Police Killings of Unarmed Victims Tied to Poor Mental Health in Blacks

July 18, 2018

(Medscape) – Black individuals in the United States are three times more likely than whites to be killed by police, but new research suggests it is the killing of unarmed blacks that adversely affects the mental health of this population. The study, which used information from the Mapping Police Violence (MPV) database and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey answers from almost 104,000 adult black respondents, compared the mental health effects on adult blacks in the months leading up to and after a police killing.