18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
1. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
Jonathan Ferrell was shot and killed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina police officer Randall Kerrick on September 14, 2013.
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
2. Philando Castile, 32
Philando Castile was fatally shot by Jeronimo Yanez, a St. Anthony, Minnesota police officer, on July 6, 2016, when he was pulled over in Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul. His girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, captured the aftermath of the shooting in a Facebook live stream, generating outrage around the globe.
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
3. Alton Sterling, 37
Alton Sterling was shot several times and killed by two White Baton Rouge police officers on July 5, 2016, after a homeless man called 911 and accused him of brandishing a gun outside a convenience store.
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
4. Trayvon Martin, 17
Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida, sparking a movement against excessive force and police violence.
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
5. Ezell Ford, 25
Ezell Ford, whose family described him as mentally ill, died after he was shot multiple times by Los Angeles Police Department officers in Florence, California, on August 11, 2014.
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
6. Dante Parker, 36
Dante Parker, a father of five, died on August 12, 2014 after he was Tasered by a San Bernardino County, California, Sheriff’s Deputy, who tried to restrain him on a suspicion of trying to break into a home.
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
7. Jack Jacquez, 27
Former Rocky Ford, Colorado, police officer James Ashby was convicted of second-degree murder in the October 2014 death of Jack Jacquez, who was in his mother’s kitchen. His sister-in-law said the officer “shot him twice in the back and after he fell he pepper-sprayed him.”
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
8. Omar Abrego, 37
Omar Abrego died on August 3, 2014 after a struggle with two LAPD sergeants during an arrest in South L.A. He died from the effects of cocaine, but also suffered “physical and emotional duress while taken under custody,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
9. Akai Gurley, 28
Akai Gurley was fatally shot on November 20, 2014 in New York City by NYPD officer Peter Liang in a dark public housing stairwell.
18 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
