A new report released by the Williams Institute found queer people living in the US are considerably more likely to be stopped and profiled by police compared to heterosexual citizens.
By analysing from a police-public contact survey, the research found a larger proportion of LGBQ identifying adults reported contact with the police during a one-year period compared to the general population, with queer people being six times more likely to “stopped by the police in a public space.”91% of straight respondents who interacted with the police said they were satisfied with the encounter compared to 81% of LGBQ people, who were more likely to say that the officers behaved inappropriately towards them.