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Ralphael T. Briscoe Memorial Foundation

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Ralphael T. Briscoe Memorial Foundation

The Foundation was established to promote and foster positive relationships between members of various communities and law enforcement. The Ralphael T.

Briscoe Memorial Foundation is named after Ralphael T. Briscoe who, on the 26th of April 2011, at the age of eighteen was shot in the back twice by a District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department officer. Ralphael died later that day as a result of his wounds. April 26, 2011, was a warm spring day. Ralphael was walking through an apartment complex while talking on his cell phone in the 2400

block of Elvans Road, S.E., Washington, D.C. Ralphael was approached by a group of men in a black SUV, who were wearing civilian clothing and never identified themselves as police officers. Ralphael avoided the conversation with the group of men in the black SUV and continued to walk away from them. As the men exited their vehicle to approach Ralphael, he began to run out of the apartment complex and onto Elvans Road, S.E., Washington, D.C. to avoid a confrontation with the men in the SUV. The SUV continued to pursue Ralphael as he ran on Elvans Road, S.E., Washington, D.C. When Ralphael approached the driveway located at 2409 Elvans Road, S.E., Washington, D.C. and turned to run down the driveway without ever turning towards the SUV. He was shot twice in the back by the person operating the SUV. It was later determined that the person operating the SUV was a police officer. This officer neither activated his emergency siren or lights nor did he identify himself as a police officer. This entire chase and fatal shooting was captured by a District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department closed circuit television video (“CCTV”) on a pole located in the 2400 block of Elvans Road, S.E., Washington, D.C. The CCTV recording clearly shows, contrary to the police officers’ statements that Ralphael never pointed a gun at the police officers once he turned to run down the driveway. The CCTV does show that after the officer shot Ralphael, two objects were thrown from the window of the SUV. One object was the grip of the BB gun, and the second object landed at the exact location where the BB gun was later recovered. The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia defended the police officer. Approximately one week before trial and about one-year late, he turned over the fingerprint report of the BB gun. The fingerprint report revealed that Ralphael’s fingerprints were not recovered from the BB gun. At trial, the police officer who shot Ralphael testified that he was wearing gloves, although the temperature that day was approximately eighty-six degrees at the time Ralphael was shot. Despite the CCTV recording evidence and other overwhelming evidence of an unjustified police shooting and wrongful death, a jury in a civil case found the shooting to be justified. Ralphael’s mother, Bridzette Lane, through her counsel, Billy L. Ponds, of The Ponds Law Firm, has noted an appeal and will vigorously pursue correcting this injustice.

04/22/2021

New Location Oxon Run Park Pool 501 MississippiAve SE, due to MD banned balloon release.

04/15/2021

10yr memorial ballooon release!

11/21/2020

Screaming Happy Heavenly Birthday Ralph. You would've been 28 today. You are truly missed and loved. Continue to Rest In Heavenly Peace.

08/24/2020

I am thankful, myself and 6 other families are feature in the September issue of the Washintonian Magazine that were impacted by police terror.

08/10/2020

Congratulations Mary Butler-Dozier 2020 RTBM Foundation Scholarship Winner. Mary is attending North Carolina Central University majoring in Psychology. Thank you to all, for donating to the Foundation.

08/09/2020

Congratulations Nia Thompson 2020 RTBM Foundation Scholarship Winner. Nia is attending Tennessee State University majoring in Architectural Engineering. Thank you to all, for donating to the Foundation.

07/09/2020

The Ralphael T. Briscoe Memorial Foundation was created to honor and celebrate the life of Ralphael Briscoe. Ralphael was 18 when his life was shortly taken due to police brutality. In honor of him we would like to help 3 college Freshman with their journey on to college

06/05/2020

The death of Ralphael Briscoe and hints of a planted gun trigger claims of overly aggressive policing in capital.

07/20/2019

Justice4Ralphael

08/28/2018

The jury has ruled in favor of India Kager's family in their civil wrongful death lawsuit against Virginia Beach, awarding them $800,000.

07/18/2018

😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥....COWARDS!!! My heart hurts for this Mother.

"The pain that I'm going through— this is never going to be okay. Never in life. That's my baby," Donnetta Wilson explained.

07/17/2017

I had the honor to be apart of Eric Garner 3rd year commemoration weekend in New York. No mother should have to bury her child but child suppose to bury their mother. I drawed so much strength, love and fight from his mother Gwen Carr and all the other mothers. I will continue this fight for my son, their son and your son. I am/we are Wounded Healers.

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