01Black Lives Matter’s
effect on police lethal use of forceTravis CampbellAbstract：How has Black Lives
Matter (BLM) influenced police lethal force? An event study design finds census
places with early BLM protests experienced a 10% to 15% decrease in police
homicides from 2014 through 2019, around 200 fewer deaths. This decrease was
prominent when protests were large and frequent. Potential mechanisms behind
the reduction include police agencies obtaining body-worn cameras to curtail
force and a so-called ‘Ferguson effect.’ Fewer property crime arrests, but more
reported murders, were associated with local protests, yet the property crime
clearance rate fell.02Variation in racial
disparities in police use of forceCarl LiebermanAbstract：I examine how racial
disparities in police use of force vary using new data covering every municipal
police department in New Jersey. Along the intensive margin of force severity,
I find disparities that disfavor Black subjects and are larger a
………………………………
