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Comment on "An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force" by Roland G. Fryer Jr.
Journal of Political Economy ( IF 6.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 , DOI: 10.1086/710976
Steven N. Durlauf 1 , James J. Heckman 1
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“An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force” (Fryer 2019) addresses a fundamental aspect of racial inequality in America. The paper suggests that there is evidence of discrimination against African Americans in police use of force except for officer-involved shootings. Given the importance of the issues involved, clarity is needed in understanding how this or any other piece of research contributes to understanding the nature of contemporary racial inequality and injustice. In this comment, we focus on the paper’s failure to find empirical differences in police shootings by race. This finding has received the most publicity and is the one that the paper most strongly defends: “[T]he data do more to provide a more compelling case that there is no discrimination in officer-involved shootings than they do to illuminate the reasons behind racial differences in nonlethal uses of force” (Fryer 2019, 1216). In our judgment, this paper does not establish credible evidence on the presence or absence of discrimination against African Americans in police shootings. We applaud analyses of data about police use of force of any type. But it is important to state clearly what the available data do and do not prove. The evidence provided in this paper fails to give any reason to conclude that discrimination is absent.

中文翻译:

评论 Roland G. Fryer Jr. 的“警察使用武力的种族差异的实证分析”。

“警察使用武力的种族差异的实证分析”(Fryer 2019)解决了美国种族不平等的一个基本方面。该论文表明,除了涉及警官的枪击事件外,有证据表明警察在使用武力方面歧视非裔美国人。鉴于所涉及问题的重要性,需要明确了解这项研究或任何其他研究如何有助于理解当代种族不平等和不公正的性质。在这篇评论中,我们关注的是该论文未能找到按种族划分的警察枪击事件的经验差异。这一发现得到了最多的宣传,也是这篇论文最有力的辩护:“[T] 数据更多地提供了一个更有说服力的案例,即在涉及官员的枪击事件中没有歧视,而不是阐明非致命性使用武力的种族差异背后的原因”(Fryer 2019, 1216)。根据我们的判断,本文并未就警察枪击事件中是否存在对非裔美国人的歧视提供可靠证据。我们赞赏对有关警察使用任何类型武力的数据的分析。但重要的是要清楚地说明可用数据可以证明什么,不能证明什么。本文提供的证据没有给出任何理由得出不存在歧视的结论。本文并未就警察枪击事件中是否存在对非裔美国人的歧视提供可靠证据。我们赞赏对有关警察使用任何类型武力的数据的分析。但重要的是要清楚地说明可用数据可以证明什么,不能证明什么。本文提供的证据没有给出任何理由得出不存在歧视的结论。本文并未就警察枪击事件中是否存在对非裔美国人的歧视提供可靠证据。我们赞赏对有关警察使用任何类型武力的数据的分析。但重要的是要清楚地说明可用数据能证明什么,不能证明什么。本文提供的证据没有给出任何理由得出不存在歧视的结论。
更新日期:2020-10-01
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