Shoot decisions vary with officer fatigue, distance, and target race prototypicality
Evidence
Thus, a variety of factors can influence police officers’ decisions to shoot, some of which are individual characteristics of the officer or the target, while others are more external, such as the environment in which the encounter takes place. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 291
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 291