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The Forced Trajectory Project is a media, public relations, and advocacy organization documenting the rippling effects police violence has on communities beginning with families who have lost their loved ones to police murder. Utilizing moving pictures, stills, and sound, the project’s goal is to paint an intimate and accurate portrait of the “forced trajectory” these family members find themselves on after their loved one is killed.
Media Spotlights
Links to FTP media spotlights and related works.
February 7, 2021
Pre-recorded podcast interview featuring Nissa Tzun of the Forced Trajectory Project with Kelly Bennett about how to stay diligent speaking up against police violence with a new administration
September 11, 2020
Live podcast interview featuring Nissa Tzun of the Forced Trajectory Project with Kelly Bennett
August 6, 2020
Forced Trajectory Project's Nissa Tzun is featured on KNPR 88.9 FM's State of Nevada to discuss the two police reform bills passed during the 32nd Nevada State Legislature Special Session.
July 29, 2020
Forced Trajectory Project's Oja Vincent is featured in this talk with Fawn Douglas of the Institute for a Progressive Nevada. Vincent expounds on Haitian history and how the Haitian Revolution can inform today's collective struggle.
July 24, 2020
Ed Opperman interviews Jeanne Llera, mother of LVMPD homicide victim, Jorge Gomez and Nissa Tzun of Forced Trajectory Project.
July 23, 2020
Forced Trajectory Project's Nissa Tzun is featured in the Las Vegas Weekly.
July 10, 2020
Ed Opperman interviews Nissa Tzun of the Forced Trajectory Project to discuss the recent 40 demands issued by Families United 4 Justice Las Vegas, a local group of families and survivors of police violence.
June 3, 2020
Marcia Wells, the niece of LVMPD homicide victim, Byron Williams, and Forced Trajectory Project's Nissa Tzun are featured on KNPR 88.9's State of Nevada along with Attorney General Aaron Ford and Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto to discuss the ongoing protests in Las Vegas after the police murder of George Floyd.
June 1, 2020
Forced Trajectory Project's Nissa Tzun and Oja Vincent are featured on KNPR 88.9 FM's State of Nevada to discuss the eruption of protests in Las Vegas after the police murder of George Floyd.
May 23, 2020
Ed Opperman interviews Madison Keller, daughter of LVMPD homicide victim, Sharmel Edwards, and Forced Trajectory Project's Nissa Tzun.
November 12, 2019
Forced Trajectory Project's Nissa Tzun was featured as a panelist in this event hosted at the Mob Museum and organized in partnership with the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, discussing police de-escalation procedures and use-of-force.
September 27, 2019
Private investigator and investigative journalist Ed Opperman interviews Forced Trajectory Project’s editor-in-chief, Nissa Tzun about FTP and the Byron Williams case.
September 9, 2019
LV Review Journal reports on the in-custody death of Byron Williams who died after being pulled over for allegedly not having a light on his bicycle.
September 1, 2019
Nissa Tzun and her Forced Trajectory Project tell the stories of families who’ve lost loved ones to the police.
August 20, 2019
Journalist Michael Lyle reports on the recent public hearing organized by a coalition of ten organizations, spearheaded by the Forced Trajectory Project.
March, 2019
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Forced Trajectory Project, Nissa Tzun, is featured on Our Voices 2 Podcast, March 2019. The interview begins at the 30:00 minute mark.
June 16, 2019
FTP Co-Founder Nissa Tzun is featured on the radio show, Community Players with Zachary Green.
April 11, 2019
Vanessa Hundley aka DJ Audioprism introduces the winners of the 2018 NSAEN Online Film Festival. #FTP is featured for Best Documentary at 7 min 17 sec.
January 16, 2019
In this feature by Yes! Magazine, the family of Oscar Grant comments on their tireless work the last ten years, reflecting on their methods of turning their pain into purpose. Forced Trajectory's documentation of an impacted families conference held in Bakersfield, CA, last November are featured in this story.
November 22, 2018
ArtsEverywhere's Nicolle Bennett reports on the Families United 4 Justice 2nd Annual Network Gathering in June. Featuring photos by FTP's Nissa Tzun, Jordan O'Brien and Eduardo Rossal.
October 18, 2018
Families from all across the country convene at the Left Coast Forum in August 2018 to share their narratives and experiences in the aftermath of police homicide. Published on ChangeWire.
Left Coast Forum:
FTP: Documenting and working with families affected by police homicide
August 11, 2018
FTP Media Crew presents at Left Coast Forum at the LA Trade Technical College in Downtown LA, August 24th-26th, 2018,10AM on Saturday in Room 6.
July 31, 2018
Mother of Tashii Brown responds to the non-indictment of Officer Kenneth Lopera who murdered her son, published on Change Wire.
May 29, 2018
Change Wire publishes an extensive photo essay on the case of Keith Childress Jr., the last person killed by law enforcement in the US in 2015.
Memorial Planned For Tashii Brown, Who Died In Police Custody
May 10, 2018
Nissa Tzun with Forced Trajectory Project talked to KNPR's State of Nevada about the Brown case, the vigil and its work to bring attention to police violence.
October 19, 2017
Nissa Tzun shares her personal narrative on how she arrived to the decision to create Forced Trajectory Project and shed a light on the life paths of those most impacted by police violence.
October 9, 2017
Episode 4 of Speak Out with Tim Wise. A discussion with Cephus X Johnson (Uncle of Oscar Grant) and Nissa Tzun of Families United 4 Justice on police accountability. They also discuss their projects Love Not Blood Campaign and Forced Trajectory Project.
January 28, 2016
Read and listen to Project Founder Nissa Tzun discuss the project with Groundswell blogger Maggie Von Vogt during an interview in the Fall of 2015.
