12/10/14 Mothers of Sons Slain by Police at US Justice Department

Collette Flanagan, mother of Clinton Allen, who son was shot and killed by Dallas Police March 10, 2013, speaks at a candlelight vigil in front of the Justice Department December 10 sponsored by Code Pink.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Jeralyn Blueford, whose 18-year-old son Alan Blueford was killed by Oakland police, addresses a gathering at the US Justice Department December 10.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Jeralyn Blueford, whose 18-year-old son Alan Blueford was killed by Oakland police, addresses a gathering at the US Justice Department December 10.  /Photo by Nancy Shia

Dannette Chavis, mother of Gregory Chavis who lost a son to a shooting by NYPD, speaks passionately at a candlelight vigil in front of the US Justice Department December 10.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Mother of Oscar Grant, an 18-year old unarmed teenager who was killed by the BART police in San Francisco

Collette Flanagan, mother of Clinton Allen, who son was shot and killed by Dallas Police March 10, 2013, speaks at a candlelight vigil in front of the Justice Department December 10 sponsored by Code Pink.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Dorothy Elliott, whose son Archie Elliott was killed by a

Prince George's County police officer on June 18, 1993, speaks at a candlelight vigil in front of the Justice Department December 10.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Marion Hopkins, mother of Gary Hopkins, who was killed by PG County police when he was 19 in 1999.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

Emmett Till’s second cousin Erica Gordon-Taylor speaks to a candlelight vigil the Justice Department December 10.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Eugene Puryear, organizer of DC Ferguson movement, speaks in front of US Justice Department.  /Photo by Nancy Shia