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Demovictory9

(34,187 posts)
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 09:17 AM Jul 2021

Police officers treat Black and white men differently. You can hear it in their tone of voice [View all]

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-07-16/cops-treat-black-and-white-men-differently-you-can-hear-it-in-their-tone-of-voice

Scientists who analyzed the body camera footage from more than 100 police officers have found a subtle but clear pattern: During traffic stops, officers spoke to Black men in a less respectful and less friendly tone than they did to white men.

This disparity in treatment is not only real, but may help to fuel a cycle of mistrust between police and the Black community, the researchers reported this week in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.


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Compared with white residents, Black community members were 57% less likely to hear the officer use words such as “sir,” “ma’am” and “thank you” and 61% more likely to hear words such as “dude” and “bro” and commands such as “hands on the wheel.”

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For the new paper, Camp and his colleagues focused not on what officers said, but how they said it.


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The researchers then asked more than 400 people — a diverse group of white, Latino, Asian and Black volunteers — to listen to the clips and rate the officers’ tone of voice.

Across the board, clips of officers speaking to Black men got lower marks for friendliness, respectfulness and ease than those of officers speaking to white men — even though the listeners were not aware of the drivers’ race.
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K & R Nevilledog Jul 2021 #1
Here's the study Nevilledog Jul 2021 #2
Very good research Johnny2X2X Jul 2021 #3
I have seen this personally, real eye opener! Dustlawyer Jul 2021 #5
"Don't come back" was the message. It's sickening and sad. nt oasis Jul 2021 #9
One of my white relatives started dating a black man 2 years ago Apollo Zeus Jul 2021 #11
The privilege is not the right. Caliman73 Jul 2021 #14
Framing. Apollo Zeus Jul 2021 #16
Something POC have always known. Enoki33 Jul 2021 #4
Black people have been saying this for decades upon decades. Solly Mack Jul 2021 #6
yep uponit7771 Jul 2021 #8
THIS. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #12
K&R ck4829 Jul 2021 #7
People have been "researching" and "analyzing" this stuff for decades BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #10
I remember one where the white guy and the black guy were just running malaise Jul 2021 #13
Exactly. BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #15
I was always aware I had privilege moonscape Jul 2021 #17
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