2021

AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST 597 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE IN 2021

108 OF THE PEOPLE SHOT WERE BLACK

4 OF THESE BLACK CITIZENS WERE UNARMED

17 SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS

76 WERE ALLEGEDLY CARRYING A GUN

11 WERE CARRYING ONLY A KNIFE

6 OF THEM WERE DRIVING TOWARD OR AWAY FROM POLICE IN A VEHICLE

2 WERE CARRYING A TOY WEAPON

1 WAS CARRYING A TASER

1 WAS CARRYING A HATCHET

8 WERE LISTED ‘WEAPON UNKNOWN’

THE POLICE WERE ALL CARRYING GUNS

38 OF THESE KILLINGS WERE RECORDED BY POLICE BODY-CAMERAS

OF THE 76 CASES IN WHICH THE POLICE CLAIM THE VICTIM WAS CARRYING A GUN ONLY 23 WERE DOCUMENTED BY BODY-CAMERAS

| unarmed | Patrick Lynn Warren – Jenoah Donald – Daverion Kinard – Lindani Myeni | undetermined | Carl Dorsey – Arnell States – Donovon W. Lynch – Daunte Wright – Andrew Brown – Tyrone Penny – unidentified person – Gabriel Parker |

| armed with ‘deadly weapons’ | Gun | La Garion Lamar Smith – Vincent Belmonte – Kwamena Ocran – Jason Nightengale – Paul Bolden – Xzavier D. Hill – Mark Bivins – Kershawn Geyger – Zonterious Johnson – Christopher Harris – Eusi Malik Kater – Karl Walker – Treyh Webster – Dontae Green – unidentified person – Gregory Taylor – Jordan Walton – Cortez Lee Bogan – Daniel Newton Neal – Alonte Murphy – Benjamin Tyson – Donald Francis Hairston – Rudy Duvivier – Dwight Brown – Andrew Teague – Howayne Gayle – Nika Nicole Holbert – Christopher Ruffin – Daryl L. Jordan – Charles C. WhiteT – ravon Chadwell – Matthew Blaylock – Willie Roy Allen – DeShawn Tatum – Stephen Patrick Moseley – Desmon Montez Ray – James Alexander – DeShund Tanner – Pier Alexander Shelton – Anthony J. Thompson – Miles Jackson – Innes Lee – Larry Jenkins – Ryan Williams – Doward Sylleen Baker – Tory Casey – Terrance Maurice Parker – Adonis Traughber – Everton Brown – Kalon J. Horton – Lance Lowe – Gary Moncrief – Darion M. Lafayette – Roderick Devonne Merchant – Vedo Hall – Darren Dejuan Chandler – Shannon Wright – Demetrious Stanley – Winston Boogie Smith – Timothy Flowers – Terrell J. Gas – Solomon Jamison – Briana Sykes – Jeff Melvin – De'Shon Hill – Earl Fitzgerald Hunter – Joseph Lee Humbles – John Reuben Turbe – Klevontaye White – Justin Powell – Ryan LeRoux – Maurice Sentel Mincey – Quentin Bogard – Terrence Bey – Tyran Lamb – Christopher Hagans | knife | Reginald Johnson – Randy Miller – Andrew Hogan – Tyshon Jones – Tyrell Wilson – Matthew Zadok Williams – Ma’Khia Bryant – Ashton Pinke – Timothy Fleming – Robert Anderson – Noah Green | vehicle | Lymond Moses – Tyree Kajuan Rogers – Ansy Dolce – Alexis C. Wilson | Taser | Michael Leon Hughes | Hatchet | Dustin Demaurean Powell | Toy weapon | Isaac Matheny – Roger Cornelius Allen |