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“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."

Lethal Policing: Making Sense of American Exceptionalism

Sociological Forum

Hirschfield, Paul J.

Vol. 30 Issue 4, pp. 1109–1117, 2015

10.1111/socf.12200

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