Police violence a leading cause of death among specific U.S. groups, ‘sobering’ study finds
Police violence is a leading cause of death for young men in the United States, finds a new study from Washington University in St. Louis. Over the life course, about 1 in every 1,000 black men can expect to be killed by police.
Color of Policing Symposium explores youth, education, activism April 19-20
The prospects for improved law enforcement-community relations in St. Louis and beyond will be explored as the “Color of Policing Symposium (COPS): Youth, Education and Activism” brings together urban scholars and city leaders for a two-day symposium April 19-20 on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
Young Hispanic men may face greatest risk from police shootings, study finds
The police shooting earlier this month of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s Sacramento backyard has renewed protests over officer-involved deaths of unarmed black men, but research led by Washington University in St. Louis suggests young Hispanic men may face an even greater risk of being killed by police, especially in mixed-income neighborhoods with large Latino populations.
Police kill unarmed blacks more often, especially when they are women, study finds
Blacks, especially women, are more likely to have been unarmed when killed by police than non-blacks, and that risk appears to increase in police departments with a greater presence of non-white officers, according to a new study of nationwide data from Washington University in St. Louis. The study is the first in a series of reports from the ongoing Fatal Interactions with Police (FIPS) research project, which includes contributions from public health and biostatistics experts at hospitals and universities.
Study: Black millennials’ world view shaped by violence
More than half of black youth report that they or
someone they know was harassed by or experienced violence from the
police, compared with one third of white youth and one quarter of Latino
youth, according to a new report on black millennials co-authored by
researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of
Chicago.