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Did you read the article? Or forget the title of this thread? Anecdotes aside, there doesn't seem to be a significant difference between races on their opinion
by creato 6y ago
Did you read the article? Or forget the title of this thread?
Anecdotes aside, there doesn't seem to be a significant difference between races on their opinions of police (and whether they want more or less of them in their neighborhoods).
- scarface74 6y agoYes and I’ve also read other articles. From the conservative Cato institute https://www.cato.org/blog/do-police-treat-all-races-equally https://www.cato.org/blog/do-police-treat-all-races-equally Roughly seven-in-ten white Americans (72%) say police officers treat racial and ethnic groups equally at least some of the time. By way of comparison, half of Hispanics and just 33% of black adults say the same
- dragonwriter 6y agoIt's worth noting that Cato is right-libertarian, not simply conservative.
- scarface74 6y agoFair point.
- creato 6y agoThat doesn't mean 66% of black adults want to defund the police. I'm sure they, along with many others, want changes in police behavior and improved accountability, but that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with funding (or "abolishing" as the root of this thread wondered about).
- scarface74 6y agoThe link was in response to this. there doesn't seem to be a significant difference between races on their opinions of police I'm sure they, along with many others, want changes in police behavior and improved accountability, Is “improved accountability” a nice way to say “stop shooting and beating unarmed Black people” or “stop pulling over Black people in neighborhoods where they ‘don’t look like they belong’”?