Journalist creates powerful tribute to police shooting victims using their last words

An Iranian journalist and photographer has created a series of graphics as a tribute to victims of police shootings, featuring their last words before they died.

"I don't gave a gun. Stop shooting," were the last words of Michael Brown, 18, before he was shot and killed by police in Ferguson. (Image: Shirin-Banou Barghi)

An Iranian journalist and photographer has created a series of graphics as a tribute to police shooting victims, in light of the recent unrest in Ferguson, where an unarmed black teen was fatally shot by police.

In each graphic, Shirin-Banou Barghi features the last words of the victims before they are shot and killed. 

She tweeted that she "created these images to raise awareness about racist police violence in America and as an expression of solidarity." Barghi said the police crackdown in Ferguson reminded her of what happened in Iran during the 2009 uprising.