Roland G. Fryer Jr. is an economics professor at Harvard. Distressed by what he was seeing in the treatment of black men like Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, Fryer commissioned a study on how the rol…

[Clifford Black]

Roland G. Fryer Jr. is an economics professor at Harvard. Distressed by what he was seeing in the treatment of black men like Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, Fryer commissioned a study on how the role race play in the use of lethal force by police. 

[Clifford Black]

If more of us would do the work this problem could be addressed in a real way!

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[Adam White]

"The FBI has for years collected information about people killed by police officers, but reporting is voluntary and only 3 percent of the nation’s 18,000 police departments comply. As a result, the data is virtually useless, Klinger and others say."

From the same Washington Post article.

[Adam White]

"In perhaps the most significant development, the Justice Department announced Monday (10/05/2015) that it, too, is keeping a database of deaths in police custody — the first effort by federal officials to assemble accurate information about such killings as they happen. Until now, federal officials have relied on local police to report officer-involved shootings, but reporting is voluntary and typically occurs months after the fact."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fbi-director-calls-lack-of-...