lieberman, 32, Bushkill Township, Pennsylvania
60. June, 2004: Bernard Christmas, 36, Dayton, Ohio
61. July 3, 2004: Demetrius Tillman Nelson, 45, Okaloosa County, Florida
62. July 11, 2004: Willie Smith, 48, Auburn, Washington
63. July 17, 2004: Jerry Knight, 29, Mississauga, Ontario
64. July 23, 2004: Milton Salazar, 29, Mesa Arizona
65. August 2, 2004: Keith Tucker, 47, Las Vegas, Nevada
66. August 8, 2004: Samuel Truscott, 43, Kingston, Ontario
67. August 11, 2004: Ernest Blackwell, 29, St. Louis, Missouri
68. August 11, 2004: David Riley, 41, Joplin, Missouri
69. August 13, 2004: Anthony Lee McDonald, 46, Harrisburg, North Carolina
70. August 16, 2004: William Teasley, 31, Anderson, South Carolina
71. August 19, 2004: Richard Karlo, 44, Denver, Colorado
72. August 20, 2004: Michael Sanders, 40, Fresno, California
73. August 24, 2004: Lawrence Davis, 27, Phoenix, Arizona
74. August 27, 2004: Jason Yeagley, 32, Winter Haven, Florida
75. August 29, 2004: Michael Rosa, 38, Del Rey Oaks, California
76. September 12, 2004: Samuel Wakefield, 22, Rio Vista, Texas
77. September 15, 2004: Andrew Washington, 21, Vallejo, California
78. September 20, 2004: Jon Merkle, 40, Miami, Florida
79. October 4, 2004: Dwayne Dunn, 33, Lafayette, Louisiana
80. November 2, 2004: Greshmond Gray, 25, LaGrange, Georgia
81. November 2, 2004: Robert Guerrero, 21, Fort Worth, Texas
82. November 7, 2004: Keith Raymond Drum, Clearlake, Califormnia
83. November 8, 2004: Ricardo Zaragoza, 40, Elk Grove, California
84. November 25, 2004: Charles Keiser, 47, Hartland Township, Michigan
85. November 27, 2004: Byron Black, 39, Lee County, Florida
86. December 4, 2004: Patrick Fleming, 35, Metairie, Louisiana
87. December 15, 2004: Kevin Downing, 36, Hollywood, Florida
88. December 17, 2004: Douglas Meldrum, 37, Wasatch County, Utah
89. December 17, 2004: Lyle Nelson, 35, Columbia, Illinois
90. December 23, 2004: Timothy Bolander, 31, Delray Beach, Florida
91. December 23, 2004: Ronnie Pino, 31, Sacramento, California
92. December 28, 2004: Christopher Hernandez, 19, Naples, Florida
93. December 29, 2004: Jeanne Hamilton, 46, Palmdale, California
94. December 30, 2004: David Cooper, 40, Marion County, Indiana
95. January 2, 2005: Gregory Saulsbury, 30, Pacifica, California
96. January 5, 2005: Dennis Hyde, 30, Akron, Ohio
97. January 8, 2005: Carl Trotter, 33, Pensacola, Florida
98. January 28, 2005: James Edward Hudson, 33, Chickasha, Oklahoma
99. January 31, 2005: Jeffrey Turner, 41, Lucas County, Ohio
100. February 10, 2005: Ronald Alan Hasse, 54, Chicago, Illinois
101. February 12, 2005: Robert Camba, 45, San Diego, California
102. February 18, 2005: Joel Don Casey, 52, Houston, Texas
103. February 20, 2005: Robert Heston, 40, Salinas, California
104. March 3, 2005: Shirley Andrews, 38, Cincinnati, Ohio
105. March 6, 2005: Willie Towns, 30, Deland, Florida
106. March 12, 2005: Milton Woolfolk, 39, Lake City, Florida
107. March 17, 2005: Mark Young, 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
108. April 3, 2005: James Wathan Jr., 32, Delhi, California
109. April 3, 2005: Eric Hammock, 43, Fort Worth, Texas
110. April 8, 2005: Ricky Barber, 46, Carter County, Oklahoma
111. April 22, 2005: John Cox, 39, Bellport, New York
112. May 3, 2005: Keith Graff, 24, Phoenix, Arizona
113. May 5, 2005: Kevin Geldart, 34, Moncton, New Brunswick
114. May 6, 2005: Stanley Wilson, 44, Miami, Florida
115. May 6, 2005: Lawrence Berry, 33, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
116. May 13, 2005: Vernon Young, 31, Union Township, Ohio
117. May 17, 2005: Leroy Pierson, Rancho Cucamonga, California
