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By Bert Gambini-Buffalo Michael Brown, George Floyd, and Tamir Rice are just some of those who have died recently at the hands of police. Their names are now tragically familiar, but thousands of other people who law enforcement unjustly stop, search, or question will likely experience a range of detrimental outcomes associated with unfair police treatment, including depression, suicidal thoughts, drug use, and a loss of self-efficacy, says Christopher Dennison, assistant professor of sociology at the University at Buffalo.