At least 200 Black people were killed by police officers across the U.S. in 2021.
Police killed a total of 1051 people this year according to Mapping Police Violence (MPV), a nonprofit organization that tracks fatal encounters with police.
Black people continue to be disproportionately impacted by police violence, the data shows. Black people account for 27 percent of those killed by police in 2021 (of those whose race is known), despite making up 13 percent of the U.S. population.
They are being killed at similar rates to previous years, the data shows, despite a national reckoning sparked by the police killings of George Floyd and other Black people.
Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police, yet 1.3 times more likely to be unarmed compared to white people, according to MPV.
The organization's data also shows that most police killings began with traffic stops, mental health checks, disturbances, non-violent offenses and instances where no crime was alleged.
Here are the names (where available), ages and locations of the Black people killed by police in 2021:
- Carl Dorsey III, 39, Newark, NJ
- La Garion Smith, 27, Homestead, FL
- Tre-Kedrian Tyquan White, 20, Richburg, SC
- Vincent Belmonte, 18, Cleveland, OH
- Shawn McCoy, Spokane, WA
- Robert "Lil Rob" Howard, 30, Memphis, TN
- Kwamena Ocran, 24, Gaithersburg, MD
- Jason Nightengale, 32, Evanston, IL
- Matthew Oxendine, 46, Pembroke, NC
- Paul Bolden, 37, Phoenix, AZ
- Patrick Warren Sr., 52, Killeen, TX
- Lymond Maurice Moses, 30, Wilington, DE
- Kershawn Geiger, 24, Carmichael, CA
- Reginald Johnson, 48, Biloxi, MS
- Zonterious Johnson, 24, Lawton, OK
- Christopher Harris, 27, Toledo, OH
- Eusi Malik Kater Jr., 21, Titusville, AL
- Tyree Kajawn Rogers, 38, Wichita Falls, TX
- Randy Miller, Los Angeles, CA
- Roger D. Hipskind, 37, Wabash, IN
- Karl Walker, 29, Dixon, CA
- Marvon Payton Jr., 27, Las Vegas, NV
- Jenoah Donald, 30, Hazell Dell, WA
- Dontae Green, 34, Baltimore, MD
- Trey Webster, 18, Mobile, AL
- Christopher Hagans, 36, Stratford, CT
- Andrew Hogan, 25, Trotwood, OH
- Dustin Demaurean Powell, 34, Lakeview, TX
- Gregory Taylor, 45, Seattle, WA
- Jordan Walton, 21, Austin, TX
- Cortez Lee Bogan, 27, East Cleveland, OH
- Brandon Wimberly, 36, Coral Gables, FL
- De'Aire Jontae Gray, 28, Speedway, IN
- Daverion Kinard, 29, Fontana, CA
- Arnell States, 39, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Alonte Damar Murphy, 22, Garden City, MI
- Benjamin Tyson, 35, Baltimore, MD
- Donald Francis Hairston, 44, Culpeper, VA
- Chandra Moore, 55, Detroit, MI
- Broderick Woods, 33, Houston, TX
- Dwight Brown, 41, Abbeville, LA
- Andrew Teague, 43, Columbus, OH
- Howayne Gayle, 35, Lakeland, FL
- Tyshon Jones, 29, Rochester, NY
- Tyrell Wilson, 32, Danville, CA
- Nika Nicole Holbert, 31, Nashville, TN
- Charles Ray Phillips, 51, Monahans, TX
- Christopher Ruffin, 28, Palm Bay, FL
- Caleb Smith, 22, Hayward, CA
- Matthew James Hurlock, 35, Cypress, TX
- Exzabian Morgan Myers, 31, Graniteville, SC
- Daryl Leonard Jordan, 50, Miami, FL
- Kevin L. Duncan, 38, Bellefontaine, OH
- Frankie Jennings, 32, Charlotte, NC
- Aaron Pierre Thomas, Canton, OH
- Travon Chadwell, 18, Chicago, IL
- Malcolm D. Johnson, 31, Kansas City, MO
- Donovon W. Lynch, 25, Virginia Beach, VA
- Matthew Blaylock, 38, Los Angeles, CA
- Michael Leon Hughes, 32, Jacksonville, FL
- Willie Roy Allen, 57, Lithonia, GA
- DeShawn Latiwon Tatum, 25, Rock Island, IL
- Noah R. Green, 25, Washington, D.C.