118. May 20, 2005: Randy Martinez, 40, Albuquerque, New Mexico
119. May 23, 2005: Lee Marvin Kimmel, 38, Reading, Pennsylvania
120. May 23, 2005: Richard Alverado, 38, Tustin, California
121. May 26, 2005: Walter Lamont Seats, 23, Nashville, Tennessee
122. May 28, 2005: Richard T. Holcomb, 18, Akron, Ohio
123. May 28, 2005: Nazario J. Solorio, 38, Escondido, California
124. June 4, 2005: Ravan Conston, 33, Sacramento, California
125. June 7, 2005: Russell Walker, 47, Las Vegas, Nevada
126. June 11, 2005: Horace Owens, 48, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
127. June 13, 2005: Michael Anthony Edwards, 32, Palatka, Florida
128. June 13, 2005: Shawn Pirolozzi, 30, Canton, Ohio
129. June 14, 2005: Robert Earl Williams, 62, Waco, Texas
130. June 24, 2005: Carolyn Daniels, 25, Fort Worth, Texas
131. June 24, 2005: Melinda Kaye Neal, 33, Whitfield County, Georgia
132. June 29, 2005: Pharoah Knight, 33, Miami, Florida
133. June 30, 2005: Gurmeet Sandhu, 41, Surrey, B.C.
134. July 1, 2005: James Foldi, 39, Beamsville, Ont.
135. July 7, 2005: Rocky Brison, 41, Birmingham, Alabama
136. July 12, 2005: Kevin Omas, 17, Euless, Texas
137. July 15, 2005: Ernesto Valdez, 37, Phoenix, Arizona
138. July 15, 2005: Paul Sheldon Saulnier, 42, Digby, Nova Scotia
139. July 15, 2005: Otis G. Thrasher, 42, Butte, Montana
140. July 17, 2005: Michael Leon Critchfield, 40, West Palm Beach, Florida
141. July 18, 2005: Carlos Casillas Fernandez, 31, Santa Rosa, California
142. July 23, 2005: Maury Cunningham, 29, Lancaster, South Carolina
143. July 27, 2005: Terrence L. Thomas, 35, Rockville Centre, New York
144. August 1, 2005: Brian Patrick O’Neal, San Jose, California
145. August 3, 2005: Eric Mahoney, 33, Fremont, California
146. August 4, 2005: Dwayne Zachary, 44, Sacramento, California
147. August 5, 2005: Olsen Ogoddide, 38, Glendale, Arizona
148. August 8, 2005: Unidentified male, 47, Phoenix, Arizona
149. August 26, 2005: Shawn Norman, 40, Laurelville, Ohio
150. August 27, 2005: Brian Lichtenstein, 31, Stuart, Florida
151. September 18, 2005: David Anthony Cross, 44, Santa Cruz, California
152. September 22, 2005: Timothy Michael Torres, 24, Sacramento, California
153. September 24, 2005: Patrick Aaron Lee, 21, Nashville, Tennessee
154. September 26, 2005: Michael Clark, 33, Austin, Texas
155. October 13, 2005: Steven Cunningham, 45, Fort Myers, Florida
156. October 20, 2005: Jose Perez, 33, San Leandro, California
157. October 25, 2005: Timothy Mathis, 35, Loveland, Colorado
158. November 1, 2005: Miguel Serrano, 35, New Britain, Connecticut
159. November 13, 2005: Josh Brown, 23, Lafayette, Louisiana
160. November 17, 2005: Jose Angel Rios, 38, San Jose, California
161. November 20, 2005: Hansel Cunningham, 30, Des Plaines, Illinois
162. November 26, 2005: Tracy Rene Shippy, 35, Fort Meyers, Florida
163. November 30, 2005: Kevin Dewayne Wright, 39, Kelso, Washington
164. December 1, 2005: Jeffrey Earnhardt, 47, Orlando, Florida
165. December 7, 2005: Michael Tolosko, 31, Sonoma, California
166. December 17, 2005: Howard Starr, 32, Florence, South Carolina
167. December 24, 2005: Alesandro Fiacco, 33, Edmonton, Alberta
168. December 29, 2005: David Moss, 26, Omaha, Nebraska
169. January 3, 2006: Roberto Gonzalez, 34, Waukegan, Illinois
170. January 5, 2006: Matthew Dunlevy, 25, Laguna Beach, California
171. January 13, 2006: Daryl Dwayne Kelley, 29, Houston, Texas
172. January 22, 2006: Nick Ryan Hanson, 24, Ashland, Oregon
173. January 25, 2006: Murray Bush, Metairie, Louisiana
174. January 27, 2006: Jorge Luis Trujillo, San Jose, California
175. January 28, 2006: Karl W. Marshall, 32, Kansas City, Missouri
