Cities with Black women police chiefs had less street violence during 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests
- Written by Kayla Stajkovic, Lecturer at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis
Black Lives Matter protests often pitted demonstrators against police − but not in every city.Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty ImagesBlack Lives Matter protests in cities with Black women police chiefs experienced significantly lower levels of violence – from both police and protesters – than cities with police chiefs of other racial...
