Malissa Williams

Malissa Williams

2012 Cleveland police killing of two Black people

📍 Cleveland, Ohio USA

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The shooting deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, two Black American individuals, occurred in East Cleveland, Ohio on November 29, 2012, when the sound of vehicle's exhaust backfiring caused police to erroneously claim shots were fired at them as Russell and Williams drove by. A 22-minute police chase which started in downtown Cleveland, involving over 60 officers over 23-miles ended in Russell and Williams being shot over 20 times each and killed in their car inside a parking lot of a middle school.

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