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Toronto Police Interim Chief James Ramer apologized on Wednesday to the city’s racialized residents after the release of Toronto police statistics that showed racialized groups were disproportionately affected by enforcement actions and use of force by police officers.

New statistics released by Toronto police show Black people faced a disproportionate amount of police enforcement and use of force in 2020 in comparison to their representation in the overall population, and were more likely to have an officer point a gun at them than white people in the same situation, according to police data.

Middle Eastern people were also overrepresented when it came to enforcement action and use of force, while other groups — such as Latino and East and Southeast Asian residents — experienced less enforcement in comparison to their representation in the overall population but saw more use of force when they did interact with police.

Indigenous people faced more enforcement, but proportionately slightly less use of force in those interactions, according to the same data.

Police statistics show white people faced proportionately less enforcement and less use of force in comparison to their representation in the overall population.

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