chickentribs

Thanks - maybe a bit off topic but there is something that doesn't connect in my head with the idea that an emotional crime like murder would be influenced by the color of the police officers, or if it did it should be at a lesser rate than burglary that is more calculated and prone to be influenced by an authority figure. There is a law of statistical analysis (name escapes me at the moment) that states you work from the most likely influencers out towards the less likely as you measure the ratio of effect. Whether it was less funding for that district, time of year (summer), a drop in employment, or who knows what, it is surprising that color was his target he tracked out to.

I will go through the whole study, it is very interesting. I wish he would have gotten more specific about why he found that color created a difference instead of just measuring the end result. That's just cynical me...

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