black lives matter By afreiwald Feb 26, 2012 George Zimmermann shoots Trayvon Martin in Sanford, FL Mar 22, 2012 Change.org petition for arrest of Zimmermann gets 1.3 million signatures Mar 26, 2012 Rallies take pace across county Apr 11, 2012 George Zimmermann charged with 2nd degree murder Jun 20, 2012 Sanford police chief BIll Lee fired Jul 13, 2013 George Zimmermann acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin Jul 14, 2013 Patrisse Cullors posts with the hashtag #blacklivesmatter Jul 20, 2013 First big protest for Trayvon Martin; 1000 people in Times Square Jul 17, 2014 Eric Garner murdered by police in Long Island, New York Jul 18, 2014 New York daily news releases video of Garner's death Jul 22, 2014 100 people gather for vigil and march for Garner in Tompkinsville Jul 23, 2014 Hundreds gather for Garner's funeral Aug 1, 2014 Garner's death ruled a homicide; killed by chokehold Aug 9, 2014 Michael Brown shot by Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri Aug 9, 2014 BLM freedom riders take buses to Ferguson Period: Aug 10, 2014 to Aug 30, 2014 Massive protests in Ferguson Aug 12, 2014 Obama releases statement on death of Brown Aug 13, 2014 Police teargas protestors, gets world news coverage Aug 14, 2014 Military prescence increases in Ferguson Aug 15, 2014 Solidarity protests break out across country Aug 15, 2014 Ferguson police chief releases video of accused robbery and dispatch Aug 16, 2014 Ferguson declared to be in state of emergency Aug 18, 2014 Governor of Missouri sends in National Guard Aug 19, 2014 Garner case announced to go to grand jury Aug 25, 2014 Michael Brown is buried Nov 22, 2014 12-year-old Tamir Rice killed by police Nov 24, 2014 Grand jury does not indict officer for killing Michael Brown Nov 25, 2014 Protests break out in DC, NYC, London Nov 26, 2014 LA protestors shut down the 101 Dec 3, 2014 Grand jury does not indict officer that killed Eric Garner Dec 3, 2014 Hundreds of protests break out in support of Garner Dec 4, 2014 Protestors shut down Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge Dec 22, 2014 BLM protests fill Mall of America Dec 24, 2014 Antonio Martin killed by St. Louis police Jan 21, 2015 BLM protestors interrupt Capitol Hill lunch Jan 22, 2015 BLM releases "Black state of the union" address Mar 4, 2015 DOJ releases report on Ferguson Apr 18, 2015 Freddie Gray killed in police custody in Baltimore Apr 19, 2015 Protests erupt in Baltimore Jun 29, 2015 BLM stages "die-in" at UN general assembly Jul 13, 2015 Sandra Bland dies in police custody in Texas