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Don't shoot: When Dallas police draw their guns, they usually choose not to fire

  • Written by Andrew P. Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Criminology, University of Texas at Dallas
Police recruits take a test at police headquarters in Dallas.AP Photo/LM Otero

The public has a right to question whether police are biased when they shoot and kill unarmed people of color.

To do this, the public needs data about when police shootings occur, but that kind of data isn’t collected nationally. That’s why several news...

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