Do American cops have a race problem? Or a class problem?

The data shows that blacks are hardly the only victims of aggressive police forces

A police officer stands guard.
(Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

Have you heard of the police's war on black people?

Of course you have. In the year since Ferguson, the media has focused relentlessly on cases of seemingly egregious police overreaction against unarmed African Americans. On the whole, that attention is a very good thing, as I've argued on numerous occasions.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.