"From 2002 to 2011, an annual average of 44 million
persons age 16 or older had one or more face-toface
contacts with police. Of those who had contact,
1.6% experienced the threat or use of nonfatal force by the
police during their most recent contact.1 About 75% of those
with force (1.2% of persons with police contact) perceived
the force as excessive. A greater percentage of non-Hispanic
blacks (2.8%) than non-Hispanic whites (1.0%) and
Hispanics (1.4%) experienced excessive nonfatal force by
police during their contact (figure 1).
This report examines the prevalence, circumstance, and
characteristics of incidents in which police threatened or
used nonfatal force and whether these factors varied across
resident race and Hispanic origin..."
Police and nonfatal force
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