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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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