Professor needed police protection after making claim about shootings

 Fox News:

Harvard professor says ‘all hell broke loose’ when his study found no racial bias in police shootings

Roland Fryer said he lived under police protection during the fallout of his study

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Fryer received the first of many complaints and threats four minutes after publication.

"You're full of s—t," the sender said.

Fryer said people quickly "lost their minds" and some of his colleagues refused to believe the results after months of asking him not to print the data.

"I had colleagues take me to the side and say, 'Don't publish this. You'll ruin your career,'" Fryer revealed.

The world-renowned economist knew from comments by faculty that he was likely to garner backlash. Fryer admitted that he anticipated the results of the study would be different and would confirm suspicions of racial bias against minorities. When the results found no racial bias, Fryer hired eight new assistants and redid the study. The data came back the same.

After the report was published, Fryer lived under police protection for over a month. He had a seven-day-old daughter at the time and went shopping for diapers.
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There is not enough racial bias to meet the demands of some who want to play the victim.  BTW, Fryer is black. 

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