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Study: Cops Hesitate More Before Shooting Black Than White Suspects
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On December 16, 2014 @ 10:23 am In The Point | 39 Comments
So much for the Black Lives Matter/Hands Up/I Can’t Breathe narrative. In reality police officers are sensitive to the political consequences of shooting a black suspect that don’t exist when shooting a white suspect.
A scientific study from Washington State University-Spokane suggests just the opposite. In truth, according to findings from the research team’s innovative experiments:
• Officers were less likely to erroneously shoot unarmed black suspects than they were unarmed whites — 25 times less likely, in fact
• And officers hesitated significantly longer before shooting armed suspects who were black, compared to armed subjects who were white or Hispanic
“In sum,” writes Dr. Lois James, a research assistant professor with the university’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology who headed the study, “this research found that participants displayed significant bias favoring Black suspects” in their shooting decisions.
And that’s what the latest set of race riots is emphasizing. It’s also why black officers show less reluctance than white officers to fire on black suspects.
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