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Autopsy Initiative Free Autopsies for Police Related Deaths Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns about the Initiative, please contact us. ​ AutopsyInitiative@knowyourrightscamp.com (212) 716-0990 Ext. 0990 Entertainment Industry Foundation C/O: Know Your Rights Camp 10880 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA 9002

LOVE IS AT THE ROOT OF OUR RESISTANCE WHO WE ARE Our mission is to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders. DONATE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMP 10 POINTS

DETROIT, MICHIGAN APRIL 13, 2024 Driven by a passionate commitment to uplift Black and Brown communities, Know Your Rights Camp wholeheartedly embraces the power of education to inspire self-empowerment, mobilize communities, and pioneer transformative systems. These efforts aim to elevate a new generation poised to lead profound change. Our camps embody the heart and soul of this mission, turning our deeply held beliefs into vibrant, tangible realities. ​ Our 12th camp was held at Cass Technical High School in Detroit and was an unforgettable day filled with inspiration and learning. We welcomed eager young minds from across the region, immersing them in their rich heritage while ensuring they learned their legal rights. Youth in attendance were presented with valuable knowledge about finance and opportunities within the tech industry. The event also emphasized the importance of nurturing both the mind and body through presentations about mental health and physical health. By the end of the day, every child left with their spirits soaring, equipped with the knowledge and tools to transform their communities and the world. ​ We are deeply grateful for our co-founders Colin & Nessa, the KYRC team and it's volunteers as well as the various presenters at KYRC Detroit: Brandan ‘BMike’ Odums and the Eternal Seeds team (Art), Cyekeia Lee and Mariela Regalado (Education), Melissa Jean-Baptiste (Finance), Crystal Bernard and Alana Burke (History), Nicole and Cayden Brown (Legal Rights), Haven Essien & Dr. Daicia Price (Mental Health), Armond Rashaad (Physical Health) and Antoine Digital (Technology). Their dedication and passion have been instrumental in making our mission a reality, and we are honored to have them as part of our community. ​ For all of the youth that were in attendance, please take some time and review the resource guide. Visit The Detroit Resource Guide SEE YOUR PHOTOS WITH COLIN Visit The Detroit Resource Guide

KYRC 2023 Wrapped KYRC Empowers The Community With Hydrogen Fuel Cell EVs ESPN Films Announces Spike Lee to Direct Upcoming Multi-Part Documentary on Colin Kaepernick Laptops and Netflix Gift Cards Donated To Students at Community School 55 KYRC + Ergatta will donate 100 connected rowers to support health in Black and Brown communities. Our Books Are Weapons Initiative KAEPERNICK PUBLISHING TO RELEASE ABOLITION FOR THE PEOPLE ON 10/12/21 New Mural Goes Up in Tampa Honoring Colin Kaepernick & Know Your Rights Camp's Activism Ben & Jerry’s and Colin Kaepernick Unite to Change the Whirled $25,000 Grant to Reskill America: The Great Rehiring Initiative for Laptops Know Your Rights Camp Provides Over $1.75 Million In Partnerships and Collaborative Grants $1,000,000 to community bail funds in collaboration w/ the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation $20,000 Grant to Friends of Island Academy in NY for food, PPE, education to formerly incarcerated. $20,000 Grant to the People's Breakfast Oakland for food, PPE, shelter & more to the houseless. $10,000 to Access Books for Education, Food + Stimulating small business economy

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Autopsy Initiative Free Autopsies for Police Related Deaths Pathologist Request Form Pathologist First Name Pathologist Last Name Email Phone Area Code Are you a board-certified forensic pathologist ? Yes No Where are you licensed to practice? Interest Experience Additional Information Please Upload your Resume/CV: Upload File Upload supported file (Max 15MB) Submit Thanks for submitting! If you would like to support our efforts and fight against oppression, please donate to the Know Your Rights Camp. ​ Donate

MIAMI, FLORIDA OCTOBER 27, 2018 Held in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood at The Historic Lyric Theater on October 27, 2018, our sixth Know Your Rights Camp served over 250 youth. Speakers included Ameer Loggins, doctoral student in African Diaspora Studies at U.C. Berkeley; civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump; Ashley Armato, Senior Associate Director of College Counseling/ Equity and Inclusion Co-Coordinator; Angel Rich, financial literacy speaker; Dr. Brandon Nicholson, Akeem Brown, and Dr. Hodari Tourè at The Hidden Genius Project; Ime Archibong, VP of Product Partnerships at Facebook; Camille Range, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist; and Yareli Quintana, certified holistic health coach. We teamed up with Abstrk to produce our Miami Resource Guide. SEE YOUR PHOTOS WITH COLIN RESOURCE GUIDE Legal resources Community Wellness Mental Health Resources College/Career Services Public Libraries VIEW RESOURCE GUIDE

