Justice For Eudes Pierre

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Justice For Eudes Pierre

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The page is dedicated to Eudes Pierre with goals to shed light on mental health in our community and to employ alternative solutions to how police handle those affected in order to prevent future tragedies.

12/20/2025

They say time heals all wounds. That is not true. Four years later, this day reopens scars that may appear to have stopped bleeding, but will never fully heal.

Four years ago, we woke up to the most traumatic and inconceivable occurrence that we could ever prepare for or imagine. NYPD and the media releasing statements and news eluding that a deranged, crazed man was an imminent danger to the community. Headlines like “Suicide by Cop” attempting to justify and perpetuate that an unidentified individual got what he deserved; wanting to be gunned down by police.

Two days later, confronts and denounces this narrative, humanizing him. His name is Eudes Pierre. A 26 year old, young man, in an apparent mental health crisis calls 911, A Cry for Help. Eudes is a 26 year old black man, a beloved young man, with strong ties to the community and cared for by many family and friends. A young man reentering a new reality like many of us post a global pandemic, just reopening after quarantine. A young man a few credits from graduating college, but taking a break because of what we can only imagine were pressures, obstacles, and triggers hindering him. His own mind turning against him. Lack of resources and services. Stigma and shame. A young man who on a Monday morning, at 4:10 am, is in distress and concludes the only thing he can do is dial 911.

Four years later, Eudes Pierre is more than these headlines. He is a cautionary tale. He is someone who earns and deserves dignity. He is someone whose Legacy will be to shed light, bring awareness, and transform Mental Health crisis response to a system that is compassionate, considerate, and careful. A system encouraging continuum of care and encouraging preventative measures to reduce or avoid crisis to begin with.

Eudes, though you are gone you are never forgotten. It is because of how you lived, how you loved, how you supported, and cared for us is why your essence will never die. It’s what allows that catastrophic moment four years ago to propel a meaningful movement now.

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12/19/2025

💔 Four Years Ago: December 22, 2021 - Press Conference

Description: Victim's Family Speaks Out following Fatal Police Shooting in Brooklyn

Marguerite Jolivert, mother of the late spoke out regarding his death on Monday after being shot and killed by NYPD Officers in Brooklyn, while armed with a knife

ATTORNEY SANFORD RUBENSTEIN STATES: “NYPD don’t kill the mentally ill, has been a rallying cry of New Yorkers for some time in our city. The death of Eudes Pierre is not the first time in this city a mentally ill person has been killed by a member of the NYPD. The question that needs to be answered is was Eudes Pierre an imminent threat to the lives of the Police Officers who shot and killed him. This family will fully cooperate with the investigation of the Attorney General’s Office.”

Video by HG (FNTV FREEDOMNEWS.TV)
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✊🏾 RALLY, MARCH, VIGIL: Saturday, 12.20.25. - Justice for Eudes Pierre @ 71st Precinct

12/18/2025

🗣 King: "How are you feeling as this anniversary approaches?"

🗣 Rholan: "I rather have my brother here...enjoying life with us."
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As we approach the four year anniversary of Eudes' fatal encounter with NYPD, joined Early Morning Tuesdays - Good Morning Nueva York w/ on , 99.5 FM radio to humanize Eudes, and invite the public to join us Saturday. 12.20.25 for Justice for Eudes Pierre.

We invite you to listen to how much Eudes is cherished and missed by Sharlee and Sheina Banatte, cousins of Eudes, alongside his older brother, Rholan Pierre. We encourage you to listen to the pain that still exists. Time passing does not extinguish or diminish such a profound loss. And we ask you to join Eudes' family and friends, , and the community, in solidarity, this SATURDAY, @ 4:10pm, as we rally outside the 71st Precinct, 421 Empire Blvd, Brooklyn, NY, 11225, to remind the NYPD and NYC, 📣 NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!

The audio has been archived, and the link is posted to our link.tree. The interview is the 2nd half of the show, starting @ about 30mins.

See you Saturday! ✊🏾

12/11/2025

Between cold weather and holiday stress, December can feel overwhelming. Here are a few mental health reminders for the winter days ❄️
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SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, 12.20.25 - MISSING EP

12/05/2025

In 15 days, we relive the day, the devasting moment that altered our lives forever: The killing of by officers while he was experiencing an apparent crisis, four years ago.

This fight doesn’t get easier, lighter, nor can there ever be a notion to let up pressure or to stop fighting for justice and transformation. That’s how much Eudes matters...still, incessantly.

December, a month containing holidays, festivities, and celebrations have forever been robbed from me and my family. We now have to move forward with remnants, remembering a life lived while simultaneously grieving a life taken.

We will continue this battle by saying Eudes’ name, sharing his story, and continue to shed light on what has pained us, but has also empowered us on this journey to vitalize accountability and change.

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, Decemer 20th, 2025 - REMEMBERING EP

[Video: Recorded at the NAARPR 2025 Conference, 11.14.25]

11/23/2025

Repost • What does “defund the police” even mean?

