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Topic	CNN response on why teachers shouldn't be armed: they'll use guns more on blacks
Balrog0 02/23/18 3:29:46 PM #40:	s0nicfan posted... It was a Harvard study done a year or two back by a black professor looking to objectively prove police bias against black criminals in terms of gun violence. He was actually surprised by his results and considered not publishing them, but did so anyway in the name of truth. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html In shootings in these 10 cities involving officers, officers were more likely to fire their weapons without having first been attacked when the suspects were white. yeah I mean there was a lot of pushback from others when he released this study, though http://datacolada.org/50 https://scholar.harvard.edu/jfeldman/blog/roland-fryer-wrong-there-racial-bias-shootings-police I do see what you're saying, but one novel study being looked at by the NBER is not the same as something having been rigorously proven. It is something to consider, though. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:896637399] in CNN respon... [t:76350005]...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote>It was a Harvard study done a year or two back by a black professor looking to objectively prove police bias against black criminals in terms of gun violence. He was actually surprised by his results and considered not publishing them, but did so anyway in the name of truth. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html In shootings in these 10 cities involving officers, officers were more likely to fire their weapons without having first been attacked when the suspects were white.</quote> yeah I mean there was a lot of pushback from others when he released this study, though http://datacolada.org/50 https://scholar.harvard.edu/jfeldman/blog/roland-fryer-wrong-there-racial-bias-shootings-police I do see what you're saying, but one novel study being looked at by the NBER is not the same as something having been rigorously proven. It is something to consider, though. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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