Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in the United States
What I think is more horrifying, is the use of deadly force in general. For example, based on a quick Google search, 41 police were killed by shooters last year, while roughly 1,000 civilians were killed.<p>Police should not be using deadly force unless necessary, 41:1000 seems like some pretty bias reactions on the side of police.<p>The reason different races are shot at different rates can be based on anything including racism, likely hood to commit an offense, which race is more likely to have mental disease, whether or not it&#x27;s more difficult to identify facial structure. Blaming race outright is kind of silly, it&#x27;s trying to simplify a multi dimensional problem that needs all of it&#x27;s dimensions to reach a conclusion.