“A unique paradox for Black women [victims]: the fear of unjust harm to their partners through… [a] racially motivated police response and the simultaneous sense of futility in a justice system that may not sufficiently prioritize [Intimate partner and sexual violence]."
“After controlling for available incident and officer characteristics… black and Latino complainants [of Chicago police misconduct] were 87 percent and 51 percent less likely, respectively, to see their allegations sustained… the disparity… widens in black… areas."
“There is continuing large-scale resistance by elite and ordinary white Americans to contemporary black protest movements… Many commentators in the… mainstream media and in the white public have continued to delegitimize … #BLM protests."
“Results revealed that black citizens were no more likely than white ones to display noncompliance, and the strength of their resistance did not vary across officer race. White officers used higher levels of force against black suspects (controlling for resistance)."
“At present, however, the perceptions captured by survey data indicate that policing in the USA does protect and serve white communities, while often oppressing minority communities."
“The current study findings lend support to the notion that transgender people, and particularly transgender [Latina] people of colour, are frequent victims of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse perpetrated by law enforcement officers."
“When Black men challenged the police, it proved harmful for them, as they were often… jailed, or assaulted. Black women… challenging officers’ actions… were generally freed… Compliance toward the police led to favorable outcomes for men…and unfavorable for women."
Suburban Black citizens face mistreatment from police “defending” Whites. They are “not protected by suburban status but rather became more vulnerable as a result of it… It is where black and white spaces overlap… that the true rigidity of inequality becomes apparent."
“Black male [offender]s were… less likely to have been diagnosed with ADHD, than White males, despite controlling for… behavioral indicators, and prior offending… Black males were approximately 60% as likely to receive psychiatric treatment."