Criminal charges in U.S. police killings are rare. 110 nonfederal police officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter for shooting someone on duty since 2005, reports @washingtonpost.
Police have shot and killed at least 5,400 people since 2015.
A thread:👇
#BreonnaTaylor, a 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by Louisville police during a "no-knock" raid at her home while she slept.
Criminal charges: 1 officer charged with wanton endangerment for shooting neighbor's apartment. Two officers not charged.
Settlement: $12 million
#MichaelBrown, a Black teen killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.
Criminal charges: None
Settlement: $1.5 million
#EricGarner, a Black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a NYC cop in 2014. He repeatedly cried, "I can't breathe."
Criminal charges: None
Settlement: $5.9 million
#TamirRice, a 12-year-old Black boy who was fatally shot by Cleveland police in 2014. He was holding a toy gun.
Criminal charges: None
Settlement: $6 million
#FreddieGray, a Black man who died after being thrown into the back of Baltimore police van in 2015. He was in handcuffs and leg irons.
Criminal charges: All six officers involved in Gray's death were acquitted or the charges were dropped.
Settlement: $6.4 million
#PhilandoCastile, a Black man fatally shot by police during a 2016 traffic stop in St. Paul, Minnesota. His girlfriend and her young child were in the car.
Criminal charges: Officer acquitted of charges
Settlement: ~$3 million
#StephonClark, an unarmed Black man killed in his grandmother's backyard by Sacramento police in 2018.
Criminal charges: None
Settlement: $2.4 million
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