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.
A cafeteria supervisor at a St. Paul public school, Castile was the second black man to die at the hands of American police within 36 hours â horrifying by anyoneâs standards, but more so because his girlfriend sat beside him with her 4-year-old daughter in the back seat when a St. Anthony officer opened fire.