July deadliest month of US police killings in 2015: Report
A new report has indicated that US police officers killed 118 people last month across the country, making July as the deadliest month of this year so far.
The Guardian reported on Saturday that at least 20 people killed in July were unarmed.
The new figure ended a steady decline in totals over the previous four months.
In March, 113 people were killed and 101 were killed in April. 87 deaths were recorded in May and 78 fatalities in June, according to the Guardian’s ongoing investigation The Counted.
It also said 106 people died from gunfire of those 118 victims and the figure is the first time that surpassed 100 this year.
The other victims were killed by Tasers, police vehicles, and altercations in police custody.
The Guardian decided to count every US police killing in the country this year after the government refused to publish a comprehensive database.
In one example, unarmed black man Samuel Dubose was killed by a white police officer during a minor traffic stop in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 19.
The police officer asked Dubose to show his driver’s license. Dubose said several times that he has a license but does not have it with him.
The officer then starts to open the driver’s door and tells Dubose to remove his seatbelt; Dubose pulls the door closed again and restarts his car to drive away.
The officer reaches into the car with his left hand; he yells “stop” twice; he pulls out his gun with his right hand and fatally shoots the black man in his head.
Another unarmed African-American man, Kawanza Jamal Beaty, was killed by police in Virginia on July 4.
The deaths of black people by white police officers have sparked many demonstrations across the country since last August when African-American teenager Michael Brown was shot dead in Ferguson.
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