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> Today, the likelihood that you'll be shot by a cop if you're black is astronomically higher than if you're white. This is not true. Not only is there no astr
by wang_li 10y ago
> Today, the likelihood that you'll be shot by a cop if you're black is astronomically higher than if you're white.
This is not true. Not only is there no astronomically higher probability, there is no higher probability.[1] Other studies found that officers hesitate longer before shooting an armed black suspect than they do white or Hispanic suspects.[2]
1. http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399 http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399
2. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9133.12187/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9133.12187/a...
- pj_mukh 10y agoRead into the perspective of Roland G. Fryer (an african american), the author of the study you cite [1]. His conclusion is a little bit more nuanced then the one you are driving to. https://www.ft.com/content/89b97964-b88a-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb https://www.ft.com/content/89b97964-b88a-11e5-b151-8e15c9a02...
- wang_li 10y agoYou link is gated. Also I'm not driving to anything. I'm pointing out that research, as opposed to narrative, shows that blacks are not shot by police at astronomically higher rates.