176. January 31, 2006: Jaime Coronel, Castroville, California
177. February 13, 2006: Darval Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana
178. February 19, 2006: Gary Bartley, 36, Mandeville, Louisiana
179. February 24, 2006: Samuel Hair, 48, Fort Pierce, Florida
180. March 4, 2006: Melvin Anthony Jordan, 27, Norman, Oklahoma
181. March 8, 2006: Robert R. Hamilton, 42, St. Augustine, Florida
182. March 18, 2006: Otto Zehm, 35, Spokane, Washington
183. March 20, 2006: Timothy Grant, 46, Portland, Oregon
184. March 24, 2006: Theodore Rosenberry, 35, Hagerstown, Maryland
185. April 5, 2006: Thomas Clint Tipton, 34, Clearwater, Florida
186. April 15, 2006: Nick Mamino Jr., 41, St. Louis, Missouri
187. April 16, 2006: Billy Ray Cook, 39, Dublin, North Carolina
188. April 16, 2006: Juan Manuel Nunez III, 27, Lubbock, Texas
189. April 21, 2006: Alvin Itula, 35, Salt Lake City, Utah
190. April 24, 2006: Jose Romero, 23, Dallas, Texas
191. April 24, 2006: Emily Marie Delafield, 56, Green Cove Springs, Florida
192. May 1, 2006: Jeremy Davis, 24, Bellmead, Texas
193. May 7, 2006: Kenneth Cleveland, 63, Ashtabula, Ohio
194. May 25, 2006: Brian Davis, 43, Los Angeles, California
195. June 4, 2006: Felipe Herrera, 48, Las Vegas, Nevada
196. June 13, 2006: Jerry Preyer, 43, Pensacola, Florida
197. June 18, 2006: Jason Troy Dockery, 31, Coolville, Tennessee
198. June 21, 2006: Kenneth Eagleton, 43, Crosby, Texas
199. June 21, 2006: Joseph Stockdale, 26, Indianapolis, Indiana
200. June 24, 2006: John Martinez, San Jose, California
201. July 3, 2006: Jermail Williams, 32, South Bend, Indiana
202. July 7, 2006: Michael Deon Babers, 26, Shreveport, Louisiana
203. July 8, 2006: Christopher Tull, 36, Cincinnati, Ohio
204. July 9, 2006: Nickolos Cyrus, 29, Mukwonago, Wisconsin
205. July 11, 2006: Jesus Negron, 29, New Britain, Connecticut
206. July 23, 2006: Shannon Johnson, 37, Pittsboro, North Carolina
207. August 2, 2006: Anthony Jones, 39, Merced, California
208. August 4, 2006: Ryan Michael Wilson, 22, Lafayette, Colorado
209. August 8, 2006: Curry McCrimmon, 26, Melbourne, Florida
210. August 8, 2006: James Nunez, 27, Santa Ana, California
211. August 9, 2006: Glen Thomas, 33, Wabasso, Florida
212. August 17, 2006: Raul Gallegos-Reyes, 34, Centennial, Colorado
213. August 21, 2006: Timothy Picard, 41, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
214. August 23, 2006: Noah Lopez,25, Fort Worth, Texas
215. August 30, 2006: Jason Doan, 28, Red Deer, Alberta
216. September 1, 2006: Juan Soto, Jr., 39, Liberal, Kansas
217. September 5, 2006: Larry Noles, 52, Louisville, Kentucky
218. September 8, 2006: Perry Simmons, 35, Montgomery, Alabama
219. September 13, 2006: Laborian Simmons, 24, Marion County, Florida
220. September 17, 2006: Marcus Roach-Burris, 42, Menasha, Wisconsin
221. September 17, 2006: James Philip Chasse Jr., 42, Portland, Oregon
222. September 29, 2006: Joseph Kinney, 36, Madison Twp., Ohio
223. September 30, 2006: John David Johnson III, 27, Orange Park, Florida
224. October 1, 2006: Kip Darrell Black, 38, North Charleston, South Carolina
225. October 5, 2006: Michael Templeton, 50, Jonesboro, Arkansas
226. October 6, 2006: Herman Carroll, 31, Houston, Texas
227. October 9, 2006: James Simons, 35, Lincoln Park, Michigan
228. October 19, 2006: James Lewis, 37, Las Vegas, Nevada
229. October 19, 2006: Nicholas Brown, Milford, Connecticut
230. October 22, 2006: Eddie Charles Ham Jr., 30, Montgomery, Alabama
231. October 23, 2006: Michael Todd Gleim, 40, Milford, Ohio
232. October 29, 2006: Roger Holyfield, 17, Jerseyville, Illinois
233. October 30, 2006: Jeremy Foos, 29, Columbus, Ohio
