"How could it possibly be true that ‘two-thirds’ of all Americans aged 15-34 visiting emergency rooms had been injured by police or security guards … It turns out I was right … I believe Lepore’s claim to be off by a factor of several hundred." unherd.com/thepost/an-unt…
For what it's worth, the actual Feldman et al (2016) study that is grossly mis-interpreted is pretty interesting. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Shows large increase 2001-2014 in people going to hospital. Not clear if its from security or cops. I would say an ignored relevant factor could be change in police dept policy requiring hospital more often, to CYA. (ie, not clear if increased hospital reflect increased injury)
Racial disparity very present, but hard to pin down exactly how much, given so much missing data.
I still say security beat people far more than cops, and for far less justifiable reasons. That said, victims of bouncer/security brutality may also be less likely to go to the hospital.
Study is very limited by limited data (as they admit). But it's a clever little study. As is often the case, seems like the _slightest_ bit of qualitative research, talking to people, could have filled in a lot of gaps.
Anyway, I wonder if the authors will be hounded to retract the study because, it was "misused." Of course not. (I'm joking here, but I'm serious about the issue.) retractionwatch.com/2020/07/06/aut…
