> It isn't great for police reform policy, because you don't have metrics to judge success or aspire to. I feel that the idea of a racial bias behind police ki

> It isn't great for police reform policy, because you don't have metrics to judge success or aspire to. I feel that the idea of a racial bias behind police killings in the US is misguided. The issue exists, but as this study seems to prove, it's not an issue of police killing too many blacks- the issue is of police killing too easily. This simply doesn't happen in other countries. If you approach the problem as one of racial bias, while still expecting police officers to escalate confrontations and meet any potential threat with lethal force- which is the real issue IMO- then the problem is never going to be solved.