HPD's use of force incidents that cause major injuries disproportionately affect Black residents
About 55 percent of the department's 28,945 reported incidents involving a use of force were committed against Black residents.What to know about Jalen Randle and the Houston cop who could eventually be indicted in his death
The officers who have inflicted serious bodily injury on the job are more likely to be white. Among the 281 incidents in the database, about 49 percent involved injuries inflicted by white officers, compared with about 2 percent involving Black officers, according to the data.
Evans, from Pure Justice, criticized that approach, explaining that the process of submitting a complaint is intimidating because it often requires visiting police departments and residents often don't trust police to investigate themselves. But modern circumstances mean police are being asked to solve societal problems, best addressed by other entities, Griffith said. The department statistics reflect the fact that officers are frequently assigned to patrol in high crime areas, which typically coincide with places with high poverty rates, he said.
“If an area of town is declared Public Enemy No. 1, that you have a higher likelihood of losing your life, then you’re going to go into that area differently,” she said. “That’s true if you’re an officer or a visitor from out of town. You see it as a community threat, you don’t see the individual people.”Rachal agreed with Johnson that many officers don't people as people.
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