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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.