Black Americans experience more nonlethal force from police than white Americans, DOJ report shows
Black Americans are more than twice as likely to experience nonlethal force or the threat of force by police officers as white Americans, according to a Department of Justice study released Saturday. For the study's purposes, nonlethal force ranges from shouting and cursing to electroshock weapons and gun-pointing, The Washington Post reports.
Between 2002 and 2011, about 75 percent of all U.S. residents ages 16 and up who encountered force when interacting with a police officer said they considered that force to be excessive.
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