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476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?

Freakonomics Radio

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Black Americans Are Five Times More Likely to Be Shot by the Police

Just 51 % of us adults have either a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the police. Black americans are five times more likely to be arrested than white Americans on a per capita basis. This despite the fact that police departments across us Have increasingly hired more black officers. But this doesn't surprise edwin raymond, who is best known for being a police whistle blow and someone with the courage to stand up to the system.

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