Police Brutality Cases Harm Black Americans Mental Health
By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) As America awaits a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, new research finds that such high-profile police killings of Black people may take a big mental health toll on psyches across the country.
Researchers found that, on average, Black Americans reported an increase in poor mental health days during weeks where more than one deadly racial incident was in the news.
Those incidents often included hate crimes, but most involved police killings of Black individuals or legal decisions to either not indict or not convict an officer involved.
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