The Myth of Systemic Police Racism
6/2/20
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by Heather MacDonald,
from The Wall Street Journal,
6/2/20:
Hold officers accountable who use excessive force. But there’s no evidence of widespread racial bias.
George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis has revived the Obama-era narrative that law enforcement is endemically racist.
This charge of systemic police bias was wrong during the Obama years and remains so today. However sickening the video of Floyd’s arrest, it isn’t representative of the 375 million annual contacts that police officers have with civilians. A solid body of evidence finds no structural bias in the criminal-justice system with regard to arrests, prosecution or sentencing. Crime and suspect behavior, not race, determine most police actions.
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