Autopsy Initiative Free Autopsies for Police-Related Deaths Autopsy Initiative Definitions The Autopsy Initiative (“Initiative”) applies to police-related deaths and in-custody deaths, which are defined in detail below. This Initiative refers to deaths that occur within the prison industrial complex. The prison industrial complex describes the “overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems.” [1] Police- Related Deaths A police-related death is not solely limited to acts of police but also includes acts by various law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers are “responsible for enforcing laws, maintaining public order, and managing public safety.”[2] Thus, a police-related death includes acts by police officers, sheriffs, correctional officers, state troopers, highway patrol officers, ICE, border patrol, and other law enforcement agents. A police-related death occurs when an individual “dies as a result of being shot, beaten, restrained, intentionally hit by a police vehicle, pepper sprayed, tasered, or otherwise harmed by police officers, whether on-duty or off-duty.”[3] If the officer is off duty, the police must be acting in their law enforcement capacity or in a manner where a reasonable person would believe that the individual was acting as a police officer. ​ Critical Resistance “What is the PIC? What is Abolition?” http://criticalresistance.org/about/not-so-common-language/ Mapping Police Violence Database, “About the Data” https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/aboutthedata Find Law Staff, “Excessive Force and Police Brutality”, https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-procedure/excessive-force-and-police-brutality.html 10 CFR § 1047.7 Deaths In-Custody In-custody deaths include, but are not limited to, deaths that occur within a municipal or county jail, state prison, federal prison, boot camp prisons, detention centers, or other local or state correctional facilities, including juvenile detention facilities. In-custody deaths include “deaths in which the circumstances of the death place the decedent in either direct or indirect contact with law enforcement, such as incarceration, apprehension, and pursuit,”[4] along with legal intervention deaths. Deaths in-custody encompass the “death of any person who is detained, under arrest, or is in the process of being arrested, is en route to being incarcerated or is incarcerated.”[5] In-custody deaths subcategories include “arrest, transport, booking, incarceration, and health care.”[6] An in-custody death during an arrest “takes place during a physical struggle to apprehend an individual.”[7] Deaths that occur while transporting an individual from the scene to jail or hospital falls into the transport subcategory of in-custody deaths.[8] A booking involves the “time when an individual is transferred from the custody of the arresting officer to that of the correctional agency and is being processed and temporarily housed prior to placement in a jail cell.”[9] Incarceration occurs when the individual is placed in a jail cell and “continues through sentencing into incarceration.”[10] “If an individual is transferred to a hospital while incarcerated, [they are] still considered to be in legal custody.”[11] Pre-custody deaths may also meet the requirements of an in-custody death if “there is a perceived restraint of [their] freedom of movement.”[12] “The pre-custody category includes all deaths that occur prior to the physical restraint associated with arrest (i.e., apprehension).”[13] Pre-custody deaths may also include deaths that arise during an investigatory detention, an automobile stop, or an evidentiary search and seizure by a law enforcement officer. A seizure occurs when an “officer restrains the freedom of a person to walk away.”[14] [1] Critical Resistance “What is the PIC? What Is Abolition?” http://criticalresistance.org/about/not-so-common-language/ [2] Bureau of Justice Statistics: Law Enforcement https://bjs.ojp.gov/topics/law-enforcement [3] Mapping Police Violence Database, “About the Data” https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/aboutthedata [4] Mitchell et al, Deaths in Custody Position Paper, ACADEMIC FORENSIC PATHOLOGY: THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, 606 (2017). [5] Id. [6] Id. at 607. [7] Id. [8] Id. [9] Id. [10] Id. [11] Id. at 608. [12] Id. at 607. [13] Id. [14] Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 7 (1985) citing United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 878, 95 S. Ct. 2574, 2578, 45 L.Ed.2d 607 (1975). Police Related Death

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MAY 6, 2017 Held at the DuSable Museum of African American History on May 6, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, our third Know Your Rights Camp served over 200 youth. Speakers included Ameer Hasan Loggins, doctoral student in African Diaspora Studies at U.C. Berkeley; Yareli Quintana, a certified holistic health coach; Jay Morrison, real estate investor & entrepreneur; and Eliza Solowiej, Charles Jones, and Guillermo Gutierrez of First Defense Legal Aid. We teamed up with Free Write Arts & Literacy to produce our Chicago Resource Guide. SEE YOUR PHOTOS WITH COLIN RESOURCE GUIDE Legal resources Community Gardens Health Services Local Arts College/Career Services VIEW RESOURCE GUIDE

