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Poll: 6 In 10 Black Americans Say Police Unfairly Stopped Them Or A Relative

Nabbit

Nabbit

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Oct 25, 2017
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A new poll out this week from NPR finds that 60 percent of black Americans say they or a family member have been stopped or treated unfairly by police because they are black. In addition, 45 percent say they or a family member have been treated unfairly by the courts because they are black. The poll is a collaboration between NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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The poll reveals the consequences of these stops for black Americans personally and across society — 31 percent of poll respondents say that fear of discrimination has led them to avoid calling the police when in need. And 61 percent say that where they live, police are more likely to use unnecessary force on a person who is black than on a white person in the same situation.

Previous polls have asked similar questions, but ours is unique in that it's the first to ask about lifetime experiences with policing.
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Very disturbing (albeit unsurprising) findings. More information at the link:

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswi...ns-say-theyve-been-unfairly-stopped-by-police

The full polling data is here: http://www.npr.org/assets/img/2017/10/23/discriminationpoll-african-americans.pdf
 
Straight Edge

Straight Edge

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Oct 27, 2017
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Are there stats available for whites? As a teen I was stopped weekly for bullshit reasons. Eventually my dad was calling the chief daily to chew him out.
 
Carfo

Carfo

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Oct 27, 2017
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Ahegao said:
Are other minorities treated the same way or is it only black people?
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Mostly black people. As Michael Wood Jr, an ex marine and ex baltimore cop said, the black cops are actually harder on black civilians than white cops are because the black people feel like they're making them look bad
 
Invisible Cities

Invisible Cities

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Oct 25, 2017
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Them OR A RELATIVE kind of compounds the results.

That said, what a huge divide by age. 65+ Black Americans would have grown up during the civil rights era and aftermath. Why would their self-reported numbers be so different?
 
Zonar

Zonar

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
672
Arizona, USA
I'm black and I looked at those numbers and I thought sounds about right. It's so depressing I don't even like to talk about it.

It's like the president either hates you or (at the very best benefit of doubt I can give him) doesn't particularly care about black people. The cops don't feel the need to deescalate when interacting with black people for the most part, and on top of that I have to deal with the normal stresses that every other American has to. Sometimes it's just too much.

I respect the people that protest so much because my business is based a lot on connection and for that reason I'm afraid to be seen protesting for fear I will lose business. A lot of people I know are Trump supporters and people that think that the cops treat everyone fairly and pick yourself up off your bootstraps Etc.
 
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Spinluck

Spinluck

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Oct 26, 2017
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Chicago
The last cop that stopped me threw my license and registration at me after he ran it through the system or whatever.

I couldn't do anything but laugh right when he did it lol.
 
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