Danroy "DJ" Henry, October 17, 2010

Pace University senior and football player Danroy "DJ" Henry was shot and killed by Pleasantville, New York police officer Aaron Hess after being approached by Mount Pleasant police officer Ronald Beckley (Other reports list him as having the last name Gagnon). The ensuing chaos resulted in Hess jumping on top of the car and shooting into the car after Henry lost control due to being shot.

Jesse Belvin and Wife JoAnn, February 6, 1960

A hit singer who co-wrote the song "Earth Angel" which later became the music group's The Penguins biggest hit was killed in a mysterious hate crime murder after receiving death threats for playing to an integrated audience in Little Rock, Arkansas. A white police officer who came to the scene of the car crash which killed Mr. and Mrs. Jesse and JoAnn Belvin said he believed the tires had been tampered with, but the crash was ruled an accident. Belvin had received death threats before and during the concert which had to be stopped twice before proceeding due to violent agitators in the crowd who did not believe in race mixing. UPDATE: A request has been made to induct Jesse Belvin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The requirements are that the artist must have released an album. His wife JoAnn Belvin who was talented in her own right did not fit the requirements due to her having not released an album.)

Leo Alexander Jones, March 24, 1998

Leo Jones was executed on March 24, 1998 for the killing of Officer Thomas J. Szafranski on May 23, 1981 in Jacksonville, Florida. A fellow officer named Cleveland Smith always knew that Jones was innocent and was repeatedly harassed and intimidated for trying to seek justice for Jones in pursuit of the truth. Witnesses recanted their story and Jones himself reported being beaten in interrogation. He said a prayer to GOD and walked to his electrocution maintaining his innocence.

Kendrec McDade, March 24, 2012

19-year-old Kendrec McDade was shot to death by Pasadena officers Jeff Newlen and Mathew Griffin in Pasadena, California and was handcuffed despite being mortally wounded. Considerable time passed before EMS was called to the scene. Update: A protest is scheduled in front of the Pasadena NAACP Awards Banquet after the Pasadena NAACP branch awarded the Police Chief an award. Please ask the Pasadena Police Chief to answer questions in regards to McDade's death by emailing him at Psanchez@cityofpasadena.net.

Dane Scott, Jr. March 14, 2012

Captain Randy Harrison was recently charged with felony manslaughter for the shooting death of unarmed teenager Dane Scott in Del City, Oklahoma.

Jonny Gammage, October 12, 1995

Lieutenant Milton Mullholland and Officer John Vojtas of the Brentwood Police Department, Sgt. Keith Henderson of the Whitehall Police Department, and Officer Michael Albert of the Baldwin Police Department killed Jonny Gammage (sometimes spelled "Johnny Gammage") on State Route 51 on October 12, 1995, after stopping him due to racial profiling in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Muholland had claimed that Gammage was "driving erratically" because he made brake stops on the road. Muholland and Albert were tried twice which both ended in hung juries, and their attorneys successfully argued that a third trial would be double jeopardy. Vojtas was acquitted by an all white jury.

Herbert Lee Murder, September 25, 1961

Farmer Herbert Lee, 52, was shot and killed by E. H. Hurst, a Klan member of the Mississippi Legislature, on September 25, 1961 in Liberty, Mississippi.