- Diwone Wallace, 24, Alorton, IL
- Gabriel Casso, 21, Bronx, NY
- Desmon Montez Ray, 28, Birmingham, AL
- Roger Cornelius Allen, 44, Daly City, CA
- Dominique Williams, 32, Takoma Park, MD
- James Lionel Johnson, 38, Takoma Park, MD
- James Alexander, 24, Philadelphia, PA
- Raheem Reeder, 21, Tallahassee, FL
- Deshund Tanner, 31, Georgetown, KY
- Faustin Guetigo, 27, Rockford, IL
- Daunte Wright, 20, Brooklyn Center, MN
- Miles Jackson, 27, Westerville, OH
- Matthew Zadok Williams, 35, Decatur, GA
- Anthony Thompson Jr., 17, Knoxville, TN
- Pier Alexander Shelton, 28, Bremen, GA
- Lindani Myeni, 29, Honolulu, HI
- Innes Lee Jr., 25, Cleveland, OH
- Roderick Inge, 29, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Larry Jenkins, 52, Winter Haven, FL
- Ryan Oneal Williams, 31, Fort Worth, TX
- Doward Syleen Baker, 39, Dothan, AL
- Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, Columbus, OH
- Andrew Brown, 42, Elizabeth City, NC
- Tory Casey, 41, Rosenberg, TX
- Michael Lee McClure, 26, Billings, MT
- Marvin Veiga, 32, Nashville, TN
- Hanad Abdiaziz, 25, Kansas City, MO
- Terrance Maurice Parker, 36, Washington, D.C.
- Eric Derrell Smith, 30, Biloxi, MS
- La'Mello Parker, 1, Biloxi, MS
- Latoya Denis James, 37, Woodbine, GA
- Ashton Pinke, 27, Mesquite, TX
- Adonis Traughber, 54, Clarksville, TX
- Kalon Horton, 29, Lancaster, TX
- Lance Lowe, 30, Stockton, CA
- Monolito Ford, 48, Indianapolis, IN
- Timothy Fleming, 49, Baltimore, MD
- Denzell Nathan Clarke, 28, Waldorf, MD
- Tyrone Penny, 21, Decatur, GA
- Gary Moncrief, 32, Montgomery, AL
- Darion M. Lafayette, 24, Champaign, IL
- Patrick Watkins, 31, Pittsburg, CA
- Kortnee Lashon Warren, 23, Albany, GA
- Zaekwon Malik Gullatte-Graves, 25, Houston, TX
- Juan Joseph Daniele Castellano, 38, Athens, GA
- Darren Dejuan Chandler, 34, Lenexa, KS
- Shannon Wright, 29, Denver, CO
- Antonio Christopher Jones, 26, Houston, TX
- Demetrius Stanley, 31, San Jose, CA
- Bilal Winston Shabazz, 29, Yucca Valley, CA
- William Brookins Sr., 39, Phoenix, AZ
- Winston Smith, 32, Minneapolis, MN
- Andrew Homen, 34, Braintree, MA
- Timothy Flowers, 29, Rochester, NY
- Michael Lee Ross Jr., 32, Forest Hill, TX
- Terrell Gas, 36, College Park, GA
- Josiah L. Byard, 21, Willcox, AZ
- Rezek Yaqub Yahya, 39, Salt Lake City, UT
- Solomon Jamison, 28, Jackson, MS
- Jermaine Sonnier, 19, Houston, TX
- Ansy Dolce, 29, Holly Springs, GA
- Carlos Jackson, 43, Lithia Springs, GA
- Briana Sykes, 19, Flint, MI
- Jeff Melvin, 20, Salem, AL
- De'Shon Hill, 39, Luray, VA
- Earl Fitzgerald Hunter, 40, Greenville, SC
- Fred Holder, 28, Norwalk, CA
- Albert Wayne Finnie Jr., 22, College Station, TX
- Tristan Trevino, 24, Corpus Christi, TX