"COLIN IN BLACK & WHITE:" THE KAEPERNICK CURRICULUM WATCH ON NETFLIX We're proud to present the "Colin in Black & White" curriculum. With 80+ pages of political education resources and activities, we hope this curriculum will helpfully guide you through Colin Kaepernick's 6-episode series on Netflix! DOWNLOAD

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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND MARCH 23, 2019 Held in downtown Baltimore on March 23, 2019, our seventh Know Your Rights Camp served over 450 youth. Speakers included Dr. Ameer Loggins, writer & professor; civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump; Jatali Bellanton, author and financial advisor; Dr. Trina L Fletcher and Tina L. Fletcher, entrepreneurs, scholar-activists, and owners of Fletcher Education Solutions; and Quentin Vennie, speaker, entrepreneur, and best-selling author. We also partnered with The Hidden Genius Project on programming and teamed up with artist Aaron Maybin on our Baltimore Resource Guide. SEE YOUR PHOTOS WITH COLIN RESOURCE GUIDE Legal Resources Community Gardens Farmers Markets Tech Resources Mastering the ACT and SAT VIEW RESOURCE GUIDE

DONATE NOW COVID-19 IS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE Hundreds of years of structural racism is making Black and Brown communities more vulnerable to the coronavirus. Black and Brown people are more likely to be infected, less likely to be tested, less likely to be treated, and more likely to die from COVID-19. “Time and again, a state or county releases racial data. Time and again, those numbers reveal a sizable racial disparity. Time and again, black Americans are overrepresented among the infected and dead. America’s newest infection seems to be mating with America’s original infection, reproducing not life, but death." - Ibram X. Kendi, Founder and Executive Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center. ​ TOTAL DONATIONS RAISED TO HELP WITH COVID-19 RELIEF: $1,004,535 HIGHLIGHTS HOW IS STRUCTURAL RACISM CAUSING DISPROPORTIONATE OUTCOMES FOR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE DURING THIS PANDEMIC? HOUSING Black and Brown people are less likely to own homes and are more likely to live in densely populated areas limiting their ability to practice social distancing. EMPLOYMENT Black and Brown people work service jobs at a much higher rate than white people. This leads to higher social interaction and increases their likelihood of being exposed to the virus. TRANSPORTATION Black and Brown people are less likely to own cars and more likely to use public transportation meaning exposure to more people in smaller areas. MEDICAL RACISM Black and Brown people are less likely to have health insurance and more likely to pay higher premiums for insurance before ever seeking treatment. When they seek treatment, they are likely to receive worse care and are less likely to be believed when describing their ailments. If there are medical shortages, like a limited number of ventilators, a white person may be more likely to receive treatment over their Black and Brown counterpart. INCARCERATION America’s prisons are disproportionately filled with Black and Brown people. The inhumane conditions have led to COVID-19 outbreaks. Many in the prison population are there because they had a parole infraction or are in pretrial detention due to lack of bail money. COVID-19 can be a death sentence to them. COMORBIDITIES Black and Brown people deal with higher rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and respiratory illnesses that exacerbate the symptoms of COVID-19. This is due to them being more likely to live in poor, population-dense food deserts that may expose them to environmental harm which cause the underlying illnesses. CITY/STATE/COUNTY DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY COVID-19 Due to the rapidly evolving nature of this pandemic we will update our data regularly. NEW YORK CITY In New York City, data shows that the communities hit hardest by the pandemic are the lower-income communities in the outer boroughs, where a higher percentage of the population is Black and Brown. Black people represent 22% of New York City’s population and 28% of the deaths from COVID-19. Brown people represent 29% of New York City’s population and 34% of its deaths from COVID-19. CHICAGO In Chicago, which is 30% Black, 70% of all coronavirus cases in the city and more than half of the state’s deaths are Black people. LOUISIANA In Louisiana, more than 70% of people killed by COVID-19 are Black, while only representing 32% of the population. The majority of those deaths are in New Orleans. MICHIGAN In Michigan, Black people account for 33% of COVID-19 cases and 41% of deaths. ST. LOUIS In St. Louis, MO, 100% of the deaths from COVID-19 