▁on ▁whether ▁to ▁shoot ▁an ▁un ar med ▁black ▁target ▁than ▁an ▁un ar med ▁white ▁target , ▁and ▁were ▁quick er ▁and ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁correctly ▁decide ▁to ▁shoot ▁an ▁armed ▁black ▁target ▁than ▁an ▁armed ▁white ▁target . ▁The ▁authors ▁of ▁one ▁study ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁shooting ▁studies ▁" prov ide ▁powerful ▁evidence ▁that ▁ra cial ▁s tere ot ypes ▁create ▁associations ▁and ▁expect ations ▁that ▁play ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁sort ▁of ▁split - second ▁dec isions ▁that ▁may ▁literally ▁be ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁life ▁or ▁death ." ▁However , ▁no ▁correl ations ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁between ▁participants ' ▁indicated ▁levels ▁of ▁ra cial ▁bias , ▁and ▁their ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁games . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Capital ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁other ▁news ▁organizations ▁reported ▁that ▁ 5 0 ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁IP ▁addresses ▁( 0 . 3 %) ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁NY PD ▁were ▁associated ▁with ▁ed its , ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁to ▁English ▁Wikipedia ▁articles , ▁including ▁this ▁article ▁on ▁the ▁Am ad ou ▁D ial lo ▁shooting . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁how ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 0 ▁are ▁associated ▁with ▁ed its ▁to ▁this ▁article . ▁These ▁IP ▁addresses ▁ge ol oc ate ▁to ▁NY PD ▁headquarters ▁at ▁ 1 ▁Police ▁Pla za . ▁Det ect ive ▁Ch ery l ▁Cris pin , ▁a ▁NY PD ▁sp okes w oman , ▁said ▁that