Two-thirds of African Americans know someone mistreated by police, and 22% report mistreatment in past year

Friday, June 19, 2020 - 09:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Sixty-eight percent of African Americans say they know someone who has been unfairly stopped, searched, questioned, physically threatened or abused by the police, and 43% say they personally have had this experience—with 22% saying the mistreatment occurred within the past year alone, according to survey results from Tufts University's Research Group on Equity in Health, Wealth and Civic Engagement.

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