are Black people. MILWAUKEE In Milwaukee County, which is 27% Black, 81% of deaths are Black people. HOW YOU CAN HELP We've established The Know Your Rights Camp COVID-19 Relief Fund to help address the needs of Black and Brown communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. Your charitable donation will help address... FOOD Food insecurity is already a crisis in the US. COVID-19 has only made this crisis worse. We will work with local restaurants, which have been hit hard by stay-at-home orders, to stimulate the economy by buying food and distributing to the community and essential workers. SHELTER RELIEF COVID-19 has caused immediate and severe devastation to people’s housing security. Over 22 million people have filed for unemployment and many more are facing this challenge without government assistance. We will partner with organizations to help cover essential living costs for those needing shelter relief. EDUCATION We cannot truly understand the disproportionate ways structural racism has exacerbated the COVID-19 outbreak in Black and Brown communities without proper information, data and research. We are using the COVID Tracking Project and The Antiracist Research & Policy Center's Racial Data Tracker to give the most up to date information on how COVID-19 is affecting Black and Brown communities. PPE (PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT) As the government imposes mandatory use of PPE’s like facemasks, Black and Brown people will need access to this protective equipment to avoid contracting and spreading COVID-19 but also to avoid aggressive fines and policing. We will acquire PPEs and work with community partners to distribute them. CRIMINALIZED & INCARCERATED POPULATIONS Crowded conditions have already led to COVID-19 spreading viciously through prison populations. Many of those incarcerated are being held for minor charges or pretrial detention. They should not face a possible death sentence at the hands of COVID-19. We will work with partner organizations to pay bail, reduce prison populations, help stop the spread of coronavirus and save lives. DONATION RECIPIENTS Check back for the latest updates. Renowned Forensic Pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht Passes Away, Leaving a Lasting Legacy in Justice and Science KYRC Podcast: The Importance Of Know Your Rights Camp For Liberating Black & Brown Youth | S3, E1 Reparations Case Over Racial Discrimination Against Black Veterans Moves Forward After Judge Denies Motion Dismissal Hana Taylor Schlitz Becomes Youngest Graduate of Texas Woman's University at 16 Following Her Mother's Death Studies Show That School Segregation Between Black & White Students Have Returned To 1968 Levels Reports Find That Wealth Gap Between White Families and Black, Hispanic Families Surpasses $1 Million in 2022 Secondary Autopsy Leads To $6 Million Payout For The Family Of Shayne Sutherland Records Show Border Patrol Agents Joked About Killing Migrant Children County Deputy Accused Of Transporting Fentanyl Following Cartel Investigation Bill That Lets Teachers Carry Guns In School Passed By State Legislators Study Shows That States Botched More Executions Of Black Prisoners Than Other Races New Details Emerge In The Death of 17-Year-Old Kadarius Smith Who Was Run Over By Police Car Reports Find That Suicide Rates For Black Women & Girls Over The Past Two Decades Have Surged From 1.9 to 4.9 Per 100,000 AP News Reports On Dozens Of Deaths Due To Injecting Sedatives Into People Restrained By Police Viral Video Shows Police Pulling A Teen's Pants Down & Complete Invasive Search With Flashlight Video Of Frank Tyson's Death At The Hands Of Police Evoke Memories Of George Floyd Ten Years After Flint Water Crisis, A Lack Of Urgency Stalls "Proper Justice" According To Report 185 Human Rights Groups Demand Universities End Crackdowns on Anti War Protest Dr. James D. Griffin Becomes First Black President Of Medical Staff At Segregated Hospital He Was Born In Black Man Speaks On Being Attacked By K-9 Over Cop Mistake In Reading His License Plate Information 3 Police Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter Over 2021 Death Of Mario Gonzalez Turning Paige's Islamic Learning Center Owner Wins $4.1 Million Police Brutality Verdict More Families Come Forward Claiming Deceased Inmates Had Organs Removed Without Their Consent Rikers Island Is Violating An 8-Year-Old Court Mandating Access To Education For Incarcerated People Under 22 According To New Court Filings New Bill Introduced Will Create Hotline For Prisoners To Report Misconduct To An Accountability Office Police Tasered Man Having Diabetic Emergency At Walmart Women’s Prison Where Inmates Were Subjected To Sex Abuse Closed By Bureau Of Prisons Deputy Christopher Bingham Faces Multiple Charges For