'Racial disparity' in police officer language found in CA

Police officers, regardless of their race and background, speak less respectfully to black members of the public than those who are white, according to new research. Scientists studied body cam footage collected from California's Oakland Police Department and analysed the language used by officers during routine traffic stops. They asked study participants, who did not know the race or gender of those involved in the exchange, to read transcripts of some of these interactions and rate how polite and respectful the officers were. The team plugged this information into an artificially intelligent computer which analysed more than 180 hours of body camera footage from almost 1,000 stops. The results found'racial disparities' in the level of respect shown by officers, and the researchers claim that even officers who are not racist exhibit the bias.