Retaliatory violence between police and citizens is primed by social media

(Utah State University) The research explores relationships between law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, fatal use of force incidents and social media activity related to the Black Lives Matter movement. An uptick in Black Lives Matter-related tweets was associated with increases in fatal shootings of minority citizens, but not non-minorities. The effect of Black Lives Matter-related tweets on officer fatalities was also statistically significant, but not as strong as the effect on minority fatalities.

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