Blacks were actually slightly less likely to be shot at by police officers, though they did face a higher amount of non-lethal force, such as tazing.
A recently released Harvard study suggests there’s no racial bias in police shootings.
The study—which was released on Monday in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of two black males and five Dallas, Texas police officers—is said by the author to be “the most surprising result” of his career, according to Lifezette.
"It is plausible that racial differences in lower level uses of force are simply a distraction..."
Roland G. Fryer Jr., the African American author of the study and a Harvard economics professor, examined shootings and use of force incidents in 10 major police department in Texas and Florida, as well as the Los Angeles Police Department.
"In the most extreme use of force--officer involved shootings--we find no racial differences in either the raw data or when contextual factors are taken into account," the report's abstract states.
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Harvard study: no racial differences in police shootings - Linkis.com
