Can you actually name a single victim of police brutality from 2022?

Mainstream media has moved on, but police brutality rages forward, as bad as it has ever been.

Do you see that image above?

That’s 15 year old Savannah Graziano. She was unarmed earlier this week when she was shot and killed by police as it appeared she was running toward them to be rescued from a violent kidnapping in San Bernardino County, California. At first, police claimed she was shot and killed in a shootout, but they have since admitted that the only gun found on the scene of the shooting was a rifle that was in the trunk of the car. In other words, police murdered an unarmed child in cold blood that was running toward them for help. But police are so terrified of their own shadow that instead of rescuing her, they killed her instead.

That was THIS WEEK. I can literally tell you a thousand more stories just like this from 2022, but you would hard pressed to see them trending on social media or getting serious coverage on the news. The nation, by in large, has moved on from the crisis of police violence. It’s no longer en vogue. But believe me, the crisis is as bad, if not worse, as it has ever been. As we stand, 2022 is on pace to be the deadliest year ever measured for police violence - topping the new record set just last year.

But when I ask most people, including friends, family, and even people I’d expect to be able to name a single victim of police violence from 2022, 100% of the people I’ve asked can’t name a single soul. I’m not disappointed in them, of course, but why it’s happening this way is something I need us to address.