Thanks! I'm planning to write on these issues soon. Short take: I think Fryer's study was was flawed, but I also think he's been treated unfairly. I'm also not sure if it's really possible to know if there is racial bias in police shootings. We do know (and Fryer has acknowledged) that there is extensive racial bias in just about every o…
Thanks! I'm planning to write on these issues soon. Short take: I think Fryer's study was was flawed, but I also think he's been treated unfairly. I'm also not sure if it's really possible to know if there is racial bias in police shootings. We do know (and Fryer has acknowledged) that there is extensive racial bias in just about every other police interaction, from stops, to searches, to escalation, to use of non-lethal force.
Thanks! I'm planning to write on these issues soon. Short take: I think Fryer's study was was flawed, but I also think he's been treated unfairly. I'm also not sure if it's really possible to know if there is racial bias in police shootings. We do know (and Fryer has acknowledged) that there is extensive racial bias in just about every other police interaction, from stops, to searches, to escalation, to use of non-lethal force.