White Chicago cops use force more often than Black officers
White Chicago cops use force more often than Black officers
- February 11, 2021
- Bocar Ba, economics, Scientific American, Feb. 11, 2021
White police officers in Chicago are far more likely than their Black counterparts
to stop, arrest or use force against Black civilians … according to a study published
Thursday in Science. … It is unclear how the results of the new research apply to
other cities, given Chicago’s long history of tensions between civilians and the police.
But study co-author Bocar Ba, an economist at the University of California, Irvine,
says the research still provides a template for evaluating reform efforts. “What is
needed is more data transparency, access to institutional details, and researchers
from all across the board,” Ba adds.
For the full story, please visit https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-chicago-cops-use-force-more-often-than-black-officers/.
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