12 Facts About Sasha Johnson

On 23 May 2021, Johnson was shot in the head at a party in the early hours.

Sasha Johnson's mother is Ellet Dalling and she has a sister.

Sasha Johnson studied in community development and youth work from Ruskin College.

Sasha Johnson worked in community activism and support, and was previously a youth worker.

Sasha Johnson participated in the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.

In March 2021, Sasha Johnson was co-signatory to a statement alleging that police were targeting some black protesters who participated in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests by name, including by repeated phone calls, to deter them from engaging in Kill the Bill protests.

In summer 2020, Sasha Johnson was involved in the founding of the Taking The Initiative Party ; she has served on its Executive Leadership Committee.

In 2020 and 2021, false information circulated on social media that Sasha Johnson commented "the white man will not be our equal but our slave" on Twitter.

The account in question was impersonating Sasha Johnson and suspended by Twitter.

The Metropolitan Police were notified of the attack, which took place in Peckham, London, at around 3am TTIP said Sasha Johnson had earlier received death threats and her car had been vandalised a month before the incident.

Sasha Johnson had been in a relationship with an occupant of the house where the shooting had taken place and there had been a "falling out" and "hostility" between two of the accused and the two youngest occupants of the house.

TTIP criticised the police statement that nothing indicated the attack was targeted, asking how police were able to say that Sasha Johnson had not received credible threats without speaking to her, and said there was "no evidence" the shooting was carried out by four black males, as "[the TTIP] have multiple sources present at the incident who have confirmed to us that the attackers were all wearing balaclavas".