Hirschfield, Paul J.

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“British police have fatally shot only one person wielding a knife since 2008—a hostage-taker… US police have fatally shot more than 575 people allegedly wielding blades… since 2013. Racism helps explain why African Americans… are particularly vulnerable to police."

“Whereas police fear seemingly triggers most police killings, some of them result from police officers deliberately putting themselves in situations where deadly force becomes reasonable or permissible.” & “Forms of racism are likely important [but not]… the whole story."