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Objective
This study analyzes the relationship between the race of a city's police chief and the incidence of fatal shootings by police officers.
Methods
The Washington Post's “Fatal Force Database” is used to calculate per‐capita rates of fatal shootings by police officers occurring between January 1, 2015 and June 1, 2020 for the 100 largest cities in the United States. I compare fatal shooting...
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