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“White officers were less likely to accept that black citizens might have understandable reasons to distrust the police and… generally did not try to reduce tensions in encounters with minority citizens… apt to take black citizens’ ill feelings as unjustified aggression”

Does the Race of Police Officers Matter? Police Officers on Interactions with Citizens and Police Procedures Does the Race of Police Officers Matter? Police Officers on Interactions with Citizens and Police Procedures In sum, while all officers recognize that many African Americans distrust the police and are prone to act disrespectfully because of this distrust, black and white officers respond to this recognition in dramatically different ways. In sum, while all officers recognize that many African Americans distrust the police and are prone to act disrespectfully because of this distrust, black and white officers respond to this recognition in dramatically different ways.
Does the Race of Police Officers Matter? Police Officers on Interactions with Citizens and Police Procedures
Ph.D. Dissertation in Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas
Woods, Solomon
20 May 2014
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16821
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