234. November 9, 2006: William Jobe, 40, Federal Way, Washington
235. November 14, 2006: Timothy Wayne Newton, 43, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
236. November 14, 2006: Darren Faulkner, 41, Southaven, Mississippi
237. December 3, 2006: Briant K. Parks, 39, Columbus, Ohio
238. December 17, 2006: Terrill Enard, 29, Lafayette, Louisiana
239. December 30, 2006: Daniel Walter Quick, 43, Magalia, California
240. January 2007: James Barber, 25, Ottawa, Ontario
241. January 5, 2007: Calvin Thompson, 42, Gastonia, North Carolina
242. January 6, 2007: Douglas John Ilten, 45, Fort Pierce, Florida
243. January 7, 2007: Blondel Lassegue, 38, Queen’s, New York
244. January 9, 2007: Pete Carlos Madrid, 44, Fresno, California
245. January 17, 2007: Keith Kallstrom, 56, Milan, Michigan
246. January 18, 2007: Andrew J. Athetis, 18, Gilbert, Arizona
247. January 29, 2007: Michael Keohan, 45, Huntingdon Park, California
248. January 30, 2007: Christopher L. McCargo, 43, Dayton, Ohio
249. February 11, 2007: Stephen Krohn, 44, Mesa, Arizona
250. February 21, 2007: Martin Mendoza, 43, Oceanside, California
251. March 13, 2007: Muszack Nazaire, 24, East Naples, Florida
252. March 15, 2007: Randy Buckey, 42, Marion, Ohio
253. March 16, 2007: Ryan Lee Myers, 40, Essex, Maryland
254. March 17, 2007: David Brown, 47, Park Forest, Illinois
255. March 17, 2007: Unidentified male, West Covina, CA
256. March 23, 2007: Sergio Galvan, 35, San Antonio, Texas
257. April 10, 2007: Eugene Donjuall Gilliam, 22, Prattville, Alabama
258. April 11, 2007: Roberto Perez, 25, Indio, California
259. April 14, 2007: Unidentified male, Phoenix, Arizona
260. April 22, 2007: David Mills, 26, Hamden, Connecticut
261. April 23, 2007: Unidentified male, Houston, Texas
262. April 24, 2007: Louis Jermaine Broomfield, 35, Charleston, South Carolina
263. April 24, 2007: Walter Heller, 55, Santa Rosa, California
264. April 24, 2007: Uywanda Peterson, 43, Baltimore, Maryland
265. April 30, 2007: Roy Hamner, 59, Pearl, Mississippi
266. May 5, 2007: Daniel Bradley Young, 33, Seminole, Florida
267. May 7, 2007: Robert A. Keske, 45, Seminole, Florida
268. May 12, 2007: Trent A. Yohe, 37, Spokane, Washington
269. May 12, 2007: Jeffry Young, 54, Bremerton, Washington
270. May 14, 2007: Terrill Heath, 31, Baltimore, Maryland
271. May 16, 2007: Patrick D. Hagans, 42, Valleyview, Ohio
272. May 19, 2007: Milisha Thompson, 35, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
273. May 22, 2007: Kevin DeWayne Hill, 39, Knoxville, Tennessee
274. May 23, 2007: Raymundo Guerrerro Garcia, 33, Simi Valley, California
275. May 25, 2007: Steve Salinas, 47, San Jose, California
276. May 26, 2007: Marcus D. Skinner, 22, Seat Pleasant, Maryland
277. May 29, 2007: Doyle Moniki Jackson, 34, Benton Harbor, Indiana
278. May 29, 2007: Ramel Henderson, 51, San Diego, California
279. July 2, 2007: Richard Baisner, 36, Pasadena, California
280. July 8, 2007: Nathaniel Cobbs Jr., 25, Newburgh, New York
281. July 16, 2007: Albert Romero, 47, Denver, Colorado
282. July 20, 2007: Jermaine Thompson, 36, Kansas City, Missouri
283. July 25, 2007: Carlos Rodriguez, 27, Atlanta, Georgia
284. July 29, 2007: Ronald Marquez, 49, Phoenix, Arizona
285. August 2, 2007: Clyde Patrick, 44, Birmingham, Alabama
286. August 4, 2007: Gefery Johnston, 42, Chicago, Illinois
287. August 4, 2007: Stephen Spears, 49, Detroit, Michigan
288. August 4, 2007: James Barnes, 21, Omaha, Nebraska
289. August 11, 2007: Craig Berdine, 37, Fremont, Ohio
290. August 14, 2007: Rafael Forbes, 21, Jackson, Mississippi
291. August 15, 2007: James Wells, 43, Waterford, California (no. 275)
