Recent studies have found that police-involved deaths of unarmed Black individuals are linked to sleep disturbances among Black adults. One study also reveals a racial gap in injuries involving police use of Tasers and other energy weapons. The research indicates a pattern of sleep disturbances, particularly getting less than six hours of sleep, in Black people following a police-involved killing, but not among white people. Additionally, state-level analysis shows that Black women in the USA were murdered six times more often than White women between 1999 and 2020. These findings shed light on the impact of police violence on the sleep and safety of Black Americans.
A study led by Atheendar S. Venkataramani of @PennMedicine finds that Black adults suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black people killed during police encounters. https://t.co/Dnguyg7QBj
Black women in the USA were murdered six times more often than White women between 1999 and 2020, state-level analysis indicates. š https://t.co/VRI3hkvYTI https://t.co/NcCNEIgz7r
Researchers found a pattern of sleep disturbances, particularly getting less than six hours of sleep, in Black people ā but not among white people ā in the six months following a police-involved killing. https://t.co/aX4iZnbQcg
One study ties police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances. The other finds a racial gap in injuries involving police use of Tasers and other energy weapons. https://t.co/rkk97usN1K
The effect of police violence on Black Americans is tracked in two new studies, with one tying police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances and the other finding a racial gap in injuries involving police use of Tasers. https://t.co/JmpXFn0MsK
Study finds Black adults are losing sleep over killings of unarmed #BlackIndividuals by #police @pennmedicine @JAMAInternalMed https://t.co/bW7nOGfwRv