Posted: Feb 22, 2021 5:02 PM ET | Last Updated: February 22
Windsor police are mandated by the province to document the race of people involved in use-of-force incidents — according to the officer's perception at the time the event happened.(Dan Taekema/CBC)
Black people and other visible minorities were disproportionately affected by Windsor police's use of force in 2020, according to statistics from the force's annual report.
Despite only representing five per cent of the city's population, Black people make up almost 18 per cent of incidents where use-of-force tactics were implemented by Windsor police in 2020.
Indigenous people were also over represented in the incidents.
Overall, while visible minorities make up just over 17% of the census area's population, according to the latest census, they make up about a third, or roughly 33 per cent, of those who had force used against them by Windsor police.