(28-10-22, 11:08 PM)Grahamm link Wrote: [quote author=BBROWN1664 link=topic=27537.msg330554#msg330554 date=1666984411]
I have been stopped and even arrested for things I have not done. One thing I didn't do was run though as I knew I had nothing to hide and had done nothing wrong.
I'm glad you are secure enough in your privilege...
The 2019/20 data indicates that Black people were about 5.7 times more likely to have force used on them than White people. The data further shows that officers were more than nine times as likely to have drawn Tasers (but not discharged them) on Black people than on White people. Additionally, Black people were eight times more likely to be ‘compliant handcuffed’ than White people and over three times more likely to have a spit and bite guard used on them than White people.
Report from HM Inspector of Constabulary
https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/...-force.pdf
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"....The 2019/20 data indicates that Black people were about 5.7 times more likely to have force used on them than White people...."
Yeah, but you can't deny that they do have a tendency to resist more, be uncooperative, bad mannered, or simply try and do the off.
I have friends who are police officers, and they tell me exactly the same thing. They have nothing to prove or any reason to lie to me, it's just the way things are.
Get rid of the massive chip on your shoulder, cooperate in a polite manner, and stop scarpering even when you're innocent, and the future could be a lot easier and brighter for everyone, but i can't see that happening anytime soon when some people have an instant disrespect for a person in uniform.
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