292. August 18, 2007: Thomas Campbell, 50, Baltimore, Maryland
293. August 23, 2007: Chad Cekas, 27, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
294. August 26, 2007: Glenn Shipman Jr., 44, Portland, Oregon
295. September 3, 2007: Earl Guerrant, 47, Golf Manor, Ohio
296. September 3, 2007: Charles Gordon, 26, Vallejo, California
297. September 9, 2007: Jorge Renteria Terrquiz, 25, Anaheim, California
298. September 20, 2007: Claudio Castagnetta, 32, Quebec City, Quebec
299. October 1, 2007: Samuel Baker, 59, Quitman, Georgia
300. October 1, 2007: Keith White, 44, Kansas City, Kansas
301. October 12, 2007: Michael Patrick Lass, 28, Orange County, California
302. October 14, 2007: Robert Dziekanski, 40, Richmond, BC
303. October 14, 2007: Donald Clark Grant, 54, Asheville, North Carolina
304. October 17, 2007: Quilem Registre, 39, Montreal, Quebec
305. November 1, 2007: Seldon Deshotels, 56, Lake Charles, Louisiana
306. November 2, 2007: Stefan McMinn, 44, Hendersonville, North Carolina
307. November 7, 2007: Roger Brown, 40, Miami, Florida
308. November 16, 2007: Paul Carlock, 57, Springfield, Illinois
309. November 18, 2007: Jesse Saenz, 20, Raton, New Mexico
310. November 18, 2007: Jarrel Gray, 20, Frederick, Maryland
311. November 18, 2007: Christian Allen, 21, Springfield, Florida
312. November 20, 2007: Conrad Lowman, Jacksonville, Florida
313. November 22, 2007: Howard Hyde, 45, Halifax, Nova Scotia
314. November 24, 2007: Robert Knipstrom, 36, Chilliwack, British Columbia
315. November 29, 2007: Ashley R. Stephens, 28, Ocala, Florida
316. November 30, 2007: Cesar Silva, 32, Los Angeles, California
317. December 10, 2007: Leroy Patterson Jr., 41, Walton County, Georgia
318. January 2, 2008: Brandon Smiley, 27, Mobile, Alabama
319. January 5, 2008: Ryan Rich, 33, Las Vegas, Nevada
320. January 9, 2008: Otis C. Anderson, 36, Fayetteville, North Carolina
321. January 11, 2008: Xavier Jones, 29, Coral Gables, Florida
322. January 15, 2008: Mark Backlund, 29, New Brighton, Minnesota
323. January 17, 2008: Baron Pikes, 21, Winnfield, Louisiana
324. January 18, 2008: Daniel Hanrahan, 44, Staten Island, New York
325. February 3, 2008: Louis Cryer, 32, Port Arthur, Texas
326. February 3, 2008: Joseph Davis, 50, Brandon, Mississippi
327. February 7, 2008: Richard Earl Abston, 53, Merced, California
328. February 19, 2008: Garrett Sean Farn, 41, Bakersfield, California
329. February 26, 2008: Barron Harvey Davis, 44, Mayes County, Oklahoma
330. March 4, 2008: Christopher Jackson, 37, Clay, New York
331. March 6, 2008: Javier Aguilar, 46, Roswell, New Mexica
332. March 18, 2008: Roberto Gonzalez, 24, Chicago, Illinois
333. March 20, 2008: Darryl Wayne Turner, 17, Charlotte, North Carolina
334. March 21, 2008: James Garland, 41, Deerfield Beach, Florida
335. March 29, 2008: Henry Bryant, 35, Indianapolis, Indiana
336. March 30, 2008: Walter Edward Haake Jr., 59, Topeka, Kansas
337. April 2, 2008: Jason Jesus Gomez, 35, Santa Ana, California
338. April 6, 2008: Yvelt Occean, 31, New Kent County, Virginia
339. April 22, 2008: Uriah Samson Dach, 26, Richmond, California
340. April 24, 2008: Kevin Piskura, 24, Cincinnati, Ohio
341. April 24, 2008: Dewayne Chatt, 39, Memphis, Tennessee
342. April 27, 2008: Paul Thompson, 24, Greensboro, North Carolina
343. April 28, 2008: Jermaine Ward, 28, Jackson, Tennessee
344. May 4, 2008: Joe Kubat, 21, St. Paul, Minnesota
345. May 6, 2008: James S. Wilson, 22, Alton, Missouri
346. May 28, 2008: Ricardo Manuel Abrahams, 44, Woodland, California
347. May 31, 2008: Robert Ingram, 27, Raceland, Louisiana
348. June 5, 2008: Willie Maye, 43, Birmingham, Alabama
349. June 6, 2008: Donovan Graham, 39, Meriden, Connecticut
