The only other police killing of a minor recorded in the state of Ohio between 20 was in Cleveland, where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by police in 2014. cities with the highest rates of violent crime, according to a CBS News analysis of the most recent 2019 data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.Īlthough Columbus was not among the cities with the highest rates of murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, other Ohio cities that did make the list included: Cleveland, where there were 1,517 violent crimes for every 100,000 residents in 2019 Dayton, which saw 962 violent crimes per 100,000 Toledo, with 952 violent crimes per 100,000 Akron, which reported 901 violent crimes per 100,000 and Cincinnati, where there were 845 violent crimes for every 100,000. While data shows that the Columbus police department has killed more children than most other departments across the country, Columbus did not rank among the top 50 U.S. Data from Mapping Police Violence shows that Columbus police have killed the third highest number of children. Protesters gathered on Jin downtown Columbus, Ohio.
Haynes, who is white, was the only non-Black victim. and Joseph Edward Haynes in 2018 and 15-year-old Abdirahman Salad and 17-year-old Joseph C.
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The shooting occurred just moments before the verdict was read in the Derek Chauvin trial involving the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man from Minneapolis.įive other minors have been shot by Columbus police between 20: 13-year-old Tyre King in 2016 16-year-olds Julius Ervin Tate Jr. On Tuesday, Columbus police fatally shot 15-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant, who is Black, four times after officers responded to calls of an attempted stabbing. When analyzing the data by race, police killings of Black children in Columbus, which accounted for five of the six deaths, surpasses the number of police killings of Black children in Houston, which accounted for four of the eight deaths. Since 2013, Chicago police have killed 13 minors and Houston police have killed eight. The only two other departments with higher figures are the Chicago Police Department and the Houston Police Department. Officers from the Columbus Division of Police have killed six minors by gunshot between 20, with the first shooting occurring in 2016. It’s a nonlethal force when you have a nonlethal threat."ĭiCello said Mylett did not claim during his viewing last week that Walker made any threatening moves that would have justified his killing.Data from the research collaborative Mapping Police Violence shows that, among police departments across the U.S., Columbus, Ohio, police have killed the third-highest number of children since 2013. "There can be no doubt he was unarmed at the time he exited the vehicle. "They descend upon him, and the first two of many officers there use their Tasers," he said. Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal via USA TODAY NetworkĭiCello said that Walker was fleeing from police when they shot at him and that he has not seen any evidence yet about allegations that Walker shot at officers. Stubbs Justice Center at a demonstration Saturday in Akron, Ohio, after police shot and killed Jayland Walker last week. A protester stares down an officer outside the Harold K.
Police publicly released the body camera video Sunday from eight officers who opened fire and five others who were at the scene. An attorney for the family, Bobby DiCello, said he reviewed the body camera video with the family Thursday. Walker’s family has questioned the use of deadly force.
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