Well, this is quite interesting. From the study: Felons justifiably killed by police represent a tiny fraction of the total population. Of the 183 million whites in 1998, police killed 225; of the 27 million blacks, police killed 127. While the rate (per million population) at which blacks were killed by police in 1998 was about 4 times that of whites, the difference used to be much wider: the black rate in 1978 was 8 times the white rate. Participants in an innovative Washington State University study of deadly force were more likely to feel threatened in scenarios involving black people. But when it came time to shoot, participants were biased in favor of black suspects, taking longer to pull the trigger against them than against armed white or Hispanic suspects... The BJS study also found that black suspects were also as likely to shoot at police as be shot at. Basically, folks hesitate to shoot AfAms or other minorities for fear of being cast as a racist targeting blacks and ethnics.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:18:18 +0000
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