350. June 8, 2008: Quintrell T. Brannon, 25, Vincennes, Indiana
351. June 9, 2008: Tony Curtis Bradway, 26, Brooklyn, New York
352. June 23, 2008: Jeffrey Marreel, 36, Norfolk, Ontario
353. June 24, 2008: Ernest Graves, 26, Rockford, Illinois
354. June 27, 2008: Nicholas Cody, 27, Dothan, Alabama
355. July 2, 2008: Isaac Bass, 34, Louisville, Kentucky
356. July 4, 2008: Othello Pierre, 23, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
357. July 8, 2008: Samuel DeBoise, 29, St. Louis, Missouri
358. July 8, 2008: Carlos Vargas, 42, San Bernardino, California
359. July 14, 2008: Marion Wilson Jr., 52, Houston, Texas
360. July 14, 2008: Deshoun Keyon Torrence, 18, Long Beach, California
361. July 22, 2008: Michael Langan, 17, Winnipeg, Manitoba
362. July 23, 2008: Richard Smith, 46, Dallas, Texas
363. July 26, 2008: Anthony Davidson, Statesville, 29, North Carolina
364. August 4, 2008: Jerry Jones, 45, Beaumont, Texas
365. August 4, 2008: Andre Thomas, 37, Swissvale, Pennsylvania
366. August 2, 2008: Lawrence Rosenthal, 54, Hemet, California
367. August 10, 2008: Kiethedric Hines, 31, Rockford, Illinois
368. August 15, 2008: Kenneth Oliver, 45, Miami, Florida
369. August 25, 2008: Ronald Adkisson, 59, Creston, Iowa
370. August 29, 2008: Stanley James Harlan, 23, Moberly, Missouri
371. September 3, 2008: Prince Swayzer, 38, San Jose, California
372. September 3, 2008: Andy Tran, 32, Garden Grove, California
373. September 11, 2008: Roney Wilson, 46, Hillsborough, Florida
374. September 17, 2008: Sean Reilly, 42, Mississauga, Ontario
375. September 19, 2008: Gabriel Bitterman, 23, Lincoln, Nebraska
376. September 25, 2008: Iman Morales, 35, New York, New York
377. September 30, 2008: Frank Frachette, 49, Langley, BC
378. October 1, 2008: Jose Anibal Amaro, 45, Orange County, Florida
379. October 18, 2008: Homer Taylor, 39, Chicago, Illinois
380. October 29, 2008: Trevor Grimolfson, 38, Edmonton, Alberta
381. October 31, 2008: Marlon Oliver Acevedo, 35, Riverside, California
382. November 2, 2008: Gordon Walker Bowe, 30, Calgary, Alberta
383. November 3, 2008: Adren Maurice Turner, 44, Mexia, Texas
384. November 10, 2008: Guy James Fernandez, 42, Santa Rosa, California
385. December 3, 2008: Leroy Hughes, 52, Covington, Kentucky
386. December 9, 2008: Quincy Smith, 24, Minneapolis, Minnesota
387. December 19, 2008: Edwin Rodriguez, 26, San Jose, California
388. December 21, 2008: Nathan Vaughn, 39, Santa Rosa, California
389. December 24, 2008: Unidentified man, 46, Houston, Texas
390. January 9, 2009: Derrick Jones, 17, Martinsville, Virginia
391. January 11, 2009: Rodolfo Lepe, 31, Bakersfield, California
392. January 22, 2009: Roger Redden, 52, Soddy Daisy, Tennessee
393. February 2, 2009: Garrett Jones, 45, Stockton, California
394. February 11, 2009: Richard Lua, 28, San Jose, California
395. February 13, 2009: Rudolph Byrd, Age Unknown, Thomas County, Florida
396. February 13, 2009: Michael Jones, 43, Iberia, Louisiana
397. February 14, 2009: Chenard Kierre Winfield, 32, Los Angeles, California
398. February 28, 2009: Robert Lee Welch, 40, Conroe, Texas
399. March 22, 2009: Brett Elder, 15, Bay City, Michigan
400. March 26, 2009: Marcus D. Moore, 40, Freeport, Illinois
401. April 1, 2009: John J. Meier Jr., 48, Tamarac, Florida
402. April 6, 2009: Ricardo Varela, 41, Fresno, California
403. April 10, 2009: Robert Mitchell, 16, Detroit, Michigan
404. April 16, 2009: Gary A. Decker, 50, Tuscon, Arizona
405. April 18, 2009: Michael Jacobs Jr., 24, Fort Worth, Texas
Source:
http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-follows-are-names-where-known.html


