With a

look at culture from a Christian worldview. I'm John Stone Street with the point.

Back in 2016 economists and Harvard professor Roland Friar published a study that

concluded there was no evidence of widespread racial bias and police shootings across America.

But in a friar, quote, after controlling for suspect demographics, officer demographics,

encounter characteristics, suspect weapon and year fixed effects, blacks are 27.4% less likely to be shot

at by police relative to non-Black, non-Hispanic's.

And when considering who shoots first in an encounter with police or how many bullets are discharged in the endeavor, there are no detectable racial differences.

In a recent interview, Friar detailed the kind of backlash he received at the time for publishing the report.

Pollics told him to hide the results.

He was forced to secure police protection to even go to the grocery store.

When lives are lost because of race-based malice or police bias, Christians should be the first

in line to demand justice.

But any demand for justice has to be rooted in truth, not just appearance, or in the media's

priorities.

For the Coulson Center, I'm John Stone Street.