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Data graphic showing the numbers of Blacks/Latinos, Whites and people of other races and ethnicities stopped by the New York City Police in 2011, along with whether they were also frisked and whether force was used. Blacks and Latinos are disproportionately stopped, frisked and have forced used against them.

Data Source: NYPD Stop, Question, and Frisk database. (Graph: Peter Wagner, 2017)

This graph originally appeared in What "Stop-and-Frisk" Really Means: Discrimination & Use of Force.

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