SEATTLE (AP) — A report shows Seattle police officers continue to stop and use force against Black people far more frequently than white people. The Seattle Times reports Seattle police watchdogs and civil libertarians say they are alarmed and disappointed. The report found that Black people, per capita, were seven times more likely to be subjected to force by Seattle police than white people, and five times more likely to be stopped and questioned. Native Americans were nine times more likely to be stopped. The document was completed in January and posted on the police department’s website July 15. Interim Seattle police Chief Adrian Diaz says the department will embrace their mandate to end bias in policing.
Report: SPD stops Black people, Native Americans more
