The finding that authority valuation did not affect blame attribution, stands in contrast to conservative public and media reactions to cases of police brutality. Following the infamous McKinney Pool Incident in which police officer Eric Casebolt manhandled and drew his gun on a group of black teenagers, some Fox Media employees justified the actions of officer Casebolt by emphasising the teenagers’ lack of deference. One newsreader asked “What is the world are police… supposed to do when people who don’t respect the law… refuse to obey?” (cited in Bishop, 2015, para. 6). However, when one considers the proposed evolutionary function of the authority moral foundation, it is not surprising that its specific effect on blame attribution should
