Racial disparities in police shootings in the US are even bigger than previously thought
In California, for instance, Black people are almost 4 times more likely than white people to be non-fatally shot.
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Want to seal marijuana odor? Pack it in double vacuum-sealed bags, study says
A real-life arrest has inspired a study that investigated various packaging methods for concealing marijuana odor.
Police officers face and dole out more violence when their weapons aren’t concealed
Even with non-lethal weapons.
Police militarization doesn’t bring more safety and might do more harm than good
A new study sheds some much-needed light on a controversial topic: police militarization.
More than half of police killings in the United States were not officially documented
A disturbing new study shows that the government fails to accurately count law-enforcement related deaths in the United States.
Machine learning could solve the US’s police violence issue
By flagging high-risk officers, the system allows police departments to limit the chance for violent events.
