Main article: Scholarly peer review. Scholarly peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field, before a paper describing this work is published in a journal or as a book.
The horrific video of Philando Castile, bleeding to death after being shot four times by police in the course of a traffic stop, is a searing, unforgettable reminder that black people in this country function daily with a level of risk most would find intolerable.
Media captionYou shot four bullets into him, sir - Philando Castile's girlfriend, Lavish Reynolds, live-streamed the aftermath of the shooting. A black man has been shot dead by police in the US state of Minnesota as protests continued over the police killing of a black man in Louisiana. Philando Castile's girlfriend live-streamed the St Paul incident's aftermath, showing him covered in blood as an officer pointed his gun at him. He was shot as he reached for his driving licence, she said. It follows the death of Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by police during an incident in Baton Rouge on Tuesday.