The family of Carlos Hunter

I was the invited photographer at a masked outdoor gathering for families of people murdered by police. Joe Bean Keller, one of the fathers, raised money through crowd funding so that 22 people from ten local families can join the March on Washington August 28th. The march will take place on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and it will be led by families of Black people killed by police.

Carlos Hunter left six children, four step-children, and a number of nieces and nephews when he was killed by police last year. His sister Pamela, the speaker in this photo, said he had been clean and sober, and uninvolved in gangs and drugs, for nineteen years when the police targeted him at a traffic stop mistakenly and killed him. As usual, the police were found not guilty of excessive force. Several of his children spoke about his kindness, his humor, and his generosity.

One of the speakers, now a minister, said he was a policeman in his youth, for six months. He learned that police who kill people are given pay raises, bonuses, and paid vacations. He heard one policeman bragging about having gotten rid of human "waste." He saw other policemen cheering for those who "scored" a death and patting each other on the back.

One of the mothers said the policeman who killed her daughter had detained her daughter forty-five times before he killed her. "He was obsessed with my daughter," she said. "He was stalking her, and finally he killed her."

I put an album of photos on Facebook. I hope this link works. Thanks to Ms Mun for the tech help. I also posted an album on Flickr.