06/24/2024
🚨 Always Film Police When Childern Are Involved 🚨
• Youth are more likely to experience police force than adults, even though they account for fewer interactions.
• Police initiated 81% of use of force incidents against youth.
• Black children face 50% of force used on childeren by police, despite representing only 15% of the youth population.
• Common tactics include forceful takedowns, physical strikes, and fi****ms.
• From 2015-2022, 134 youth were killed by police nationwide, 19 in California alone.
These findings highlight the urgent need to always film the police to protect children from excessive police force.
Source: 2025 Draft RIPA Report