In 2016, Harvard Economics Professor Roland Fryer published a study to explore racial differences in the use of force by police...
- However, when it came to police-involved shootings, minorities were found to be less likely to be shot at by an officer.
- The research revealed that blacks are 23.5% less likely to be shot at by police than whites. Meanwhile, Hispanics were 8.5% less likely to be shot at by police compared to whites...
- Within four minutes of publishing the paper, Fryer received an email that read: "You're full of s**t."
- He explained, "I had colleagues take me to the side and say, 'Don't publish this. You'll ruin your career.'"
- The hostilities toward Fryer were so intense that he required police protection for about a month, including his then-7-day-old daughter...
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