The Modesto cited a study by the Center for Policing Equity that reveals that the average use-of-force rate for Black people in the United States is 3.6 times greater than the rate for White people:
According to a 2016 report released by the Center for Policing Equity, both arrest and population demographics were used as benchmarks to analyze use-of-force incidents.
The study revealed that the average use-of-force rate for Black residents nationwide was 273 per 100,000 individuals, which is 3.6 times greater than the rate for white residents (76 per 100,000) and 2.5 times higher than the overall rate of 108 per 100,000 for all residents.
Among those arrested, the average rate of use of force against Black individuals was 46 per 1,000 arrests, compared to 36 per 1,000 for whites.
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