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I don’t necessarily think the research agrees the stats are damning. For example, here is Roland Fryer’s study which concluded blacks are more likely to be pulled over than whites but are actually less likely to be shot.

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/fryer/files/empirical_anal...

Roland is a black economist from Harvard.

It seems many people from both sides just decide the data that refutes their opinion is misinformation. The topic of police discrimination is far more nuanced than either the left or right makes it appear.

And it is easy to find anecdotes that support any narrative you want so your links do little to sway me in the same way if I were to share a link of a white person being harassed it would likely do little to sway you.



An empirical survey showing use of lethal force is similar but use of any force is 50% more likely based on race seems to support my point.

Agree about anecdotes. Disagree my opinion cannot be swayed (this is not twitter and I certainly don't fully agree with "the left").

If the assertion is that all rich people are treated the same, regardless of race, then only examples are needed to refute it.

But, beyond anecdotes, the national statistics indicate there are disparities in policing based on race ((1) your citation strongly supports this assertion (2) as an aside and without reference, there are similar damning statistics for incarceration rates and jail sentences, and this is still just in the realm of criminal justice):

https://abcnews.go.com/US/abc-news-analysis-police-arrests-n...

"ABC News analysis of police arrests nationwide reveals stark racial disparity Black people were arrested at a rate five times more than white people in 2018."

"In 250 jurisdictions, black people were 10 times more likely to be arrested than their white counterparts"

This one is more anecdotal since it is localized to just one (large) town, but is quite clear and damning: https://www.yahoo.com/now/beverly-hills-police-sued-racist-1...




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