US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds

More health inequality: Black people are 3 times more likely to experience pulse oximeter errors

A pulse oximeter measures a person's blood oxygen saturation level and heart rate.Grace Cary via Getty ImagesDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have purchased small devices called pulse oximeters for use in their home – based on well-intentioned recommendations from health care providers and the media. Pulse oximeters are devices, usually placed on a person’s finger, used to noninvasively measure oxygen levels in the blood. Clinics and ho…

Police are 3 times more likely to use violence against leftist protesters than far-right: analysis

Black Lives Matter, Indigenous, anti-war, and other progressive activists reacted with a complete lack of surprise to data reported by The Guardian on Thursday that shows U.S. police are three times more likely to use violence against left-wing and social justice protesters than against those on the political right. The report, based on statistics from from the U.S. Crisis Monitor—a database created this spring by researchers at Princeton a…

New Analysis Shows US Police 3 Times More Likely to Use Violence Against Leftist Protesters Than Far

Brett Wilkins, staff writerThe report's findings came as a surprise to virtually no one.

Police Are Three Times More Likely to Use Force Against the Left, Data Shows

Police in the United States are more likely to use force against left-wing protesters than they are against right-wing protesters, according to new data analyzed by The Guardian, corroborating observations repeatedlymadeby the left. The data is based on over 13,000 protests since April of last year and was gathered by researchers for the U.S. Crisis Monitor project. “Force” in the data includes use of tactics like tear gas and rubber bullets. T…

Data show U.S. police more likely to use force against liberal protesters

New research shows that police in the United States are roughly three times more likely to use force against liberal-leaning protesters than their conservative-leaning counterparts.

Study says police use force far more against left-wing protests

Over at the Guardian, they’re using data from the US Crisis Monitor to compare police responses to left-wing vs. right-wing protests:The Guardian compared the percentage of all demonstrations organized by leftwing and rightwing groups that resulted in the use of force by law enforcement. For leftwing demonstrations, that was about 4.7% of protests, while for rightwing demonstrations, it was about 1.4%, meaning law enforcement was about three tim…