How Aware Of Bias Are The Police?

How Aware Of Bias Are The Police?

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U of I researchers gave 1500 people, including a hundred police officers, a complex survey to measure racial attitudes. They wanted to know how aware police are of racial bias.

Researchers at the University of Illinois say police are more likely than other people to be blind to racial prejudice.

WBEZ’s Emmanuel Dzotsi  reports.