Studies

Research on racial bias in policing

“Regression analyses for high school students [but not street youth] indicate that… among youth who engage in roughly similar types of behaviour, and similar levels of delinquency, black youth are stopped and searched more often than white youth."

"[On race, from the perspective of police officers,] they are not a problem—it is others seeing them as a problem that is a problem… Instead of focusing on the human relations aspect of their work… the officers ignored them. Evading the racial dynamics at play…"

“Stringent [administrative] policies are effective deterrents against police use of lethal force [against] Blacks, but not Whites… This could be attributable to the differential application of lethal force against Whites and Blacks.” (@jnowacki)

“In the schools serving African American students… SROs [school resource officers] had assumed law enforcement responsibilities… while in the rural schools, the SROs were focused on conflict resolution and prevention.” (@DiscourseofEd)

“The race of the victim determines whether a murder receives prominent coverage by newspapers or other media outlets… the focus tends to be on those [stories] with white victims.” Some Black women incorrectly conclude that they are less likely to be victims of homicide.

“Black men were significantly more likely than White men to think they would feel anxious [in police encounters, and thus alter] their behavior for risk of being stereotyped, and, ironically, behave in ways that police have been shown to perceive as deceptive or suspicious."

“Indigenous Americans tied with blacks for the number of folks killed by police officers in America [w]hile representing just over 10 percent of the black population… Native Americans are the most likely group to be killed by police in America.” (@dgembrick)

“The homicide victimization rate for blacks was six times higher than the rate for whites.” & “Police… need to refrain from using overly simplistic descriptions—such as