Black Lives Matter Timeline 2/26/2012: George Zimmerman Shoots Trayvon Martin In Sanford, FL 3/1/2012: A Million Hoodies For Justice Is Created To 3/22/2012: A call for the arrest of Support The Arrest Of George Zimmerman results in a George Zimmerman petition on Change.org. It receives over 1.3 million signatures 3/26/2012: A month after Trayvon Martin's death 3/26/2012: 6 NY State rallies take place across Senators wear hoodies in the county the capitol chamber in 3/28/2012: Congressman honor of Martin Bobby Rush (D-IL) is thrown off of the House floor for wearing a hoodie 4/4/2012: The CBC introduce a in protest congressional resolution, H. Res. 612 regarding the death of Trayvon 4/6/2012: A group of students Martin and gun control from Gainesville, Tallahassee, Miami, and Orlando begin a 40-mile protest (The Dream Defenders) 4/11/2012: George Zimmerman is charged 4/19/2012: Stand Your with second-degree Ground for Justice Town murder Hall held in Sanford, sponsored by the National 6/20/2012: Sanford Police Bar Association Chief Bill Lee Is Fired 7/13/2012: George Zimmerman is acquitted of 7/14/2013: Patrisse Cullors re-posts a the murder of Trayvon message about the acquittal of Martin George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin with the hashtag 7/20/2013: First massive protest #blacklivesmatter occurs for Trayvon Martin; over 1,000 people stage a sit-in in Times Square 11/2/2013: Renisha McBride is killed by a Theodore Wafer in Dearborn Heights Michigan 7/17/2014: Eric Garner is murdered by police in Long 7/18/2014: New York Daily News Island, New York Releases The Video of Garner’s 7/21/2014: The four EMS workers Death who responded after Garner went into cardiac arrest are 7/22/2014: About 100 people suspended without pay gather in a vigil and march for Eric Garner in Tompkinsville 7/23/2014: Hundreds gather in Brooklyn for Garner's funeral, 8/1/2014: The city's medical including his six children. examiner rules Garner's death a homicide, saying a chokehold killed him. 8/5/2014: John Crawford is shot and killed by police in Beavercreek, Ohio 8/9/2014: Michael Brown is shot by officer Darren Wilson in 8/9/2014: Black lives Matter Ferguson Missouri Freedom riders take buses to Ferguson Missouri in support of protestors 8/10/2014: Brown’s parents hire attorney Benjamin Crump 8/10-8/30 2014: Massive protest erupt in Ferguson, Missouri 8/12/2014: Barack Obama relating to the death of Michael releases a statement on the Brown death of Brown 8/13/2014: Police teargas protestors, massive news 8/14/2014: McCaskill states that coverage across the world the military presence in covers this event Ferguson has increased due to the events of the protest 8/15/2014: Darren Wilson is identified as the shooter in the Brown case 8/15/2014: Solidarity protest break out in cities across the country in support of the Ferguson protestors 8/15/2014: Ferguson police chief releases surveillance video and dispatches of the robbery Brown 8/16/2014: Ferguson is declared is accused of to be in a state of emergency by McCaskill 8/18/2014: Governor Nixon releases the National Guard in Ferguson 8/19/2014: Donovan announces the Garner case will go to a grand jury, saying 8/20/2014: Attorney General Eric that after reviewing the Holder visits Ferguson medical examiner's findings 8/23/2014: More than 2,500 people march through Staten Island to protest Garner's death. 8/25/2014: Michael Brown is buried 8/30/2014: Protests in St. Louis stop traffic for 4 1/2 hours as a symbolic tribute to the amount 9/16/2014: Wilson testifies in of time Brown spent lying in the front of a grand jury sun 9/24/2014: A grand jury rules there will be no indictment of 10/8/2014: Vonderitt D. Myers Jr. Darren Wilson in the death of is killed by the St. Louis police John Crawford 10/11/2014: Thousands march for police reform and an 10/21/2014: Governor Nixon indictment on Darren Wilson in announces his plan to create the St. Louis Ferguson Commission 10/26/2014: Myers Jr. is buried 11/16/2014: Hundreds of protestors stay a die in to symbol the 100 days that have passed since the death of Brown 11/20/2014: Akai Gurley is killed by a rookie police officer in NYC 11/22/2014: 12-year-old Tamir Rice is killed in a playground by a police officer while holding a toy gun 11/24/2014: The grand jury decides not to indict Darren 11/25/2014: Thousands of Wilson for the death of Michael protestors march to the DOJ in Brown DC following the release of the 11/25/2014: Thousands of verdict protestors march to Times 11/25/2014: Stand up to racism Square following the release of and the London Black the verdict Revolution organize a protest outside of the London Embassy 11/26/2014: LA: Protestors shutdown the 101 in LA 11/26/2014: Thousands of Protestors continue to march through Manhattan for the next 11/26/2014: About 200 members 24 hours of the Black Youth Project staged a sit-in outside Mayor 11/28/2014: Thousands of activists Rahm Emanuel's office Tuesday launch #blackoutblackfriday, afternoon. shutting down malls and highways across the country 11/30/2014: St. Louis Rams participate in a one the field protest 12/1/2014: US House Reps stand in solidarity symbolizing "Hand Up, Don't Shoot" on the house floor 12/3/2014: A grand jury decides not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric 12/3/2014: Hundreds of Protests Garner break out across the city in support of Eric Garner 12/3/2014: Eric Holder announces a full federal 12/4/2014: Thousands of investigation on the death of Protestors in NYC block traffic, Eric Garner shutdown Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge 12/4/2014: Hashtag activists create the hashtag #AliveWhileBlack in response to the verdict in the Garner case 12/6/2014: #BlackBrunch Protestors disrupt dinners in NYC 12/8/2014: Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers wears 12/11/2014: Black Congressional an #ICan'tBreathe shirt in Staffers Stage A #HandsUpDon'tShoot solidarity during a basketball Walkout In Support Of Garner and game Brown 12/13/2104: DC Ferguson stages a protest to Capitol Hill 12/14/2014: We The Protestors Begins Planning Meetings To 12/22/2014: Black Lives Matter Create Policy Brief protest fills Mall Of America 12/24/2014: Antonio Martin is killed by St. Louis police 1/8/2015: Essence Magazine dedicates their cover to Black Lives Matter 1/19/2015: Thousands of protesters around the country engage in #ReclaimMLK 1/21/2015: Black Lives Matters protests Protestors Interrupt Capitol Hill Lunch 1/22/2015: Black Lives Matter release their Black State Of The 2/1/2015: African American Policy Union Address Forum releases document on the deaths of black women by police brutality and coin the hashtag 3/4/2015: DOJ releases it report #SayHerName on Ferguson 4/18/2015: Freddie Gray is killed in police custody in Baltimore, MD 4/19/2015: Massive protest erupt in Baltimore. 6/29/2015: BLM activists stage a die-in at UN General Assembly following meetings on police brutality 7/13/2015: Sandra Bland dies in police custody in Texas 7/18/2015: Black Lives Matter members disrupted the NetRoots national annual convention of cyber activists in Phoenix, Arizona. .