Race increasingly listed as 'unknown' in Minneapolis Police Department Use of Force reports

[Nevilledog]

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A.J. Lagoe
@AJInvestigates
A KARE 11 Investigation reveals skyrocketing incidents where MPD claims not to know the race of people they use force against – even when it appears obvious.

KARE 11 Investigates: Race increasingly listed as 'unknown' in MPD Use of Force reports
A KARE 11 Investigation reveals skyrocketing incidents where MPD claims not to know the race of people they use force against – even when it appears obvious.
kare11.com
5:02 PM · Jul 8, 2021

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/investigations/kare-11-investigates-race-increasingly-listed-as-unknown-in-mpd-use-of-force-reports/89-2439f86f-0d19-4a0c-8bfa-e9be7b099979

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After George Floyd’s murder, city officials promised to reduce racial disparities in police use of force. At first glance, data taken from the city’s web site appears to show that happened.

Before George Floyd, when MPD used force, 60% of the time it was against Black people. Since then, it has dropped to about 52%.

That’s an improvement – although still a significant disparity in a city that's only about 20% Black.

When KARE 11 took a deeper look at the numbers, however, we discovered something unusual. When police officers fill out required “Use of Force” forms, they are increasingly listing race as “Unknown” – or simply failing to record it.

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[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. K&R

[iemanja]

2. I hate this police force

As they are beating people of color, they refuse to answer citizen phone calls for help when businesses are broken into or the many car jackings taking place. Basically they won't come to many South Minneapolis neighborhoods. Because of that, I'm voting to defund them in November.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R