2019
1001 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY POLICE IN 2019
250 OF THEM WERE BLACK
14 OF THESE BLACK CITIZENS WERE UNARMED
166 OF THEM WERE CARRYING A GUN
33 OF THEM WERE CARRYING ONLY A KNIFE
19 OF THEM WERE DRIVING TOWARD OR AWAY FROM POLICE IN A VEHICLE
6 WERE CARRYING A TOY WEAPON
6 OF THEM WERE LISTED ‘WEAPON UNKNOWN’
3 WERE CARRYING A TASER
2 WERE CARRYING A MACHETE
2 WERE CARRYING A SWORD
1 WAS CARRYING A CROWBAR
1 WAS CARRYING A BATON
1 WAS CARRYING A PELLET GUN
1 WAS CARRYING A BB GUN
1 WAS CARRYING A BOX CUTTER
1 WAS CARRYING A ‘SHARP OBJECT’
1 WAS CARRYING A ROCK
1 WAS CARRYING A CHAIR
THE POLICE WERE ALL CARRYING GUNS
51 OF THESE KILLINGS WERE RECORDED BY BODY-CAMERAS
OF THE 166 CASES IN WHICH POLICE CLAIM THE VICTIM HAD A GUN
ONLY 34 WERE DOCUMENTED BY BODY-CAMERAS