Bias or BS? Framing of the Racial (Dis)Proportionality of Police Shootings

I'm putting this here just to be able to point to it later.

Claim:

• The Upshot: Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings

Refutation:

• Scatterplot: Yes, There Is Racial "Bias" in Police Shootings
• The Influence.: Three Problems With How the NY Times Highlights a Non-Peer Reviewed Study Allegedly Showing No Racial Bias in Police Shootings
• PLoS One: A Multi-Level Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings at the County-Level in the United States, 2011–2014

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UPDATE (7/25/16): Racial Bias in Lethal Police Shootings: The Need for Interdisciplinary Research