People's Investigation into the San Francisco Police Killing of Asa Sullivan

On June 6, 2006, Asa Sullivan was fatally shot 17 times when San Francisco Police responded to a “well-being check” at his residence. After an eight year struggle waged by Asa’s family and the community to bring the wrongful death suit to court, the jury refused to award damages, affirming the SFPD defense that Asa desired “suicide by cop.” To successfully appeal the decision, Asa's family, backed by the community and the ongoing support of their lawyer Ben Nisenbaum, needs to raise funds for the trial transcripts that document the many fabrications, inconsistencies, and forms of judicial bias that shaped the trial. It is rare that killings by police make it to trial and it dangerous when state killings of civilians are condoned as suicides. The appeal for the 2006 killing of Asa Sullivan provides an opportunity to expose patterns of law enforcement impunity that will support the struggles of many families across the Bay Area and nation.

Together we can fight this injustice but the family and the People's Investigation need funds to purchase the court transcripts! For information on the case, the struggle, and the transcript fundraiser see https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/asa-benjamin-sullivan-transcripts-fund#home

The investigation is supported by Idriss Stelley Foundation, Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy (CCRA), SF Mission Copwatch, Inter Council for Mothers of Murdered Children and others across the community.