



I have a feeling it’s gonna be used as a cudgel when the next shooting happens. But it might not say what some want it to say.



pnas.org/content/early/… This study out yesterday that found no evidence for racial disparities in fatal officer-involved shootings is… interesting.I have a feeling it’s gonna be used as a cudgel when the next shooting happens. But it might not say what some want it to say.

The researchers used characteristics of the officer involved, the county it took place in, and other factors to PREDICT the race of the person who was shot. This is different than “benchmarking” studies that ask if the number of people shot is more or less than we would expect.

Their predictions revealed essentially no racial disparities. The biggest predictor of race of the victim was “race-specific county level violent crime.”