Police

"If fatal shootings of minority civilians are due to bias by white officers, we would expect that when white officers are involved in a fatal shooting, the person fatally shot would be more likely to be black or Hispanic. This is not what we found." - The Conversation

(HT: Intellectual Takeout)

William Bratton (former LAPD, NYPD chief): 1. (From academics) “police don’t control crime.” 2. (From the left) “police bias is pervasive,” and 3. (from the right) “only heavy-handed tactics control crime.” DailySignal

"A large church in Alabama is one step closer to creating its own police force, a move that seems to be without precedent in the U.S. The state's Senate has approved legislation that would give church police officers the same powers other law enforcement officers have in Alabama." NPR

"Race influences views of US law enforcement more than religious tradition—except locally."