This timeline shows an overview of police shootings with deadly outcome for unarmed, African Americans from 2012-2022. Only cases that gained national attention have been included.
African-American Trayvon Martin, 17, is shot and killed by George Zimmerman of Latin/Caucasian decent.
Unarmed, Rekia Boyd, 22, was shot and killed by off-duty police officer, Dante Servin.
African-American Ernest Satterwhite, 68, is shot and killed in his driveway by a white officer after a car chase in South Carolina.
African-American Dontre Hamilton, 31, is shot and killed by a white police officer, Christopher Manney, in Wisconsin.
African-American Eric Garner, 43, dies after having been arrested and wrestled to the ground by New York City police officers for selling illegal cigarettes.
African-American John Crawford III, 22, is shot in a Walmart in Ohio after having picked up a gun from a shelf.
African-American Michael Brown, 18, is shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri by white police officer Darren Wilson.
African-American Levar Jones, 35, is shot by white trooper Sean Groubert in South Carolina, after having been stopped due to a seatbelt violation. Jones did not die from the wounds.
Laquan Joseph McDonald, 17, was shot and killed by white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
African-American Tamir Rice, 12, is shot and killed in Cleveland for having a gun in his hand in a public park. The gun was a toy.