Many thanks to the AfroSpear, Afrosphere Action Coalition, and other international bloggers listed below:

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THANK YOU! Everyone! This was a great day of blogging for Justice! More work is needed on the Petition to Congress -http://www.petition2congress.com/2/1822/taser-torture-in-america-call-congressional-hearings/

Action Alert: Friday April 24, 2009 “A day of blogging for Justice ...


Asabagna - Afrospear Think Tank - http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/a-day-of-blogging-for-justice-standing-up-against-the-pre-trial-electrocution/
Wayne Hicks - Electronic Village - http://tinyurl.com/chedrx
Shawn Williams, Dallas South Blog.com - http://tinyurl.com/cx6h97
Nate, Nateo Blog - http://nateo.blogspot.com/2009/04/call-for-stopping-pre-trial.html
Antoinette - Antoinette's Point of View - http://aapov.blogspot.com/
Cherie S. - http://memoirofcherieamour.blogspot.com/
Mr. E-D - Excited-delirium.com
LN Rock, African American Opinion - http://africanamericanopinion.ning.com
Francis Holland - Francis L. Holland Blog - http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2009/04/police-pre-trail-execution-pigs-on.html
Kathy - Daily Kos Blogger - Do White People Care About Tasing? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/24/724113/-Do-White-People-Care-About-Tasing
Zhana - Ancestral Energies - http://ancestralenergies.blogspot.com/2009/04/no-to-pre-trial-electrocutions.html
The Kid - Pirate satellite: A Day of Blogging for Justice - http://kid-kidfunkadelic.blogspot.com/
Wayne Bennett, The Field Negro, Major side bar and link highlighting the importance of this day.
http://field-negro.blogspot.com/
Purple Zoe - UltraVioletUnderground - http://purplezoe.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justice-ban-pre.html
April Davis - Around Harlem.com http://blog-aroundharlem.com/2009/04/24/blogging-for-justice-standing-up-against-the-use-of-police-tasers/
PaJoyner - PlezWorld - http://pajoyner.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justice-death-by.html
Yobachi - Black Perspective.net - http://www.blackperspective.net/index.php/act-against-police-taser-abuse/
Ms. Lady Deborah - From my Brown Eyed View - http://msladydeborah.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justicestanding-up.html
Eddie G. Griffin (BASG) - http://eddiegriffinbasg.blogspot.com/2009/04/gravest-injustice.html
Rev. Sequoyah Kofi bin-Tomas, Intelligent Aboriginal News Service (IANS) - The Angry Indian - Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo: When "Non-Lethal" Weapons Kill
Wayne Hicks - Villager, OxDown. Firedoglake - http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/4927
Wayne Hicks - Villager - Electronic Village-.. http://tinyurl.com/59jet6 - Use of Force Continuum
SjP - Sojourners Place - http://sojournersplace.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogging-for-justice-stop-taser.html
LNRock - Post Racial Blog - http://postracial.blogspot.com/2009/04/tasering-and-toturing-black-americans.html
The SuperSpade - http://www.thesuperspade.com/taser-torture/
Anyway I Have To - http://underovr.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justice-standing-up.html
Vanessa Byers- On The Black Hand Side - http://www.blackhandside.net/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justice.html
It All Goes Here - http://nateo.blogspot.com/2009/04/call-for-stopping-pre-trial.html
Independent Bloggers Alliance - http://independentbloggersalliance.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justice-standing-up.html
Rover's Morning Glory - http://www.roverradio.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Black-kids-women-and-children-are-being-tasered-to-death-while-black....html&Itemid=382
Assata Shukur Forum - http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/open-forum/37831-4-24-blog-against-pre-trial-electrocution.html
RiPPa - The Intersection between Maddness and Reality - http://rippdemup.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justice-end-taser.html
Lola - Whatever Lola Wants - http://lolagetslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justice-standing-up.html
African American Political Pundit Report - http://aappreport.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-blogging-for-justice-standing-up.html
African American Political Pundit Blog - http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2009/04/blacks-tasers-and-torture-sign-online.html
Electrocuted While Black - http://electrocutedwhileblack.blogspot.com/2009/04/at-least-five-seventeen-year-olds.html

