When more white people in a community hold African-Americans in greater suspicion, that prevailing view may influence police behavior in ways that drive the outsize use of lethal force against African-Americans by cops, a recent study shows. It’s a finding likely to stir controversy and spark new interest in the phenomenon of implicit bias —… Read More »

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