Location
Presentation- College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Restricted to Georgia Southern)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Kate Perry
Faculty Mentor Email
kperry@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2021
Start Date
26-4-2021 12:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2021 12:00 AM
Keywords
Georgia Southern University, Honors Symposium, Presentation
Description
How does racial discrimination negatively impact citizens in the US regardless of racial identity?There have been many deaths that have resulted from law enforcement interaction with Black citizens, such as George Floyd and Sandra Bland among countless others, and each of these deaths have negatively impacted the overall community in which they happened. Events such as these have caused many protests and movements to be sparked such as the Black Lives Matter movement and have resulted in an uprising of citizens demanding change, yet not all citizens recognize how police brutality incidents impact their own lives. In this project, I argue that when incidents of police brutality increase, citizens at large pay a higher economic price through the increase in police budgets, paid for by all citizens. Using a quantitative analysis of city-level data in New York, Illinois, and Texas, I show that when police brutality incidents occur, lawsuits against the police department soon follow, leading to a rise in taxes to cover these costs. Further, I show that following police brutality incidents, protest movements increase as well, leading to the need for more officers in the area, more work hours and overtime pay, and rebuilding of infrastructure to repair any damage to public property. These higher costs are also paid for by increases in police budgets, funded with citizen taxes. This research illustrates that the costs of police brutality are felt by everyone, no matter their race, and that everyone can benefit from a restructuring of American policing.
Academic Unit
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Police Brutality: Macroeconomic Effects in the United States
Presentation- College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
How does racial discrimination negatively impact citizens in the US regardless of racial identity?There have been many deaths that have resulted from law enforcement interaction with Black citizens, such as George Floyd and Sandra Bland among countless others, and each of these deaths have negatively impacted the overall community in which they happened. Events such as these have caused many protests and movements to be sparked such as the Black Lives Matter movement and have resulted in an uprising of citizens demanding change, yet not all citizens recognize how police brutality incidents impact their own lives. In this project, I argue that when incidents of police brutality increase, citizens at large pay a higher economic price through the increase in police budgets, paid for by all citizens. Using a quantitative analysis of city-level data in New York, Illinois, and Texas, I show that when police brutality incidents occur, lawsuits against the police department soon follow, leading to a rise in taxes to cover these costs. Further, I show that following police brutality incidents, protest movements increase as well, leading to the need for more officers in the area, more work hours and overtime pay, and rebuilding of infrastructure to repair any damage to public property. These higher costs are also paid for by increases in police budgets, funded with citizen taxes. This research illustrates that the costs of police brutality are felt by everyone, no matter their race, and that everyone can benefit from a restructuring of American policing.
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