Studies

Research on racial bias in policing

“When algorithms in the criminal justice system rely upon data that contains racial bias, the machine learning algorithms that use this data to make predictions will inevitably reflect that racial bias…despite any claims that an algorithm is ‘race neutral.'"

“The bill… provided that disciplinary records relating to the use of deadly force, … sexual assault, unjustified stops and arrests, racial profiling, discriminatory treatment, … would be available for public inspection… The police union lobby opposed SB 1286."

While experiencing psychiatric crisis at similar rates, “African-Americans are more likely to be brought to the ER by police than whites and those who are brought to the ER by police are even more likely to be involuntarily committed” (@MichaelLPerlin @cuc1699)

“The results indicate that civilians killed by the police who are other races/ethnicities are more likely than Whites to pose no clear threat… The difference between Whites and Blacks in the likelihood of posing no clear threat is not statistically significant."

“Current judgments about the meaning of behaviors like nervousness and flight from police are outdated and ignore the realities of normal adolescent behavior and police-on-black violence that provide black youth with many reasons to flee."

“Blacks are likely to be viewed as criminal, and criminals are assumed to be Black.” & “Officers are more likely to use force against individuals who have a mental illness… such individuals may be viewed as unpredictable and as prone to criminal behavior.” @MiltonetteJDPhD

“The evidence is robust regarding the ubiquitous implicit bias that exists in society and, more specifically, in police officers; however, implicit bias in police officers does not necessarily mean that they will respond to African Americans with explicit bias."

“Stops of blacks and Hispanics were typically based on less evidence than stops of whites. For example, 49% of blacks and 34% of Hispanics stopped under suspicion of [criminal weapon possession] had less than a 1% chance of possessing a weapon, compared to 19% of whites."