Diamond Reynolds later said that she live - streamed the incident on Facebook because she «wanted it to go viral,» so that everyone would understand the kind of treatment black people in the U.S. are routinely subjected to at the hands of the police. (fortune.com)
Fifty - one % said they found news stories about the deaths of people at the hands of police officers, or news about ambush attacks on police in three states, to be among the year's most important news events. (businessinsider.com)
The powerful video portrayed, with frank brutality, the October 2014 death of 17 - year - old Laquan McDonald at the hands of a police officer who shot the teenager 16 times. (fortune.com)