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July 11, 2016 10:32 AM Subscribe
Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings A new study confirms that black men and women are treated differently in the hands of law enforcement. They are more likely to be touched, handcuffed, pushed to the ground or pepper-sprayed by a police officer, even after accounting for how, where and when they encounter the police.
But when it comes to the most lethal form of force — police shootings — the study finds no racial bias.
“It is the most surprising result of my career,” said Roland G. Fryer Jr., the author of the study and a professor of economics at Harvard. The study examined more than 1,000 shootings in 10 major police departments, in Texas, Florida and California.
“It is the most surprising result of my career,” said Roland G. Fryer Jr., the author of the study and a professor of economics at Harvard. The study examined more than 1,000 shootings in 10 major police departments, in Texas, Florida and California.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Eye-grabbing pop-sci characterizations of narrow results in a study are kinda not great even when it's about relatively toothless issues, but in the context of an incredibly difficult week surrounding the question of police shootings of black men it seems like an especially bad idea for a post. -- cortex
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