Talk:Militarization of police

Study Edits

"However, a 2017 study showed that police forces which received military equipment were more likely to have violent encounters with the public, regardless of local crime rates.[18] A 2018 study found that militarized police units in the United States were more frequently deployed to communities with large shares of African-Americans, even after controlling for local crime rates.[19]"

I suggest this should be revised to read as follows:

"A 2017 study showed that police forces which had more violent encounters with the public were more likely to receive military equipment, regardless of local crime rates. A 2018 study found that militarized police units in the United States were more frequently deployed to communities with large shares of African-Americans, even after controlling for per capita local crime rates, but not for total number of crimes committed.[19]"

I've discovered an unreliable source

A source titled "Providing police with military gear does not reduce crime or protect officers: Studies" is actually unreliable, since it is an American Broadcasting Corporation report summarizing two published studies, and lay summaries of published studies made by journalists are mostly inaccurate, thus WP:RS explicitly prohibits using such news as sources in most cases.--RekishiEJ (talk) 17:08, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

I don't agree that it's unreliable. The ABC article links directly to both studies[1][2] and the content it's supporting in the article is a rephrasing of a direct quote from one of the study authors, so it isn't simply a journalist drawing a conclusion. If you prefer to replace the ABC ref with cites to the studies themselves, that's fine. Schazjmd (talk) 18:01, 22 July 2023 (UTC)