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by pow_pp_-1_v 3206 days ago
> There's also evidence that in lethal force situations, police are more likely to shoot whites than blacks (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/why-a...)

From the abstract of the paper referenced in article: ...On 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.