AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.
Source: AP
By KAT STAFFORD and HANNAH FINGERHUT
A year after George Floyds murder at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority of Americans say racism and police violence are serious problems facing the nation. Yet relatively few believe attention in the past year to the issues has led to positive change.
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows Americans are more likely than they were before Floyds death to say that police violence is a serious problem and about half think police who cause harm on the job are treated too leniently by the justice system. The poll also found that about 6 in 10 Americans say racism in the United States is a very or extremely serious problem; its similar to the percentage that said the same thing one year ago.
But about half of Americans, including about 6 in 10 Black Americans, say Derek Chauvin conviction of Floyds murder has not changed their level of confidence in the criminal justice system. About one-third say their confidence increased. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted in April on state charges of murder and manslaughter in Floyds death. A federal grand jury indicted Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyds arrest and death after the poll was conducted.
Racism is a core feature of American life and it dominates certain relationships between African Americans and white Americans in ways that I dont see how theyre going to change in the near or distant future, said Kyle T. Mays, assistant professor in African American Studies and American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)The other day I was at a stop sign and this motorcycle cop pulled up, these young teens on the street of multiple races saw him and I saw their body language change and they stared at him until he pulled away.
Bayard
(22,100 posts)But plenty of cops are just sad.
electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)I became a bit wary after anti Viet Nam protests. Way more after after anti Iraq War protests.