'reverse Racism'? New Research On Police Thuggery And Brutality Against Black Americans

Did you know that America’s police exercise extra “restraint” in their decision to shoot black people?  This is one of the findings by Washington State University researchers Lois James, Stephen M. James, and Bryan J. Vila in their new journal article, “The Reverse Racism Effect: Are Cops More Hesitant to Shoot Black than White Suspects?” As reported in Tom Jackman’s True Crime blog at the Washington Post: The conventional thinking about police-involved shootings, and some scientific research, has been that black suspects are more likely to be shot than white suspects because of an implicit racial bias among police officers. But now a new study has found exactly the opposite: even with white officers who do have racial biases, officers are three times less likely to shoot unarmed black suspects than unarmed white suspects. The results come from a laboratory project at Washington State University using highly realistic police simulators, in which actors in various scenarios approach and respond to officers on large, high-definition video screens in an attempt to recreate critical situations on the street.