These are the names of Black men and women who have died at the hands of police. The list is not complete, but paints a picture as to why Black lives should matter.  

2001 

Timothy Thomas  

2010 

Danroy Henry Jr.  

2012 

Trayvon Martin 

2014 

Michael Brown 

Eric Garner 

Tamir Rice  

Michelle Cusseaux 

Aura R. Rosser 

Akai Gurley 

Gabriella Nevarez 

Tanisha Anderson 

2015 

Freddie C. Gray 

Janisha Fonville 

Sandra Bland 

Artago Damon Howard  

Jeremy Lett  

Lavall Hall  

Thomas Allen  

Charly Leundeu Keunang  

Naeschylus Vinzant  

Tony Robinson  

Anthony Hill  

Bobby Gross  

Brandon Jones  

Eric Harris  

Walter Scott  

Frank Shephard  

William Chapman  

David Felix  

Brendon Glenn  

Kris Jackson  

Spencer McCain  

Victor Emmanuel Larosa  

Salvado Ellswood  

Darrius Stewart  

Albert Joseph Davis  

Samuel Dubose  

Christian Taylor  

Asshams Pharoah Manley  

Felix Kumi  

India Kager  

Keith Harrison McLeod  

Junior Prosper  

Anthony Ashford  

Bennie Lee Tignor  

Jamar Clark  

Nathaniel Harris Pickett  

Miguel Espinal  

Michael Noel  

Kevin Matthews  

Bettie Jones  

2016 

Alton Sterling 

Philando Castile 

Antronie Scott  

David Joseph  

Dyzhawn L. Perkins  

Calin Roquemore  

Christopher J. Davis  

Peter Gaines  

Jessica Nelson-Williams  

Michael Eugene Wilson Jr.  

Vernell Bing  

Antwun Shumpert  

Deravis Caine Rogers  

Dalvin Hollins  

Donnell Thompson  

Levonia Riggins  

Terence Crutcher  

Alfred Olango  

Christopher Sowell  

Andrew Depeiza  

2017 

JR Williams  

Darrion Barnhill  

Nana Adomako  

Cad Robertson  

Raynard Burton  

Alteria Woods  

Ricco Devante Holden  

Marc Brandon Davis  

David Jones  

Aaron Bailey  

Dejuan Guillory  

Charles David Robinson  

Anthony Antonio Ford  

Dewboy Lister  

Calvin Toney  

Lawrence Hawkins  

Keita O’Neil  

Juan Pedro Pierre  

2018 

Botham Jean  

Arther McAfee Jr.  

Ronnell Foster  

Mario Dantoni Bass  

Shermichael Ezeff  

Cameron Hall  

Stephon Clark  

Danny Thomas  

Juan Markee Jones  

Marcus-David L. Peters  

Tony Green  

Rashaun Washington  

James Leatherwood  

Charles Roundtree  

Danny Washington  

Gregory Griffin  

2019 

Marcus McVae  

Isaiah Lewis  

Ryan Twyman  

Antwun Shumpert  

Josef Richardson  

Atatiana Jefferson  

Michael Dean  

2020  

George Floyd 

William Howard Green  

Donnie Sanders  

Breonna Taylor  

Dreasjon Reed  

Tony McDade 

David Mcatee  

Sean Monterrosa 

Justin Howell 

Jamel Floyd