tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post2580590184722358169..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Are Americans Who Are Black Killed By Police More Than We Would Expect?Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-23744209048237904642016-07-10T06:40:35.543-04:002016-07-10T06:40:35.543-04:00Thanks much LC.Thanks much LC.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-12532737675154450322016-07-09T11:45:58.956-04:002016-07-09T11:45:58.956-04:00I think you can find it at this link Winston:
htt...I think you can find it at this link Winston:<br /><br />http://policingequity.org/research/1687-2/<br /><br />Also, to be clear, I have not scrutinized the methodology of the study at all. <br /><br />Interested in what you think.Lewis Carrollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-20149807318967062172016-07-09T08:16:44.656-04:002016-07-09T08:16:44.656-04:00LC,
You know, on a second read I'm still puzzl...LC,<br />You know, on a second read I'm still puzzled by that NYT piece. The argument is still opaque to me, and I can't find the report on the website they link to.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-83580884481350344362016-07-09T08:05:24.214-04:002016-07-09T08:05:24.214-04:00Thanks for this LC.
I wasn't sure I understoo...Thanks for this LC.<br /><br />I wasn't sure I understood the reasoning alluded to in the study reported by the NYT, but am going to look at the study itself.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-4898877781594816272016-07-08T17:03:32.824-04:002016-07-08T17:03:32.824-04:00Winston,
There is related evidence that *the use ...Winston,<br /><br />There is related evidence that *the use of force* by police is more likely against blacks: <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/us/study-supports-suspicion-that-police-use-of-force-is-more-likely-for-blacks.html?_r=0<br /><br />Note that this study does not specifically address police killings. <br /><br />I have been interested in this since taking a Psychology and Lewis Carrollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-90637214213541935812016-07-08T14:51:03.279-04:002016-07-08T14:51:03.279-04:00DJ,
Also, your question has sent my wee mind spira...DJ,<br />Also, your question has sent my wee mind spiraling down a bunch of paths... <br />I'm not sure that the media is really that bad about this stuff...maybe they're just doing what they usually do: reporting on the conventional wisdom of their constituency (middle / upper-middle class college-educated professional mostly white folk (or folkx, as our lefty friends might say). <br /Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-79039495440881542502016-07-08T14:37:15.130-04:002016-07-08T14:37:15.130-04:00sorry DJ...factor in what?
Something like: does ...sorry DJ...factor in what? <br /><br />Something like: does the bias of cops skew their beliefs about blacks they interact with less than/more than the media's bias skews their reporting of such interactions? Am I getting that right? <br /><br />It's an interesting question.<br /><br />I'm gratified to be able to answer promptly: I don't know. <br /><br />Until pretty recentlyWinston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-83597148051841036512016-07-08T11:59:08.136-04:002016-07-08T11:59:08.136-04:00Winston, what do you think is probably the bigger ...Winston, what do you think is probably the bigger factor:<br /><br />(i) bias operating in the media presenting numerous recent police shootings as evidence that there is bias operating among the police when eg they pull over a black person, or<br /><br />(ii) bias operating among the police when eg they pull over a black person?Darius Jedburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028414267561210359noreply@blogger.com