Does (All) Police Violence Cause De-policing? Evidence from George Floyd and Police Shootings in Minneapolis

Maya Mikdash and Reem Zaiour

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, vol. 112, 170-73

Abstract: We test for a "Ferguson Effect" by studying how police effort responds to different incidents of police violence. We do so using two settings in Minneapolis: (1) George Floyd's murder, and (2) police-involved shootings. We find that following George Floyd's death, arrests and police-initiated calls decreased by 62 and 69 percent, respectively. By comparison, arrests and police-initiated calls decreased by 3 and 1.5 percent following police-involved shootings. We conclude that incidents of police violence generate "de-policing," and the effect is much larger following highly publicized incidents.

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Date: 2022
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