10 comments:

  1. Eddie, powerful post. The number of people being tased to death is scary. Thank you for working with other afrospear members to lead in this effort.

    Best wishes,

    AAPP

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  2. It's one thing to see a number - but to see the names attached to that number, well the impact is far more profound.

    Much obliged...

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  3. I agree this senseless practice must be stopped, my nephew was tased 8 times for resisting arrest in Ft. Worth. Funny thing is the only thing he was arrested for was resisting arrest. After two days of the police lying on the stand, a video was presented of the truth, a sad display of a pack mentality abusing a young man while he pleaded for them to stop and sssured he was not resisting arrest. The jury found my nephew not guilty. I just thank God every day he was not one of the fatalities.

    Mickie Dye, RN
    Waco, TX

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  4. Do you have a better recommendation in order to subdue a suspect and/or a criminal?

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  5. Excellent list provided.Thanks for giving this post out.

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  6. I hope Eddie or the website owner will respond to this question on this page. I was surprised to see how many people have been killed by tasers. My question is the following: Is this list only of black victims of tasers, or does this list include people of all races?

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  7. Anonymous, This represents an inclusive list of taser victims of all nationalities.

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  8. Thank-you for remembering my Uncle. He was killed way too young and with no purpose. He is missed everyday!

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  9. Thank you. #267 Robert A. Keske is missed by his son everyday. Murdered by 8 tasers for one man! These police get to be judge, jury, and executioners. There are other alternatives.

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