Topic summary
59%22 analyzed articles/videos15,765 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Brutality results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 9,440 hits. Analysis detected 79,545 faulty-reasoning hits from 83,521 analyzed words across 22 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 18% (12,713 of 15,326 topics). This Police Brutality is better (less manipulative) than 82.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510017.1% percentile
1.8% BS Score22 analyzed articles83.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.1%2.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

What ICE Should Have Known When It Hired David Brouillette29%
Mother Jones50%By Samantha Michaels43% Noah Lanard28% Sophie Hurwitz64%7/21/2026, 8:00:09 PM
Use-of-Force Expert on What’s Going Wrong in ICE Enforcement Operations100%
Cascade PBS90%By Cascade PBS Staff57%7/21/2026, 12:15:24 PM
After Third OPD Shooting This Year, Advocates Demand Body-Cam Footage57%
KQED60%By Ayah Ali-Ahmad76%7/20/2026, 6:46:53 PM
Tyrin Johnson Is Dead. Memphis Is Occupied. This Is Militarized “Public Safety.”81%
Truthout75%By Earle J. Fisher0%7/18/2026, 7:09:40 PM
Unsolved murders of police officers require extra attention70%
Chicago Sun-Times33%By Letters to the Editor91%7/18/2026, 11:00:00 AM
ICE Contractor Arrested For Shooting Protester35%
Mother Jones50%By Alex Nguyen36%7/17/2026, 9:07:29 PM
ICE Agent Who Killed Maine Man Reportedly Has History of Violent Behavior: ‘You Should Have Your F***ing Throats Cut’46%
Mediaite70%By Michael Luciano56%7/17/2026, 12:43:16 AM
Would-Be Platner Replacements in Maine Rally Around “Abolish ICE” (or Something Close)60%
The Intercept81%By Noah Hurowitz73%7/16/2026, 5:00:36 PM
Maine Protests After ICE Killing: ‘A Man Was Lynched Here’26%
Rolling Stone39%By Naomi LaChance0%7/16/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Chicago immigrant advocates reiterate calls to abolish ICE after fatal shootings in Houston, Maine49%
Chicago Sun-Times33%By Kade Heather57%7/16/2026, 1:57:35 AM