According to a new study, Black children in the state of California are more likely to be hospitalized due to police-related injuries. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley , analyzed injuries of children and teenagers sustained by law enforcement from 2005 to 2017. Using data from emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations, they found that Black boys ages 15 to 19 had the highest rate of hospitalization due to police violence. "These findings suggest that the protections of childhood are not afforded to all children and contribute to evidence on policing as a pathway through which structural racism operates in young people's lives," Kriszta Farkas, one of the researchers of the study, said , NPR reported. The largest disparity, however, was found in the 10 to 14 age group, where Black boys and girls aged are injured at 5.3 and 6.7 times, respectively, the rate for white boys and girls who are the same age. "This study also highlights the need for...
