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Black Males 3 Times More Likely to Be Killed by Police

December 22, 2016

James Buehler, MD, professor of Health Management and Policy, was quoted in a Dec. 21 U.S. News & World Report story about his study that found that black males are three times as likely as white males to be killed as a result of police action. He was also quoted stories the same day in The Root, Ebony and Jet magazine. Buehler was also quoted in a Wilmington News Journal editorial on Dec. 21 that cited his study and quoted him when discussing the settlement of a lawsuit against the Wilmington Police Department. Buehler also appeared on WHYY-FM's "Newsworks Tonight" on Dec. 21. His study was also mentioned on KOMO-AM (Seattle), KFBK-AM (Sacramento) and KFYI-AM (Phoenix).

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Link to story (Wilmington News Journal)

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