Police are five times more likely to use force against black people than white people, new government figures show. Data from the Home Office show police in England and Wales used force tactics at a rate of 90 per 10,000 white people but 450 per 10,000 black people in 2018/19.
During that time frame officers used tactics such as handcuffing, other restraint, use of batons, irritant sprays, tasers and firearms a total of 630,793 times.
Of those, 447,337 tactics were used against white people and 94,222 were against those who were black. But based on the local population it shows the figure is five times higher for black people.
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