There’s plenty of evidence that police violence *increases* crime rates in communities, especially Black communities. Then, police use these crime rates to justify even more aggressive policing practices. Let’s review the research. (1/x)
A recent study examining policing of Black and Latino teenagers showed being stopped by police - regardless of a person’s prior criminal activity - predicted an *increase* in future criminal behavior. Policing can generate crime. (2/x) pnas.org/content/116/17…
@samswey Serious question. In general how you discern between correlation and causation in your research and analysis of data?
@samswey I see your example as going down to education. In history, the uneducated Christians brought down Romans but do not necessarily mean that the Romans were wrong. Roman Empire lost its power and became a third world country. Welcome to the cycle of history.