Afeni, a black activist, and Kevin, a white cop, have different definitions. We asked Kevin to listen to Afeni's perspective without arguing. Eventually, he understood her.

Not in the sense of suddenly agreeing, but in the deeper way that comes from actually hearing someone’s pain instead of preparing your rebuttal.

Afeni was grateful that a cop was willing to listen.

To watch the full episode on Youtube, click the link in our bio.

11/21/2025

Repost from • Correct Crisis Intervention Today (CCIT-NYC) issued the following statement in response to the Adams Administration’s plan to reconfigure New York City’s Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division (B-HEARD).

11/20/2025

Congratulations to our Managing Director of Advocacy, Sheina Banatte, on her Recognition as an Advocate in NYC, fighting for Mental Health awareness and decriminalization.

“Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman and the Monique for NY fundraising committee, are delighted to congratulate Sheina Banatte, Mental Health, on being nominated to receive an award at the Holiday AD58 Community Award Fundraiser, Sunday, 11.30.25. This recognition reflects Sheina’s unwavering commitment, hard work, and dedication to our community.”

Please see the link in our link.tree to support and congratulate Sheina for this Acknowledgement.

11/06/2025

FOREVER EP ♾️🕊 Thank you, In Solidarity ✊🏾✨️

Repost 🏵️🌹 The Día de los Mu***os Digital Ofrenda: An Altar of Love and Struggle 🌹🏵️

On this sacred and final day of El Día de los Mu***os, the Justice Warriors Collective's digital altar stands complete.

Today, we open our hearts and share this sacred space. It is a beacon of light and remembrance, overflowing with the names, faces, and stories of our loved ones whose lives were taken too soon.

Every photo and every name on our digital Ofrenda is a declaration that our love for them is forever and that we will NEVER let their stories be silenced.

May all of our loved ones continue to Rest Easy in Paradise.

Until Next Year. Feliz El Dias De Los Mu***os everyone.

Together We Rise. Together We Endure. Together We Triumph. 🐦‍🔥

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10/29/2025

[EXCERPT] After years of advocacy from the mental health community and its allies, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sept. 26 retired the term “emotionally disturbed person,” or — long considered disparaging — and signed legislation requiring all state and city agencies, including law enforcement, hospitals, fire departments and correctional facilities, to replace the term with person-first language: “person experiencing an emotional crisis” ( / ). The 911 system will also have to adopt the new term.

A coalition of mental health peers — individuals with personal experience of mental health conditions or substance use disorder who use that experience to help others in recovery — and mental health care advocates have long argued that the acronym EDP stigmatizes people experiencing a mental health crisis.

Christina Sparrock, founder of the New York City Mental Health Collective and chair of the Mental Health Committee within Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso’s Maternal Health Task Force, has pushed for a language change for more than a decade. She has advocated for recovery-oriented language that promotes dignity, respect and humanity.

Sheina Banatte, managing director of Advocacy Justice for the Eudes Pierre Coalition, is the cousin of Eudes Pierre, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Pierre was shot 10 times and killed by NYPD officers on Dec. 20, 2021, while the 26-year-old Crown Heights resident and CUNY College of Staten Island student was experiencing a .

“Officers knew was in an apparent mental health crisis, but they reduced him to that experience. His humanity was disregarded. Eudes was not seen as a person first nor given ,” Banatte said.

Banatte said the new law will encourage person-first language at a time when the mental health community and its allies are advocating to remove police as first responders to mental health crisis calls.
“Hopefully, this will reduce the stigma, reduce the shame, and provide more compassion,” she said. <

To read the article in its entirety, please see the link in our link.tree.

10/22/2025

RESISTANCE is our SURVIVAL. UNITY is our POWER. ✊🏾

Repost from: .i.t._ This Wed Oct 22 at 1pm, join us for an art build and training in support of the 30th National Day Of Protest Against Police Brutality, Repression and The Criminalization of a Generation with and

10/17/2025

⚠️💚 PERSON-FIRST LANGUAGE is a communication style that prioritizes the individual by emphasizing their HUMANITY before their disability, condition, or diagnosis. The goal is to avoid defining a person by a single attribute and to promote respect, dignity, and a focus on their whole identity. 💚🎗

Repost • Thanks

This is a HUGE win for mental health advocacy — and I’m so proud to be part of it.

After tireless work and years of pushing for change, New York State has officially retired the term “Emotionally Disturbed Person (EDP)” and replaced it with the more compassionate, person-first language: “Person Experiencing an Emotional Crisis (PEC).”

I fought hard for this change because I know firsthand that words shape perception, and perception shapes how people in crisis are treated. I am thrilled that my work has paid off.

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A special shout-out to Ruth Lowenkron () and Luke Sikinyi () for helping to get the bill passed.

This is what real PEER ADVOCACY looks like, and this is WHY WE, AS PEERS, SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN SHAPING POLICY. This is how we fight stigma. And we’re just getting started. Let's make this national!!

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