Black people account for 13% of London’s population but were on receiving end of 36% of uses of force by police officers in three months to June
Scotland Yard officers believe used force against a disproportionately large number of black people in recent months. Official figures released on Tuesday showed that the number of people of every other ethnic group against whom force was used was relatively low.
Labour condemned the picture painted by the official figures,which also showed that officers were injured 643 times when using force against members of the public, regardless of ethnicity, and age or sex.
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Source: theguardian.com