Petition We demand a response to the killing of African Americans by the U.S police.

Following the murders of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, we demand an official response from Her Majesty’s Government in parliament and international pressure on the US Government, the US Congress and the US Department of Justice to reform its gun laws and police use of deadly force.

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Over the years, investigations into the high profile police killings of the following victims have yielded no police convictions:
Mike Brown (unarmed, shot whilst complying with police orders)
Tamir Rice (12 year old shot without question for holding a toy gun)
Eric Garner (unarmed, choked to death)
Rekia Boyd (unarmed girl, shot without warning in the head)
Amadou Diallo (unarmed, shot 41 times)
Sean Bell (unarmed, shot 50 times on his wedding day)
Kimani Gray
Freddie Gray

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Date closed 2 February 2017
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