Study of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force - Wow

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Apparently, you’re more likely to be shot by police if you’re white than if you’re not. Non-whites seem to get pushed around more but whites get shot more. Kind of surprising considering what President Obama says over and over and what others say.

An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force
http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/why-a-massive-new-study-on-police-shootings-of-whites-and-blacks-is-so-controversial/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html?_r=0