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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/u...police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html
I haven't had time to go through the actual study data yet but the article is interesting and I hope to see that circumstances of the encounter are also taken into consideration. For example, my experience tells me that cops are more likely to handcuff a detained individual if he or she is being engaged as part of a group.
The study is here. - http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399.pdf
I haven't had time to go through the actual study data yet but the article is interesting and I hope to see that circumstances of the encounter are also taken into consideration. For example, my experience tells me that cops are more likely to handcuff a detained individual if he or she is being engaged as part of a group.
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.
The study is here. - http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399.pdf