Racial Bias

In Makarechi’s article “What the Data Really Says About Police and Racial Bias.” he states that although there is not a ton of competent data of fatal police shootings, there is still a wealth of academic research, official and media investigations, and court rulings on the specific topic of race and police officers. The Hive had collected 18 statistics of the such to reveal the evidence we do have. All together, the research gives an idea of a nation where a person’s race can affect the encounters he/she has with a law enforcement officer. It is found in an analysis by the Washington Post that colored americans who are fatally shot by law enforcement are less likely to be posing any lethal threat to the officers than their white counterparts. Although it shows the colored citizen is …show more content…
Roland Fryer Jr. found that police officers are more likely to hit, push, use handcuffs, draw weapons, point his/her weapon, and use a baton or pepper spray when in contact with an african american suspect. An investigation into the Seattle Police Department revealed that not only african americans were stopped by law enforcement for no particular reason, but also Latino populations. Even when examining police-on-police shootings, it is found that nine out of ten officers killed by another officer in the United States were either black or latino.
Although it seems like there is large quantity of evidence supporting racism in the law enforcement, there are also statistics that show the exact opposite. Officers who were shown video simulations were actually less likely to shoot the unarmed black suspect than the unarmed white suspects. It was discovered the officers were actually a little over three times more likely to shoot unarmed white suspects than the unarmed black suspects. The officers also took extra time, on average, before firing on black