The article was released in December 2014; Hart noted that "matters of systematic bias [were] even more topical [at the moment]", and Case said, "There's a huge gap between the racial proportions of the police force and the neighborhoods they're policing, that both reinforces and results from racial tensions." Case said that Schelling's models could be identified in that "a black officer [had led] the police force one night" amidst the Ferguson unrest. A remixed version which includes a green pentagon was made the same year and is featured at the bottom of the article. Hart described the reaction to the article as "more positive than anything [Hart's] ever done" and "almost disturbingly eerie". Case said: "It's been surprisingly positive and polite, especially for something that touches on a touchy subject!" Hart said that they planned to "tweak some stuff after release", but did not because the reception was "so overwhelmingly positive". Case said that the article was doing "shockingly well", so any fixes "might weaken or confuse the message" when applied.