> Police in oakland find contraband at the same rate regardless of race, but search black drivers 4x more often.
This is remarkable and indicates white drivers are 4x more likely to be carrying contraband than black ones.
> The more white a suspect appears to be the less likely police are to use force. The more black a suspect appears the more likely it is that police will use force.
I can say that as a Brazilian. Even when I was clearly wrong, police was never anything other than extremely polite with me and often dismissed my misbehaviour with a friendly warning, which is the complete opposite of the experience a close friend of mine, who’s somewhat black, had during our teens. In fact, when he and another friend were found to be carrying a small, but illegal, amount of marijuana in their car, the black friend was indicted while the white one faced no charges.
> This is remarkable and indicates white drivers are 4x more likely to be carrying contraband than black ones.
Not really. If white drivers are only searched if there are real indicators that something is off and black drivers are sought if there are real indicators but also when there are none then the bulk of drivers being caught will likely be in those being searched with real indicators showing something off. In which case the likelihood of a driver carrying contraband is not really correlated to their race.
This is remarkable and indicates white drivers are 4x more likely to be carrying contraband than black ones.
> The more white a suspect appears to be the less likely police are to use force. The more black a suspect appears the more likely it is that police will use force.
I can say that as a Brazilian. Even when I was clearly wrong, police was never anything other than extremely polite with me and often dismissed my misbehaviour with a friendly warning, which is the complete opposite of the experience a close friend of mine, who’s somewhat black, had during our teens. In fact, when he and another friend were found to be carrying a small, but illegal, amount of marijuana in their car, the black friend was indicted while the white one faced no charges.