http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9133.12269/abstract
Study done by U of N. Carolina and Louisville U.
A Bird's Eye View of Civilians Killed by Police in 2015
Further Evidence of Implicit Bias
After first providing a basic descriptive analysis of these shootings, we then examined the data for evidence of implicit bias by using multivariate regression models that predict two indicators of threat perception failure: (1) whether the civilian was not attacking the officer(s) or other civilians just before being fatally shot and (2) whether the civilian was unarmed when fatally shot. The results indicated civilians from “other” minority groups were significantly more likely than Whites to have not been attacking the officer(s) or other civilians and that Black civilians were more than twice as likely as White civilians to have been unarmed.
Of course as some of us know it's a common trait of racists to try and deny at every turn that racism exists.
Study done by U of N. Carolina and Louisville U.
A Bird's Eye View of Civilians Killed by Police in 2015
Further Evidence of Implicit Bias
After first providing a basic descriptive analysis of these shootings, we then examined the data for evidence of implicit bias by using multivariate regression models that predict two indicators of threat perception failure: (1) whether the civilian was not attacking the officer(s) or other civilians just before being fatally shot and (2) whether the civilian was unarmed when fatally shot. The results indicated civilians from “other” minority groups were significantly more likely than Whites to have not been attacking the officer(s) or other civilians and that Black civilians were more than twice as likely as White civilians to have been unarmed.
Of course as some of us know it's a common trait of racists to try and deny at every turn that racism exists.