Crimes Committed With Local Motorcycle Gang Senate Committee Shuts Down Body Cam Transparency Bill The Right To Mass Protest In Louisiana, Mississippi & Texas Is Abolished By The Supreme Court Lawyers Want Body Camera Footage Of Ex-Police Sergeant Mark Oakley Following 14 Complaints Of Police Brutality Affirmative Action Ruling Finds Duke University Ending Full-Ride Scholarship Program For Selected Black Students Morgan Price Makes History As The First HBCU Gymnast To Win National Collegiate Title Black Teenager Ralph Yarl Relives Being Shot In The Head By Andrew Lester After Ringing Wrong Doorbell Man Says Police Tased Him During Medical Seizure & Tried To Cover It Up Officer Who Blinded Black Woman During 2020 Protest Exonerated Associated Press Report Shows How A Secondary Autopsy Disproved Police's Initial Accounts Of Jameek Lowery's Death Non-compliance With In-Jail Voting Law Leads To ACLU To Threaten Lawsuits Donald Armstrong Left Paralyzed By Police During Mental Health Episode Anti-Discrimination Bill Written Without Black Lawmakers According To Representatives Veteran Carl Grant Got Lost Going Shopping Due To Dementia & Died Months Later After Being Body-Slammed By Police Leaders Within The United Nations Galvanize Action For Reparations For People Of African Descent Investigation Shows City Paid Out Over $21.5 Million To Settle Complaints Against Police Department 3 Black Men Who Made Up The "Chester Trio" Get Their Murder Convictions Overturned Two Decades After Being Sentenced Will.i.am Calls For Regulation Of Artificial Intelligence State Attorney General Andrew Bailey Is Accused Of Racial Bias For Pinning A Viral Student Fight On Diversity Program 14-Year-Old Naya Ellis Invents Watch That Picks Up Early Signs Of Stroke & Gets Recognized in National STEM Contest Officer Acquitted For 2020 Death Of Manuel Ellis Resigns From Neighboring Sheriff's Office Two Days After Being Sworn In Oklahoma Supreme Court To Hear Final Case For Tulsa Massacre Survivors' Right To Trial for Reparations South Carolina Teachers Used Black Student as 'Target Practice' on Mostly White Tennis Team, 'Allowed' Her to be Bullied After She Dared to Report the Discrimination, Lawsuit Alleges NUMBER OF CASES WORLDWIDE 72,221,634 CORONAVIRUS CASES 1,612,014 DEATHS NUMBER OF CASES IN THE UNITED STATES 16,368,406 CORONAVIRUS CASES 302,141 DEATHS Due to the rapidly evolving nature of this pandemic we will update our data regularly. REFERENCES "Racial Inequalities in Managerial and Professional Jobs" . Population Reference Bureau. Elizabeth Kneebone and Natalie Holmes. "The Growing Distance Between People and Jobs in Metropolitan America" . Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings Nathalie Baptiste. "Study: Black People Are 75 Percent More Likely to Live Near Toxic Oil and Gas Facilities" . MotherJones Jamila Taylor. "Racism, Inequality, and Health Care for African Americans" . The Century Foundation. David R. Williams, PhD, MPH and Ronald Wyatt, MD, MHA. "Racial Bias in Health Care and Health Challenges and Opportunities" . JAMA Network. Cecilia Reyes, Nausheen Husain, Chrity Gutowski, Stacy St. Clair and Gregory Platt. "Chicago’s Coronavirus Disparity: Black Chicagoans are Dying at Nearly Six Times the Rate of White Residents, Data Show" Ibram X Kendi. "What the Racial Data Show" . The Atlantic Jeffery Martin. "All Coronavirus Deaths in St. Louis, Missouri Have Been African Americans" . Newsweek.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMP Legal Defense Initiative We are horrified by the murder of 29-year-old #TyreNichols by the #Memphis Police Department. As we have done in the past, the Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Initiative will provide resources for free legal representation for anyone unjustly arrested protesting this tragedy. When there is an injustice within our community, it is our legal right to address it. If you or a loved one is in need of legal assistance, has been arrested, or has been a victim of the violence of policing while fighting injustice across the nation, please complete the form on knowyourrightscamp.com/legal with as much detail as possible. ​ Once you have completed the form and it has been submitted, it will be sent to our legal team, and one of our team members will be in touch as soon as possible. ​ ​ If you would like to support our efforts and fight against oppression, please donate to the Know Your Rights Camp. ​ CLICK HERE TO DONATE DONATE For Legal Assistance If you, or a loved one is in need of legal assistance, have been arrested or has been a victim of the violence of policing while fighting injustice across the nation, please complete the form below with as much detail as possible. Someone will be in contact soon. SUBMIT

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