Police five times more likely to use force against Black people
Black people were seven times more likely to have a Taser-like weapons used against them
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 8:Hundreds of protestors demonstrate against police racism outside Tottenham police station on August 8, 2020 in Tottenham, England. The protest was held to demand changes in the police force including an end to “over policing of Black communities” and the use of excessive force and tasers. It marks the anniversary of the 2011 London riots, which were triggered by the death of 29-year-old Mark Duggan, who was shot and killed by police in Tottenham. (Photo by Guy Smallman/ Getty Images)
By Press Association 2021
Police officers on patrol
Police use force against black people at a rate “five times higher” than against white people, according to an official report.
Black people were also “involved in proportionally more incidents” involving the use of less lethal weapons, like Tasers, and firearms, according to Home Office data.
The report, which looked at use of force incidents by police in England and Wales in the year to March, said: “Use of force tactics, ranging from handcuffing and ground restraint, to the use of batons, CEDs (Tasers) and firearms, involved people perceived as being from a black ethnic group at a rate five times higher than people perceived as being from a white ethnic group in English and Welsh police force areas (excluding the Metropolitan Police).”
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Officers working during the pandemic (Image: Runnymede Beat (Surrey Police))
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