Audubon Ballroon (he/him)Growing list of those born or died on April 4 in any year
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist.
Martin Luther King Jr.
(born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972)
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was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971.
On April 4, 2015, Walter Scott, a 50-year-old Black [Man], was [executed] by Michael Slager, a local [pig]
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in North Charleston, South Carolina. Slager had stopped Scott for a non-functioning brake light. Slager was charged with [execution] after a video surfaced showing him [executing] Scott from behind while Scott fled, which contradicted Slager's report.
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The racial difference led to the belief that the [executing] was racially motivated, generating widespread controversy.
In December 2017, Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with the judge determining that the underlying offenses were second degree [execution] and
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obstruction of justice.
On April 4, 2022, Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was [executed] by [pig] Christopher Schurr of the Grand Rapids [pig] Department during [an alleged] scuffle between the two. After Lyoya began to flee the scene,
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Schurr attempted to detain him, and unsuccessfully [executed] a taser at Lyoya. Lyoya [allegedly] attempted to disarm [pig] Schurr of the weapon and was successful in disarming him. [pig] Schurr then discharged one round from his firearm into the back of Lyoya’s head.
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The four [pigs] had opened fire in 2018 on Saheed Vassell, 34, after mistaking a metal pipe in his hand for a firearm.
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