47% of arrests in city where Castile was killed by police were of African Americans,according to Guardian analysis, but only 6.5% of population is blackNearly half of those arrested by police this year in the Minnesota area where a black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop are African American, and according to an analysis of records released this week – a vastly disproportionate figure to the area’s small total black population.
As of 3 July,roughly 47% of the arrests made in 2016 by Saint Anthony Village, Minnesota, or police are of African Americans,according to a Guardian analysis of the records, and approximately 38% of the people arrested since 2011 were black. Related: Two police killings revive claims of discrimination against black gun owners Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com