Studies

Research on racial bias in policing

“The criminalized poor of color are characterized as either products of violent environments that should be heavily policed or as irrational people incapable of moral agency who need to be under police surveillance… held responsible today for crimes they may never commit."

“White male participants viewed the Black victim as more promiscuous than the White victim when the perpetrator was White.” & “The [incorrect] stereotype of the Black male sexual predator of White women was prevalent for the majority of the sample."

“Police officers are not the only ones who derive pleasure from racial domination” & “Whenever Whites have felt too socially or economically close to Blacks, they have lashed out… Trump connects with the White masses by offering them emotional appeasement."

“Restrict[ing] the federal transfer of military equipment to local police departments…gives the surface appearance of answering the radical challenges presented by insurgent protest [but] it clearly does not actually address the racism and…brutality which sparks revolt."

“The law-and-order policy of the United States… focused only on the visible delinquency of the lower class… as opposed to the veiled criminality of the well-to-do… [targeting] retail sales and consumption of drugs in segregated Black and Latino neighborhoods."

“Findings of this research are…deeply morally disturbing… Victims of sexual violence, controlling for whether the assailant is a stranger and whether the attack is a rape, are most influenced in their reporting by the color of the body that attacked them."

“Protestors… in opposition to white power activity were perceived by police as ‘disobedient’ … In contrast, white power mobilization was viewed as nonthreatening even though some of the organizing groups have a history of … domestic terrorism."

“White supremacist groups have historically engaged in strategic efforts to infiltrate and recruit from law enforcement communities."

“The FBI ‘detailed the threat’ of white supremacist groups infiltrating police departments….cautioned that…it would be a significant threat to national security… Despite these warnings, police departments do not have plans in place to out these types of officers."