CRM 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Blue Lives Matter
27 Feb 2017
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Debate whether police provide a public good or perpetuate racial inequality. Started with the death of trayvon martin: really escalated with the death of michael brown. All lives matter movement accuses black lives matter of creating racial division. Blue lives matter police deserve unanimous support: they believe black lives matter increases crime because no one trust police. Competing explanations: racial disparities in crime rates, neighborhood characteristics, civilian behavior, stop characteristics, stop outcomes. Our approach: assess police violence more broadly, provides a comparison group, consider competing explanations, directly test.
