“Greater support for lowering the age of criminal responsibility was found when the teenage offender was black… Greater tolerance for police violence was observed when it was a crime of robbery committed by a black teenager."
Many videos “contradict official claims… call[ing] into question the trope of police officers as guardian-warriors maintaining the ‘thin blue line’ between a vulnerable public and dangerous predators. Without video… [the] public may assume [victims]… are criminals."
“9.5% of black respondents reported exposure to physical police violence compared with 2.7% of white respondents” & Authors find “elevated odds for psychological distress, suicidal behavior, and psychotic experiences among individuals recently exposed to police violence."
“Studies of [police] promotion show people of color are promoted more slowly than whites, preserving hierarchal race relations.” & “Racial profiling, unequal enforcement of the law, and discriminatory treatment is part of the structure of policing."
“Black women also reported higher prevalence of physical and psychological police victimization… compared. to non-Latina White women.” & “Black and Latina women and economically disadvantaged women, may be at higher risk for police violence exposures.” (@bbackes321)
“Creation of Blue Lives Matter has helped facilitate overwhelming public support for the police subculture’s perceived ‘war against cops’ and the entitlement to violence that accompanies their need for survival.” & “Their official website…is devoted to discrediting [BLM]"
“Results show that expansions in percentage of blacks in states in the Northeastern United States lead to growth in state police strength.” & “It seems likely that… police… in the Northeast continue to … suppress[]… politically or economically threatening [groups]."
“The findings of these studies reinforce what many racialized minorities [in Canada] have long suspected in cities across the country: the exercise of police discretionary power produces differential, racialized treatment."
“Most [police officers in] our sample believed that there has been a war on cops in recent years” & “Although recent analyses suggest that widespread increases in violent crime or assaults on police officers have not occurred to date."