Question

topic: police striking adults

1. describe the key findings from your interpretation of the data for a general audience. response should be 2-4 sentences. response should include easy to understand statistical values such as percentages.

overall, there is a strong, statistically significant link between a person’s race and whether police struck them during an interaction. this link is clear from the data: about 75% of white adults were struck by police, while only 35% of black adults and 28% of adults in the “other” racial group experienced police strikes. these gaps are large enough to suggest they are unlikely to occur by random chance.

1. summarize the background information for the scientific community. in 3-5 sentences introduce the research topic and note the credible background sources to support and introduce the topic

desilver, d., lipka, m., & fahmy, d. (2020, june 3). 10 things we know about race and policing in the u.s. pew research center.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/06/03/10-things-we-know-about-race-and-policing-in-the-u-s/one of the purposes of desilver et al. (2020) article was to analyze the last few years’ findings regarding the intersection of race and law enforcement. according to the authors the protests across the united states in response to george floyd’s death in the custody of the minneapolis police has brought the public’s view on police to attention, and sparked new questions regarding police officer’s attitudes for black americans, protesters and others. findings in the article were gathered from three previous pew research center reports. the primary two reports were on: police officers and policing issues which was published in january 2017, the state of race relations in the united states published in april 2019, as well as how black and white americans view police in their communities published in september 2016 although less drawn from than the first two reports. the 2017 report was based on two surveys including 7,917 law enforcement officers from 54 different police and sheriff’s departments across the united states. the second survey was of the general public via the center’s american trends panel with 4,538 respondents. the 2019 race

Explanation:

1. For the general audience: There is a clear racial gap in police striking incidents during interactions. 75% of white adults reported being struck by police, compared to just 35% of Black adults and 28% of adults in other racial groups, and these differences are not likely due to random chance.
2. For the scientific community: This research examines the link between race and police striking adults, building on work from DeSilver et al. (2020) at Pew Research Center. Their article synthesized findings from three prior Pew reports (2016, 2017, 2019) focused on race and policing, which drew data from surveys of over 7,900 law enforcement officers and 4,538 members of the general public, and was prompted by renewed public attention to police treatment of Black Americans after George Floyd's 2020 killing.

Answer:

1. The key takeaway is a large racial disparity in police striking: 75% of white adults were struck by police during interactions, while only 35% of Black adults and 28% of other-race adults faced this treatment, with the gap statistically unlikely to be random.
2. This research explores race and police striking adults, rooted in DeSilver et al.'s 2020 Pew Research Center work. That study synthesized three prior Pew policing/race reports (2016,2017,2019) using surveys of 7,917 officers and 4,538 public respondents, spurred by 2020 racial justice protests after George Floyd's death.