2015
996 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY POLICE IN 2015
258 OF THEM WERE BLACK
39 OF THESE BLACK CITIZENS WERE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS
38 OF THEM WERE UNARMED
145 OF THEM WERE ALLEGEDLY CARRYING A GUN
34 WERE CARRYING ONLY A KNIFE.
21 WERE DRIVING TOWARD OR AWAY FROM POLICE IN A VEHICLE
7 WERE LISTED AS ‘WEAPON UNKNOWN’
6 WERE CARRYING A TOY WEAPON.
2 WERE CARRYING A BOX CUTTER.
1 WAS CARRYING A STUN GUN
1 WAS CARRYING A BASEBALL BAT.
1 WAS CARRYING A CHAIN.
1 WAS CARRYING A METAL HAND TOOL.
1 WAS CARRYING A HAMMER (THOUGH THIS IS DISPUTED).
1 WAS CARRYING A FLAGPOLE.
1 WAS CARRYING A BROOMSTICK.
THE POLICE WERE ALL CARRYING GUNS.
23 OF THESE KILLINGS WERE RECORDED BY BODY-CAMERAS (LESS THAN 1%)
OF THE 145 CASES IN WHICH POLICE CLAIM THE VICTIM HAD A GUN
ONLY 14 WERE DOCUMENTED BY BODY-CAMERAS