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more likely to report police abuse: Blacks and Hispanics were twice as likely as whites to report the use of force in encounters with police, a Justice Department report release Sunday 2-17-2001. The report also showed that black drivers were more likely than whites to be stopped, searched, handcuffed or ticketed. About 2% of blacks and Hispanics who had face to face encounters with police in 1999 reported force or threatened force. That compares with less than 1% among whites, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported. The report comes as Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked Congress to authorize officials of singling out people based on their race News1 News2 News3 News4 News5 News6 News7
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