Racism levels in US communities predict how many black people police will kill there, study shows

The racial biases of white members of a community have a direct link to the number of black people shot and killed by police officers in that same area, new research indicates.A study published last year found that African Americans are almost three times more likely than white people to be killed by the police’s use of force.“We expected many economic or demographic variables such as the overall wealth of an area, residential segregation, average levels of education in the area, or