Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shooting of Kimani Gray


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The result was   delete. JohnCD (talk) 23:05, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Shooting of Kimani Gray

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Not enough evidence of this shooting meeting WP:EVENT. While it did lead to four days of protest in Gray's neighborhood, after it subsided, practically all coverage of this shooting stopped completely. It only affected a small section of the city and had little to no impact on society. There is no high profile investigation or trial for the officers involved (like the Sean Bell shooting incident), no coverage of Gray's family filing a lawsuit or taking other judicial actions against the city (like the Shooting of Amadou Diallo), no references in any music, film, etc. (like the Death of Yusef Hawkins), and no national media frenzy (like Trayvon Martin or Rodney King). Those cases continued to receive coverage and discussion years after they happened. List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, March 2013 already has an entry for this shooting that is sufficient enough to cover it.

Added for IP  Neil N   talk to me  15:17, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete – Murders like this happen in NYC often, and this is a barely notable murder that was briefly made famous only because it sparked a small protest (see WP:NOTNEWS; this seems like something that one would read in a newspaper). Why is this particular murder more notable than the others? Epicgenius (talk) 03:11, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete This has not reached the level of notice to warrant an article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:40, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
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