Scientific American
A new study of the city’s policing also shows differences between male and female cops
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Demonstrators confront police during a protest over the death of Laquan McDonald on November 25, 2015, in Chicago. Credit: Scott Olson
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White police officers in Chicago are far more likely than their Black counterparts to stop, arrest or use force against Black civilians, and the disparity is more pronounced in the city’s highly segregated majority-Black neighborhoods, according to a study published Thursday in
Science. The study’s authors say the findings suggest more diversification in hiring could present an avenue for reform, but some social scientists and activists disagree. The city has had diversity programs in place since the 1960s.