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Study Suggests Large Racial Bias in Police Use of Force
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Today saw the release of a very good — but also very limited — study suggesting that white officers are far more likely to use “gun force” against blacks than black officers are. The study works by leveraging a natural experiment in the way cops in some places get assigned to 911 calls: The nearest available cop is assigned to each call and doesn’t get to choose whether to go. If these calls are more likely to result in force when a white officer gets assigned to a black neighborhood (relative to a black cop working the same beat and shift), it seems reasonable to conclude race is making a difference.
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hisself
(2/25/2020)
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What total BS!!
Did it ever occur to them that blacks are more likely to attack white officers than black ones, therefore requiring the white cop to use force in return?
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