BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS, FATAL POLICE INTERACTIONS, AND CRIME

Evelyn Skoy

Contemporary Economic Policy, 2021, vol. 39, issue 2, 280-291

Abstract: The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement was a prominent social movement largely focused on raising awareness of and reducing police use‐of‐force and fatal interactions with police. However, opponents of the movement have feared it could lead to decreased proactive policing and increased crime. Using a state‐by‐month fixed effects model, I find evidence that an additional protest in the preceding month leads to a decrease of .225 fatal interactions between Blacks and police per 10 million Black population. In addition, I find no evidence supporting increased crime or arrests as a result of the BLM movement. (JEL J15, D91, Z13)

Date: 2021
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