2016
963 PEOPLE WERE SHOT DEAD BY POLICE IN 2016
234 OF THEM WERE BLACK
34 OF THESE BLACK CITIZENS WERE SUFFERING MENTAL ILLNESS
19 WERE UNARMED
143 WERE ALLEGEDLY CARRYING A GUN
21 WERE CARRYING ONLY A KNIFE
14 DROVE TOWARD OR AWAY FROM POLICE IN A VEHICLE
13 WERE CARRYING A TOW WEAPON
13 WERE LISTED ‘WEAPON UNKNOWN’
1 ALLEGEDLY USED A MOTORCYCLE AS A WEAPON
1 TOOK THE POLICEMAN’S BATON
1 TOOK THE POLICEMAN’S TASER
1 HAD A WEAPON DESCRIBED AS ‘OTHER’
1 WAS CARRYING A BASEBALL BAT AND SCISSORS
1 WAS CARRYING PEPPER SPRAY
1 WAS CARRYING AN AXE
1 WAS CARRYING A POLE
1 WAS CARRYING A WALKING STICK
THE POLICE WERE ALL CARRYING GUNS
23 OF THESE KILLINGS WERE RECORDED BY BODY-CAMERAS
OF THE 143 CASES IN WHICH THE POLICE CLAIM THE VICTIM HAD A GUN
ONLY 14 (LESS THAN 1%) WERE DOCUMENTED BY BODY-CAMERAS