The somewhat surprising result of the previous post — that racial bias in police shootings is not due to crime rate differentials but rather due to class bias in police shootings together with interracial income disparities — is robust. A clear bias against African-Americans in fatal police shootings is evident after we control for population:
Odds of Being Arrested by Sex, Race and Class
Odds of Being Arrested by Sex, Race and Class
Odds of Being Arrested by Sex, Race and Class
The somewhat surprising result of the previous post — that racial bias in police shootings is not due to crime rate differentials but rather due to class bias in police shootings together with interracial income disparities — is robust. A clear bias against African-Americans in fatal police shootings is evident after we control for population: