Sadler, Melody S.

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“SU [gang special unit] officers showed significantly more bias [in simulated shooting tasks] than patrol officers. In fact, SU officers showed levels of bias [in decision to shoot] that were comparable to untrained community members."

“Police officers correctly responded more quickly to guns, but more slowly to nonguns, held by Black targets than by targets of any other race.” & “Reaction time bias to shoot Black targets increased as a function of … prejudice reported on the discrimination scale."

“Officers are more likely to shoot Black suspects, even when race-based differences in crime are held constant."