Justice for Sharon Deville

Sharon Deville should be alive today. She wasn’t a threat. She wasn’t a criminal. She was a 28-year-old Black woman having a mental health crisis—a moment when she needed care, patience, and protection. Instead, what she got was armed officers storming into her home. What she got was a bullet. What her family got was silence.

According to police, officers were dispatched to perform a "wellness check" after Sharon's family called out of concern. They claimed Sharon had a knife and posed an imminent threat. But multiple eyewitnesses say differently. Neighbors report she was sitting on the floor, visibly upset, unarmed, and no threat to anyone. She wasn’t charging. She wasn’t holding a weapon. She was in pain—and instead of help, she got a death sentence.

Let that sink in: a Black woman, in her own home, in emotional distress, executed by the very people trained to "protect and serve." And what did the city do? They closed the case. Quietly. No indictment. No accountability. The officer who pulled the trigger was placed on paid leave—for a few weeks—and is now back on duty. Back on the street. As if nothing happened.

This is not an isolated case. This is a system at work—a system that treats Black pain as provocation and Black life as disposable. How many more times will police be called to help, and leave behind a body? How many times will truth be buried under phrases like “standard protocol” and “pending investigation”?

We are tired of the lies. Tired of the cover-ups. Tired of watching our people be brutalized, killed, and then blamed for their own death.

Sharon’s name deserves to be shouted. Her story deserves to be heard—not just as another headline, but as a spark for action.

We demand:

• The release of all body camera footage.

• A full independent investigation.

• Immediate disciplinary action and termination of all officers involved.

• Investment in trained, unarmed mental health responders—not more militarized police.

Sharon didn’t fail the system. The system failed her. Over and over again.

Her life mattered. Say her name. Say it with anger. Say it with purpose. Say it until this never happens again.