Studies

Research on racial bias in policing

“In cities with relatively large Black populations, the returns to police manpower in reducing homicides and index crime arrests are smaller or non-existent for Black civilians, while Black civilians experience especially large increases in low-level or ‘quality of life’ arrests."

“White males were more likely than other demographic groups to blame the media for overstating police brutality and distorting the honorable nature of police.” & “While other demographic groups saw the riots and looting as exceptions to meaningful protests, the White males were more prone to seeing police brutality as exceptional."

“The mainstream media tacitly endorse the killing of the Black person by showing the killing cop’s elegant photographs in his official uniform, perhaps taken during his graduation from the police academy, alongside a mugshot of the victim."

“Analysis of the news further indicated that the discourses and statements of the demonstrators were not included. After Floyd’s death, there was no questioning of the functioning of the effectiveness of the trialing process. The aspect of violence was overemphasized. There was not much emphasis on police violence, the fairness of the trial or the racist approach faced by the blacks in society."

“This analysis not only reinforces the large-scale issue of police misconduct, but it reveals the disproportionate rate of police misconduct victimization among African Americans… 200 of the 301 acts discovered (66%) victimized African American exonerees, outweighing other races near two-fold."

“Systemic racism is evident at every stage of the system, from policing to prosecutorial decisions, pretrial release processes, sentencing, correctional discipline, and even reentry."

“There are significant racial disparities in all types of arrests, especially those involving bench warrants. Although the race gap declined, in 2019, there were still more than four Black people arrested for bench warrants for every White person."