Black people 'three times more likely' to be Tasered

Black people are three times more likely than white people to be involved in Taser incidents, Home Office figures disclosed to the BBC suggest.

The numbers show the electric stun gun was drawn, aimed or fired 38,000 times in England and Wales over five years.

In more than 12% of cases Tasers were used against black people, who make up about 4% of the population.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34511532






But what they don't tell you...



Black men 'to blame for most violent city crime'

The majority of violent inner-city crime is committed by black men, police figures suggest.

Police hold black men responsible for more than two-thirds of shootings and more than half of robberies and street crimes in London, according to figures released by Scotland Yard.

The statistics released under Freedom of Information laws have provoked a debate about the racial make-up of violent crime in the capital.

The data, which provides the ethnicity of the 18,091 men and boys who police took action against in London during 2009-10, looked at both violent and sexual offences.
It found that 67 per cent of those caught by police for gun crimes were black.
Among those proceeded against for street crimes, including muggings, assault with intent to rob and snatching property, 54 per cent were black males.

On sex offences, black men made up 32 per cent of all male suspects, with 49 per cent of those apprehended by police being white men.

The statistics also suggest that police hold black women accountable for a disproportionate amount of violent crime. On knife crime, 45 per cent of suspected female perpetrators were black.

Among those women and girls police took action against for gun crime, 58 per cent were black and in robberies that figure was 52 per cent.

The police statistics relate to those prosecuted - whether convicted or acquitted - issued with a caution, warning or penalty notice.

But they also include a number of suspects arrested by police that the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to charge and those whose crimes were 'taken into consideration' during proceedings for other offences.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290047/Metropolitan-Police-crime-statistics-reveal-violent-criminals-black--victims.html




But black people only make up 4% of the population!!!

Nobody want to argue about the percentages...!?






To me it seems that black people aren't being tasered enough considering the disproportionately high level of violent crime they are involved in!!!

I can't be bothered to discuss figures Tommy
No one ever agrees on them on here anyway

There's a reason for stereotypes. That's all I'll say

Tommy Monk wrote:

Nobody want to argue about the percentages...!?






To me it seems that black people aren't being tasered enough considering the disproportionately high level of violent crime they are involved in!!!

Can't argue with that statement which will upset those who will not see..

Asian's are the top of the list when it comes money crimes. [Not all of course]

Good point nicko... and in the BBC article it says that Asians are tasered less as a group than population...



Because taser is only used when dealing with violent incidents... of which blacks seem to be more involved in.

they want to be grateful they live here then.....the yanks would shoot em dead...

Why aren't the BBC making a headline story saying that men are thousands of times more likely to be tasered than women...!!!???


Although men make up roughly the same number of population as women...!?


Completely ignoring all the other relevant information involved in the whole story of things...?



But resulting in the headline suggestion that men are unfairly targeted by police with violence due to sexism...!!!???

I see Tommy is having another dumb maths moment.

He states


But black people only make up 4% of the population!!!

On a thread about London.

Doh

What is the percentage of Blacks in London?

Take your time Tommy

So funny and actually this just further proves the disparity in regards to how each group is treated with sentences which was shown by the Ministry of Justice to be badly biaed against blacks..How blacks are ofetn more charged, arrested with prejudice
Which would also explain some of the numbers here.



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/courts-are-biased-against-blacks-with-white-offenders-less-likely-to-be-jailed-for-similar-crimes-8959804.html

The op is about the whole of England and Wales dodge...



Conveniently so I might add...

The stats were in regards to London.

You fucked up again lol

The op is about the whole of England and Wales dodge...






The BBC article is making the claim that black people are only 4% of population!!!

Another fine example of Tommy not admitting his error

The op article from the BBC is about the whole of England and Wales.

Black people are three times more likely than white people to be involved in Taser incidents, Home Office figures disclosed to the BBC suggest.

The numbers show the electric stun gun was drawn, aimed or fired 38,000 times in England and Wales over five years.

In more than 12% of cases Tasers were used against black people, who make up about 4% of the population.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34511532

shocking!

Well the black population does contribute a disproportionately high number of criminals

The shocking thing here is the BBC trying to promote the idea that there is a racist motive by police for deploying tasers against proportionally more black people than others...

When in reality it is just more evidence of blacks being involved in proportionally more violent crime!!!