"Of the three women who spoke—the mothers of Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, and Jordan Davis—none told stories of murderous police officers: In Bland’s case, the cause of death was suicide; Martin was the victim of a vigilante; Davis of a civilian at a gas station. While there were women onstage whose children had been killed by police, they remained in the background while Geneva Reed-Veal, Lucia McBath, and Sybrina Fulton delivered their poignant and heart-rending remarks."

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2016/07/a_powerful_and_pragmatic_approach_to_criminal_justice_at_the_dnc.html