two videos, one from a police helicopter and another from a police dashboard camera, show terence crutcher walking away from police officers with his hands raised high in the air just before he was shot and killed. these images have evoked feelings of fear, sadness and outrage and serve as a reminder that the lives of black men and boys continue to be devalued and destroyed with impunity at the hands of the state. to date, not one of the police officers who killed these men and boys have been convicted of a single crime. from the arrival of the first -- in jamestown in 1619 to the present day, black boys and men have been unlawfully killed by those who were sworn to uphold the law and by vigilantes who took the law into their own hands. the national museum of african-american history and culture which owned its doors on september 24th, 2016, includes exhibits that tell the story of many of these killings. yet these killings are not just a part of african-american history. they have continued well into the 21st century, almost 400 years after the beginning of slavery, and persist with remar