Based upon a Social Psychological experiment conducted by Anthony Greenwald of Washington University, where college students partake in a virtual reality simulation founded blacks are more likely to be shot holding than a white person even though in the experiment many of the black subjects were holding a non-lethal object like a flashlight. This study was brought about because of the numerous amount of mistaken shootings of unarmed blacks in recent years by police officers. Although this experiment was performed on college students, experts believe police officers would have the same prejudices and perceptions about race that students posses. He bases this theory from thousands of people who have taken the Implicit Associated Tests. These test measure the unconscious attitudes

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