Alpert, Geoffrey P.

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“Specifically, in predominantly white and racially mixed areas, black drivers were stopped disproportionately to their representation in the driving population, as estimated through a random sample of not-at-fault drivers in two vehicle crashes."

“Officers are significantly more likely to form a non-behavioral suspicion when the suspect is Black… 4.4 times greater… Suspect race and method of transportation play an important role in the types of suspicion that police officers form."

“Agencies have historically been reluctant to make their use-of-force data public… Perhaps police leaders and politicians are concerned about the backlash that could result if their data uncover evidence of bias or excessive force."

“Using street stops [as the denominator], black citizens were approximately 2.5 times as likely to be fatally shot in 2015 and 2016, and about 2.4 times as likely to be fatally shot in 2017."

“The few studies that have controlled for the differential involvement of minorities in crime, or for race and crime at the neighborhood level, have found that stop, search, and arrest disparities for Blacks and Hispanics remain after crime rates are held constant."