Black Kids In California More Likely To Be Hospitalized For Police-Related Injuries
A new study out of California shows that Black boys and girls are hospitalized from police violence at a rate far higher than their white peers.
The researchers from the University of California, Berkeley looked into injuries of children and teens caused by law enforcement between 2005-2017. They used data from emergency department visits and inpatients hospitalizations in the state of California
Black boys ages 15-19 had the highest rate of hospitalization due to police violence, but the widest racial gap existed in the 10-14 age group. Black boys and girls ages 10-14 are injured at 5.3 and 6.7 times, respectively, the rate for white boys and girls, the study says.
"These findings suggest that the protections of childhood are not afforded to all children and contribute to evidence on policing as a pathway through which structural racism operates in young people's lives," said Kriszta Farkas, one of the researchers.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035452389/black-children-police-injuries-hospitalized-california-study
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