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“We present evidence that under the most conservative estimates, 40% of black people recently shot by police were shot during a stop in which they were not suspected of committing a violent crime."
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— William Ryan (@thewilliamryan) February 10, 2020
A recent SPPS paper concluded there was no evidence of anti-black bias in police shootings, but its analysis is fatally flawed. We explain why this paper's methods can't draw any conclusions about bias in police shootings.
No Evidence of Bias When Using Inappropriate Test for Bias: Comment on Cesario, Johnson, & Terrill 2018
psyarxiv
9 February
2020
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