His name is King Sha'mar Overton. He was a nine-year-old child from Richmond, Virginia, described by family as “funny, witty, and full-of-life.”
King died at a Henrico County swim camp on June 15, and the timeline surrounding the child’s death has left his mother, LaTaisha Johnson, with unanswered questions.
King’s camp group went swimming for one hour. He was pulled, unresponsive, from the bottom of the pool twenty minutes after his session ended. The workers at SwimRVA don’t even know if he drowned during the swim lesson.
Johnson said when she dropped her son off that morning, a staff member told her that King was "in the right place for swimming lessons," and she "didn’t have to worry." The next time she saw King, he was full of water.
This mother sent her child to swim camp to learn how to swim, but he drowned because the teachers weren’t paying attention. We will continue to support King Overton’s family until they receive answers, accountability, and justice.
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A 9-year-old boy was building a fort with his friends in Naperville, Illinois. A man came out of his home and allegedly hurled a racial slur at the child, pushed him, and threw his bike. It is horrific that this young king has to experience hate so young. This is why we fight. We are glad to see felony hate crime charges filed. Our children are allowed to play in our communities. Hate has no place in our neighborhoods, our streets, or anywhere near our children.
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Story after story of white people being randomly violently to black children.
White kids go to black neighborhoods and get fed and nurtured, black kids go to white neighborhoods and get abused.
This is Hunter Foster, the white supremacy, KKK cop that shot and murdered Kohen Wiley, the one year old Black baby while working as a police officer.
Hunter Foster has a recorded history of conduct complaints, made by his fellow officers, of his use of racial slurs and misconduct.