24 Cases Of Unarm Black Killed By Police So Far This Her 24 Cases Of Unarm Black Killed By Police So Far This Year
The fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, last year has led to new scrutiny of the use of deadly force by police. As of Friday evening, officers nationwide had shot and killed 585 people in 2015, according to an ongoing examination by The Washington Post. Of those, 60 were unarmed; 24, like Brown, were unarmed and black. On average, an unarmed black man was fatally shot by police every nine days in the first seven months of 2015.
Here are summaries of those 24 cases, based on news reports and additional reporting:
Jan. 8 — Artago Damon Howard, 36, was killed after a Union County, Arkansas, sheriff’s deputy responded to a burglary alarm at a pharmacy. The deputy found the front door broken and Howard inside. Howard was shot as he struggled for control of the deputy’s gun.
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