NSW police use force against Indigenous Australians at drastically disproportionate levels, data shows
by Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#6DD7X)
Exclusive: Redfern Legal Centre obtained records which show First Nations people were involved in about 45% of the incidents
New South Wales police used force against Indigenous Australians at vastly disproportionate rates during the past three years, internal police data shows.
Records obtained by the Redfern Legal Centre show Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were significantly overrepresented in police use of force incidents from 2018-20 to 2021-22.
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