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New Report on Fairfax County Police Use of Force in 2019 Shows Major Racial Disparities

African-Americans make up just 9.7% of the county's population, yet account for 45.6% of use of force incidents

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Sadly, the following information from a new report on Fairfax County’s 2019 police use of force, isn’t surprising. Still, it’s quite troubling, when you consider that African-Americans make up just 9.7% of the county’s population, yet account for 45.6% of “Community Members Involved in a Use of Force by District station.” Check it out.

 

 

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