This is the start of describing the schema we are developing for victims that have died as a result of interaction with California Law Enforcement Agencies.
Label: the name of the person that has died"
Alias: includes any nicknames or other names the victim may be referred to"
Description: "African American person killed due to interaction with a California Law Enforcement Agency"
Property
Values
Usage note
instance of (P31) human (Q5)
sex or gender (P21) female (Q6581072) , male (Q6581097) , trans man (Q2449503) , trans woman (Q1052281)
country of citizenship (P27) United States of America (Q30)
given name (P735) Victim's first name
family name (P734) Victim's last name
date of death (P570) YYYY-MM-DD
The date the victim died
place of death (P20) city (Q515) City where the victim died
place of death (P20) street address (P6375) Physical address of significant event (if available)
manner of death (P1196) homicide (Q149086) Each incident is defined as a homicide based on information from https://fatalencounters.org/
cause of death (P509) ballistic trauma (Q2140674) , fall (Q11620540) , car collision (Q61037771) , strike (Q3242199) , drowning (Q506616) , asphyxia (Q193840) , electrical injury (Q244404) , drug overdose (Q3505252) , medical emergency (Q2751242) , undetermined (Q15054664) The highest level of force used by California Law Enforcement Agencies
ethnic group (P172) African Americans (Q49085) At this time we are currently working with one group of victims; as more groups are added, values will be updated
significant event (P793) Death of [victim's name]
Wikidata page that lead to corresponding incident of person's death
significant event (P793) age of subject at event (P3629) Age of the person at the time of significant event
significant event (P793) participant (P710) =law enforcement agency (Q732717) The California Law Enforcement Agency that participated in the death of the victim
described at URL (P973) https://fatalencounters.org/
described at URL (P973) language of work or name (P407) = English (Q1860)
described at URL (P973) retrieved (P813) YYYY-MM-DDFor summer 2023 project - 7/10/23 was used at retrieved date
on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008) Wikidata: WikiProject Systemic Racism Knowledge Graph (Q120754096) Wikidata Project that ties California Law Enforcement Agencies, Victims, and Significant Events together
