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White people are more than twice as likely to support the use of military equipment for riot control as Black people “likely due to disproportionate usage of militarized police for riot control purposes in Black neighborhoods and against Black protestors."
Armed, but Too Dangerous? Factors Associated With Citizen Support for the Militarization of the Police
Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society
Vol. 31 Issue 2, pp. 113–127,
2018
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