Unarmed Blacks And Latinos Killed By U.S. Police So Far This Year

Compiled By NAN Staff Writer

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. July 8, 2016: The number of unarmed black and Latinos shot and killed by police across the U.S. has reached 27 so far this year alone compared to 32 for the same period – Jan-July 2015 – last year. Eight were Latinos and 19 black/African-American. For the same period this year, 22 Caucasians were shot and killed by cops compared to 26 for the same period last year while two people who identified as Native Americans were also shot and killed.

Here is a list of the Blacks and Latinos killed as compiled by media reports and from the Guardian Project, which counts people killed by police in the US. The July 5^th and 6^th police shootings of Philando Castile, 32, and Alton Sterling, 37, are not included because there is a dispute over whether they were armed or not. Here are the 27 as of July 6, 2016:

1. July 4, 2016 – Delrawn Small, 37 – Brooklyn, NY.
2. June 25, 2016 – Rodrigo Guardiola, 36 – Gainesville, Georgia
3. June 21, 2016  – Pedro Cruz-Amado, 24  – Lawndale, North Carolina
4. June 19, 2016 – Clarence Howard, 25 – Palm Bay, Florida
5. June 18, 2016 – Antwun Shumpert, 37 – Tupelo, Mississippi
6. June 7, 2016 – Omar Villagomez, 21 – Turlock, California
7. May 26, 2016 – Devonte Gates, 21 – East St Louis, Illinois
8. May 25, 2016 – Doll Pierre-Louis, 24 – Miami Gardens, Florida
9. May 22, 2016 – Vernell Bing Jr., 22 – Jacksonville, Florida
10. May 22, 2016  – Michael Wilson Jr., 27 – Hallandale Beach, Florida
11. May 19, 2016 – Jessica Williams, 29  – San Francisco, California
12. May 19, 2016 – Jeremias Cruz, 30 – North Las Vegas, Nevada
13. April 28, 2016 – Ashtian Barnes, 25 – Houston, Texas
14. April 23, 2016 – Willie Tillman, 33 – Fayetteville, Arkansas
15. April 23, 2016 – Demarcus Semer, 21 – Fort Pierce, Florida
16. April 5, 2016 – Kevin Hicks, 44 – Indianapolis, Indiana
17. March 16, 2016 – Cristian Medina, 23 – Los Angeles, California
18. March 13, 2016 – Jose Cruz, 16 – Addison, Texas
19. March 12, 2016 – Peter Gaines, 35 – Houston, Texas
20. March 12, 2016 – Marco Loud, 20 – Houston, Texas
21. March 7, 2016 – Daniel Chavez, 41 – Carlsbad, New Mexico
22. Feb. 24, 2016 – Christopher Davis, 21 – East Troy, Wisconsin
23. Feb. 13, 2016 – Dyzhawn Perkins, 19 – Arvonia, Virginia
24. Feb. 13, 2016 – Calin Roquemore, 24 – Beckville, Texas
25. Feb. 9, 2016 – Gustavo Najera, 22 – Anaheim, California
26. Feb. 8, 2016 – David Joseph, 17 – Austin, Texas
27. Feb. 4, 2016 – Antronie Scott, 36 – San Antonio, Texas.