- Jerome Barber, 59, Azusa, CA
- Joseph Lee Humbles, 29, Atlanta, GA
- Shannon Earl Smith,45, Spartanburg, SC
- John Reuben Turbe, 30, Tampa, FL
- Gulia Dale III, 61, Newton, NJ
- Klevontaye White, 34, Chicago, IL
- Justin Powell, 32, Baltimore, MD
- Marquez Floyd, 31, Albuquerque, NM
- Ryan LeRoux, 21, Gaithersburg, MD
- Maurice Sentel Mincey, 36, Savannah, GA
- Quentin Bogard, 36, Canton, MS
- Leslie Stephen Scarlett, 35, Tucson, AZ
- Irvin Peterson, 35, Houston, TX
- Gabriel "Sam" Parker, 38, Atlanta, GA
- Losardo Lucas, 55, Calumet City, IL
- Alexis C. Wilson, 19, Dolton, IL
- Antonio King, 22, Nashville, TN
- Dashawn "Big Top" Batiste, 22, Lafayette, LA
- Marcus Martin, 40, Baltimore, MD
- Christopher Robinson, 48, Seguin, TX
- Antonio Jackson, 27, Memphis, TN
- Broderick Shelton, 42, Milwaukee, WI
- Terrence Bey, 29, Philadelphia, PA
- Devonte Dawayne Brown, 28, Marietta, GA
- James Matalice Smith, 41, Somerville, TX
- Tyran Lamb, 31, Milwaukee, WI
- Tory Brown, 22, College Park, GA
- Robert Anderson, 38, Crescent City, CA
- Antwan Gilmore, 27, Washington, D.C.
- Fanta Bility, 8, Sharon Hill, PA
- Christopher Corey Moore, 41, Greensboro, NC
- Johnny Lee Perry II, 31, Missoula, MT
- Paris Wilder, 38, West Melbourne, FL
- James Williams, 33, Indianapolis, IN
- Cedric Baxter, 60, Buena Park, CA
- Frederick Thomas, 41, Miamisburg, OH
- Josue Arias, 32, Clearwater, FL
- Leden Boykins, 12, Douglasville, GA
- Cedric Williams, 29, Oxon Hill, MD
- Desmond Lewis, 30, Shreveport, LA
- Tristan Vereen, 33, Longs, SC
- Robert Parks, 39, Smyrna, GA
- Joshua Cooper, 31, Brooklyn, NY
- Dishawn Sanders, Jackson, MS
- Adrian Cameron, 47, Nashville, TN
- Unsfored Lewis Thurmond, 27, Smyrna, GA
- Turell Brown, 28, Chicago, IL
- Deon Ledet, 30, Houston, TX
- Desmond Damond Louis, 20, Lake Charles, LA
- Keith Cole, 50, Senatobia, MS
- Gloria Marie Strong, 27, Allen, TX
- Kyle Anthony Veyon, 26, Columbus, OH
- Darrion Taylor, 26, Tucson, AZ
- Demetrius Roberts, 21, Las Vegas, NV
- Corey Daniel Wellman, 40, Nashville, TN
- Simran Gordon, 24, Rochester, NY
- Ramone Javaris Dwight, 29, Hagan, GA
- Derrick Clinton, 27, Indian Land, SC
- Michael Carothers, 17, Austin, TX
- Jovan Lewis Singleton, 36, Woodlawn, MD
- Jermaine Harris, 32, Tarboro, NC
- Allan Lorenzo Robb, 33, West Palm Beach, FL
- Deandre Johnson, 30, Washington, D.C.
- Johnny McGee, 36, Houma, LA
- Name withheld by police, 30, Columbia, MO
- Steven Thomas, 36, Las Vegas, NV
- Jabari Farafiai Asante-Chioke, 52, Metairie, LA
- Anthony Harden, 30, Fall River, MA
- Lionel Womack, 35, Kansas City, KS
- Edward Allen Gatling, 38, Lithonia, GA
- Anei Joker, 20, Taylorsville, UT
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