Trayvon Martin and 7 Black Men Who Should Be Alive Today. The combined jail time after seven incidents? Seven dead = 23 months. In every incident, the absence of involvement by the pursuer would have meant seven people would be alive today. What do all the cases have in common? The victims: All Black males. All unarmed. As the City of New York continues to pay out millions in wrongful death suits one wonders: Does our society care when innocent people who also happen to be Black are killed for doing nothing? Diallo, Bell, Dorismond, Stansbury, Zong In 1984, it was Bernie Goetz. Goetz shot four Black males on a New York City subway after one asked for five dollars. All were unarmed. There was no physical altercation. Goetz shot all four, paralyzing one, saying he feared he’d be mugged. Eighteen months before Goetz said, “the only way we’re going to clean up this street is to get rid of the spics and niggers.” Goetz and his defenders said the shootings were justified because of fear. In 1999, it was Amadou Diallo, 23. Diallo had no criminal record and no weapon. New York Police mistook Diallo for a rape suspect. An officer at the scene yelled “gun” and 41 shots were fired by four plain clothes officers. Diallo had no gun, only his wallet. All were acquitted. In 2000, it was Patrick Dorismond, 26. Dorismond, a security guard, was shot and killed by a NYPD plain clothes police officer after being approached by undercover officers who asked where they could buy marijuana. An argument ensued and Dorismond was shot and killed. No one was charged. A grand jury found the shooting was an accident. In 2003, it was Ousmane Zongo, 24. Zongo was shot and killed by an undercover police officer dressed as a mailman during a raid for counterfeit goods. He was unarmed and had no criminal record. The officer was convicted of criminally negligent homicide but served no jail time. In 2004, it was Tim Stansbury, 19. Stansbury was shot in a rooftop stairwell by a police officer who admitted he was startled and pulled the trigger accidentally. Stansbury had no gun and no criminal record. A grand jury found the shooting was accidental. “There appears to be no justification for the shooting,” Chief Ray Kelly said at the time. In 2006, it was Sean Bell, 23. Once again, a cop at the scene yelled “gun” – but no gun was found. Plain clothes NY City Police fired 50 rounds at three males: Two Black, one Hispanic. Bell was shot four times and died on his wedding day. He had no criminal record. No one was found guilty. In 2009, it was Oscar Grant, 23. Grant was shot in the back and killed by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle. Mehserle feared Grant was reaching for a weapon as he held him face down on a subway platform. Grant had no weapon. Grant had previously served time for drug possession. The Justice Department opened a case against Mehserle. He would serve less than a year in jail. Last month, Ramarley Graham, 18, was shot to death in the bathroom of his mother’s house after NY police gave chase. A plain clothes narcotics officer believed Graham had a gun. No gun was found. Graham had been previously arrested for marijuana possession and burglary. o were not engaged in unlawful activity.
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