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Is hiring more black officers the key to reducing police violence?

  • Written by Jennifer Cobbina, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
The thin blue line remains disproportionately white, despite diversity gains.Timothy Fadek/Corbis via Getty Images

High-profile cases of officer brutality against black citizens in recent years have caused Americans to question the racial makeup of their police departments.

Many advocates believe that diversifying these forces will help reduce...

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