SAY THEIR NAMES -- COLUMBUS, OHIO
African Americans Killed by Area Law Enforcement
2016--2024
<<COLUMBUS, Ohio — According to policescorecard.org, the Columbus Police Department has more police shootings per arrest than 99% of U.S. police departments.
The CPD has killed 48 people from 2013 to 2021, according to policescorecard.org
8% of those killed were unarmed
There have been more than 4,000 civilian complaints against CPD.>>
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2022/09/01/columbus-police-violence
"Feds to investigate after a sheriff's deputy killed a Black man entering his own home in Columbus, Ohio."
<<Among the Black men and teens killed by Columbus police in recent years were Julius Tate, a 16-year-old who was fatally shot by an officer in December 2018 during a sting operation; Kareem Ali Nadir Jones, a 30-year-old who was fatally shot by officers in July 2017; Tyre King, a 13-year-old killed by police in September 2016; and Henry Green, a 23-year-old shot dead by plainclothes officers in June 2016.>>
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/08/us/ohio-police-shooting-casey-goodson/index.html
"Here are the names of people killed in police shootings in Columbus"
<<The deaths of Black people at the hands of law enforcement have sparked protests, legislation, cultural movements, criminal charges and more over the last year, since the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day 2020.
It has been felt keenly in Columbus, where there were not only weeks of protests demanding systemic changes for equity, but also five people killed locally by Columbus police officers and a Franklin County sheriff's deputy since last May.
In all, since January 2020, there have been eight people killed in shootings involving Columbus and Franklin County police officers.
What the numbers say: Franklin County has one of highest rates of fatal police shootings in Ohio and the U.S.>>
"Killing of Donovan Lewis: We all pay when police snuff out unarmed people"
"Sadly, and tragically, young Donovan Lewis is the city’s latest unarmed victim of an avoidable and senseless police shooting, but likely won’t be the last.
Historically, Black, and brown peoples’ feelings about the police have, in the main, ranged from resentful to disdain. What is relatively new however, is the seemingly sizeable number of whites (that is, if the number of white protestors we see on the nightly news is any indication) that harbor an unprecedented level of dislike for the police."
"Columbus police have killed more than 60 people since 2013, outpacing many peer cities"
"After Columbus police shot and killed a man armed with knives near the site of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Tuesday, a total of eight people have been shot by Columbus Division of Police officers in 2024, and seven have died.
Columbus’ population was projected at 913,175 people in 2023, according to U.S. Census Data. The city ranks high among similarly sized cities. Compared to seven similarly sized cities, Columbus had the second most killings total, behind Jacksonville, Florida with 69 since 2013.
Columbus also ranks third for police killings in 2024, behind Indianapolis and Austin, where seven people have been killed. Tuesday’s death could bring that to a tie."
