Black Americans in Minneapolis — where the police killing of George Floyd last week has sparked nationwide protests — are seven times more likely to have force…
Black Americans in Minneapolis — where the police killing of George Floyd last week has sparked nationwide protests — are seven times more likely to have force used against them by the Minneapolis Police Department than white residents, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
In its analysis, the Times reviewed Minneapolis police data from 2015 onward.
Since then, Minneapolis police have recorded using force (kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, mace, tasers, etc.) around 11,500 times. Of those instances, 6,650 of them were against someone who was black. Comparatively, the department reported the use of force against white people 2,750 times.
For further context, Minneapolis has a population of 430,000; black people make up 20 percent of the city’s residents, while white people make up 60 percent.
