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A new look at racial disparities in police use of deadly force

  • Written by Joseph Cesario, Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
A new look at racial disparities in police use of deadly forceProtesters on the University of Cincinnati campus.AP Photo/John Minchillo

One of the most important social issues of the last five years is fatal police shootings of black Americans.

The concern that police fatally shoot blacks at higher rates than whites has given rise to a strong push for department-wide interventions for police officers. Such...

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