>> botham jean! >> reporter: the names botham jean and tatiana, now a rallying cry. >> she wasn't killed. she was murdered. >> reporter: flash points in the national conversation on police and the use of deadly force. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: highlighted by a new study that found black men are 2.5 more times likely to be killed by police than white men. botham jean is one of that number. he was fully conscious of the stigma he bore as a man of color. >> he loved to dress well, and i would ask, what do you think that you must look the part every time? he said to me, mommy, i know what it is when i walk into an elevator and a little white lady pulls her bag closer to her. i dress well so that i am not mistaken. >> they can see your truth, lord. i pray for your hand of protection and guidance. >> reporter: as an active church member, the 26-year-old's voice lifted up the congregation. >> he was about forgiveness. he was about compassion. he was about reaching the underserved and underprivil

. >> and botham jean. >> botham jean is my son.s my little brother. he is the kindest, sweetest person you could ever know. >> they lived in different parts of the country, but fell victim to the same tragic all too common cycle of violence in america. 20-year-old danny was shot and killed by police in 2010 while sitting in a car after a college football game celebration in mt. pleasant, new york. 17-year-old honor student antwon was shot in the back three times by a rookie officer at a traffic stop in east pittsburgh in 2018. and 26-year-old botham was shot dead in his own dallas, texas apartment in 2018 by his neighbor, an off-duty police officer who claims she got off on the wrong floor and thought she was entering her own apartment. they were each robbed of their futures, but their families want to turn these tragedies into a movement to overcome the fear and misunderstanding that's causing a deadly american epidemic. >> i know that it will never be the same. you don't hear his basketball coming through or me yelling out the do