Eleanor Bumpurs Shot Dead by NYPD Over $96.85 Back Rent

Eleanor Bumpurs, a 66-year-old Black woman with a history of mental illness, is shot twice and killed by NYPD Officer Stephen Sullivan during an eviction attempt at her Bronx public housing apartment. The city sought to remove her for $96.85 in back rent. Sullivan is indicted for manslaughter but acquitted in 1987, sparking widespread protests.