Race, Use of Force and Crime: New Report Analyzes Links and Disparities

Following a week in which the United States reeled from the fatal police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge, La., and Falcon Heights, Minn., and the subsequent murder of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) at John Jay College released on July 8 a new report in which it compares patterns of police stops and the use of force across 12 departments participating in the Center’s National Justice Database. Read more here.