At least 229 Black people have been killed by police officers across the U.S. in the year since George Floyd’s murder.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death after then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as he gasped for air, prompting widespread protests and calls for a change in U.S. policing. However, data shows police have continued to kill Black people at similar rates to previous years.
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According to the Mapping Police Violence database, officers across the country have killed at least 229 Black people since Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on May 25 last year. The vast majority are male, and range in age from three months to 88.
Samuel Sinyangwe, a data scientist who co-founded the project, told Newsweek that the figure is “most likely an underestimate because more recent killings have fewer articles reporting details such as the race of the victim.”
Sinyangwe added: “Excluding ‘unknown race’ records, Black people make up a similar proportion of people killed out of the total number of killings as in past years.”
Here are the names (where available), ages and locations of the 229 Black people who have been killed by police since George Floyd:
Tony McDade aka Natosha McDade, 38, Tallahassee, FL
Modesto “Marrero Desto” Reyes, 35, Marrero, LA
Ruben Smith III, 35, North Little Rock, AK
Jarvis Sullivan, 44, Yulee, FL
Terrell Mitchell, 34, Philadelphia, PA
Momodou Lamin Sisay, 34, Snellville, GA
Derrick Thompson, 46, Fountain, FL
David McAtee, 53, Louisville, KY
Tyquarn Graves, 33, Brooklyn, NY
Kamal Flowers, 24, New Rochelle, NY
Lewis Ruffin Jr., 38, Orlando, FL
Phillip Jackson, 32, Tunnell Hill, GA
Michael Blu Thomas, 63, Lancaster, CA
Rayshard Brooks, 27, Atlanta, GA
Cane Van Pelt, 23, Crown Pont, IN
Donald Ward, 27, Phoenix, AZ
Brandon Gardner, 24, Beach Park, IL
Terron Jammal Boone, 31, Rosamond, CA
Derrick Canada, 43, Giddings, TX
Skyleur Toung, 31, San Bernardino, CA
Robert D’Lon Harris, Vinita, OK
Rasheed Mathew Moorman, 26, Roanoke, VA
Aloysius Larue Keaton, 58, Little Rock, AK
Kevin O. Ruffin, 32, Sheboygan, WI
Ky Johnson, 31, Kansas City, MO
William Wade Burgess III, 27, St. Louis, MO
Joseph W. Denton, 35, Milwaukee, WI
Paul Williams, Houston, TX
Malik Canty, 36, Paterson, NJ
Erroll Johnson, 31, Monroe, LA
Richard Lewis Price, 49, San Diego, CA
Hakim Littleton, 20, Detroit, MI
Vincent Demario Truitt, 17, Austell, GA
Aaron Anthony Hudson, 31, Syracuse, NY
Darius Washington, 24, Chicago Heights, IL
Vincent Harris, 51, Baton Rouge, LA
Jeremy Southern, 22, Sacramento, CA
Name withheld by police, Detroit, MI
Chester Jenkins, 60, Stockton, CA
David Earl Brooks Jr., 45, Roxboro, NC
Darrien Walker, 28, Detroit, MI
Ashton Broussard, 30, Houston, TX
Amir Johnson, 30, Ventnor City, NJ
Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis, 60, Sylvania, GA
Salaythis Melvin, 22, Orlando, FL
Jonathan Jefferson, Bossier City, LA
Rafael Jevon Minniefield, 29, Moreland, GA
Kendrell Antron Watkins, 31, Tuscaloosa, AL
Anthony McClain, 32, Pasadena, CA
Adrian Jason Roberts, 37, Hope Mills, NC
Trayford Pellerin, 31, Lafayette, LA
Damian Lamar Daniels, 31, San Antonio, TX
Julius Paye Kehyei, 29, Houston, TX
Name withheld by police, 43, Dearborn Heights, MI
Michael Anthony Harris, 44, Daytona Beach, FL
Robert Earl Jackson, 54, Thorsby, AL
Dijon Kizzee, 29, Westmont, CA
Deon Kay, 18, Washington, D.C.
Steven D. Smith, 33, Syracuse, NY
Major Carvel Baldwin, 61, San Antonio, TX
Steve Gilbert, 33, Delray Beach, FL
Jonathan Darsaw, 28, Moscow, TN
Robert Coleman, 88, West Sacramento, CA
Darrell Wayne Zemault Sr., 55, San Antonio, TX
Charles Eric Moses Jr., 33, Brunswick, GA
Dearian Bell, 28, Atlanta, GA
Patches Vojon Holmes Jr., 26, Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO