"...Perhaps the most common form of alleged racist police “brutality” we hear about is shootings, particularly those with questionable justification.
To hear some people, there’s an epidemic of racist police brutality and we need to do something about it.
While we all agree that unjustified police brutality is bad, is there really an “epidemic” of racial bias in police brutality?
It only takes one incident to go viral and serve as a call to arms for thousands of people to protest, but is it a really as big of a problem as people suggest it is?
Looking at the data, the answer might actually be no.
According to a 2019 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, white officers are not more likely to shoot black civilians than black or Hispanic officers are.
...Other studies have reached similar conclusions, including a Harvard study that found no racial bias in police using deadly force, though there is some disparity when it comes to physical force.
With regard to lethal force, however, no disparity exists.
“A solid body of evidence finds no structural bias in the criminal-justice system with regard to arrests, prosecution or sentencing,” explained Heather Mac Donald of the Manhatten Institute in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week.
“Crime and suspect behavior, not race, determine most police actions.”...
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According to a 2019 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, white officers are not more likely to shoot black civilians than black or Hispanic officers are.
...Other studies have reached similar conclusions, including a Harvard study that found no racial bias in police using deadly force, though there is some disparity when it comes to physical force.
With regard to lethal force, however, no disparity exists.
“A solid body of evidence finds no structural bias in the criminal-justice system with regard to arrests, prosecution or sentencing,” explained Heather Mac Donald of the Manhatten Institute in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week.
“Crime and suspect behavior, not race, determine most police actions.”...
Read all.
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