Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in the United States

Re:Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in t... by Shivetya on Friday July 08, 2016 @02:35PM (#12057711)

What are the numbers for being a policeman being shot by a black person? The PC crowd won't like those numbers but its higher than the reverse. We have a police violence problem but it is no where on the scale of the crime rate of one community whose statistics blow everything out of proportion.

We need a culture change. We need politicians not afraid of using the truth. Instead it benefits politicians to exploit the issue for political gain. The real crime is that political manipulation leads to more minorities deaths because they will not act on the real damage and instead go for the sensationalist side.

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Re:Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in t... by ry_ry on Friday July 08, 2016 @02:57PM (#12057841)

Are those statistics available?

Does the probability per-encounter increase?

I don't know the answer to those questions, but if the original bias comes from the elevated amount of interactions (rather than the percentage that ended in shootings) in the original case I would be surprised if it there was a statistically significant deviation here either.

Disclosure: I have no idea what I'm talking about.

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Re:Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in t... by micahbright on Friday July 08, 2016 @04:15PM (#12058326)

I've seen some stats for racial breakdown of perpetrators firing on police - for example, for NYC 2011, it was 72% black, 67% hispanic - No white.

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Re:Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in t... by modoc on Friday July 08, 2016 @04:52PM (#12058565)

It's approximate 4:1. A police officer (of any race) is 4x more likely to be killed by a black person than a white person.

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