“Police killings were positively and significantly associated with syphilis and gonorrhoea rates among Black residents. Each additional police killing in 2015 was associated with syphilis rates that were 7.5% higher and gonorrhoea rates that were 4.0% higher in 2016."
“Police stops could also involve psychological violence, typically in the form of name-calling, unnecessary physical threats, and … gratuitous prolonged discomfort… Participants reported that officers referred to their ‘black asses’ and called local women ‘bitches.'"
“Policing and racism have been mutually constitutive in the United States. … War on Drugs policing strategies… have created specific conditions conducive to police brutality targeting Black communities."