Police Spending Linked to Shorter Lives for Black Americans

Police spending linked to shorter lives for Black Americans

A Rutgers study finds that increased police spending correlates with more suicides and police-related deaths among Black Americans, while greater investment in housing may help reduce those risks.

Amid civil rights settlements, National City police face renewed questions on response to mental health crises

A string of settlements has brought new scrutiny on whether the small South Bay city is doing enough to prevent fatal encounters with police.

Police Spending Linked to Shorter Lives for Black Americans

A groundbreaking Rutgers study finds that increased police spending correlates with more suicides and police-related deaths among Black Americans, while greater investment in housing may help reduce those risks.

With All Due Respect: Respectability Politics and Black Support for Police Defunding and Abolition

This study explores whether respectability politics, the notion that marginalized groups should adhere to mainstream social norms of behavior and