Studies

Research on racial bias in policing

Documents media’s criminalization of unarmed Black victims of police. “Simply regurgitating all information provided, most of which comes from the same law enforcement agencies involved in the altercations and could possibly contain an agenda, is no longer acceptable."

“Participants [Black boys] spoke extensively about altering their behaviors to demonstrate that they were not doing anything wrong especially around police, and enacting the strategies as advised by their parents and family… [but still feared] police harassment."

“Blacks are 37 times more likely to be the victim of a SWAT raid in Huntington, West Virginia, than their white counterparts. Blacks in Ogden, Utah, are 39 times more likely to be subjected to a SWAT raid and Blacks in Burlington, North Carolina, are 47 times more likely."

“Even though ‘race’ may overlap to a considerable degree with class and residential area, the survey data … show that … the experience of African Americans with police stops, frisks, and street interrogations cannot be explained by ‘class.'"

“To test the Minority Threat Hypothesis…” & “Counties with greater ethnic residential segregation are more likely to acquire MRAPs [mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles]. Increasing segregation is not limited to urban areas; it has spread to the suburbs."

“Accounts of… protests against policing violence… are often constructed in the mainstream media to be… disorganized frenzy, with looting, theft, and violence… at the hands of black people… failing to critically examine why protests… might rationally take place."

“The number of serving BME officers has been well below the number of minority ethnic people living in UK. BME officers comprise 5% of the police workforce. BME

“Reviews referred to the apparent preference of supervisors to refer the behaviour of ethnic minority officers to professional standards departments for formal investigation, whereas they would deal with white officers informally face-to-face."

“CoBRAS assess cognitive aspects of colorblind racial attitudes… Analyses showed no significant change between the [recruits'] first CoBRAS score (week one of [police academy] training) and the second score (week fourteen of training)."