Posted on 04/27/2021 3:23:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An overwhelming percentage of black people believe local police departments are doing a good job, polling shows.
Seventy percent of African Americans said law enforcement officers are doing a “very good” or “somewhat good” job, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday. Thirty percent of black adults polled responded that local police are doing a “somewhat/very bad” job.
Among white respondents, 82% reacted positively toward police departments’ work, while 18% said they were “somewhat/very bad” at the job they are doing.
Approval of the police was also high among Hispanic respondents, at 77%, with 22% disapproving of the job that local departments are doing.
All in, 79% of those polled approve of local departments, while 21% do not approve of the job they are doing.
The poll also found that 46% of Republicans don’t agree with former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin being found guilty in the killing of George Floyd, while only 10% of Democrats and 25% of independents disagreed with the verdict.
The responses come amid a rising anti-police climate across the nation after recent shootings of African Americans by police and high-profile public figures demanding that law enforcement officers be held accountable.
NBA star LeBron James sparked controversy after he posted a tweet last Wednesday of Ohio police officer Nicholas Reardon, who shot Ma’Khia Bryant after she charged at two people with a knife, with the caption, "YOU'RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY."
James soon deleted the tweet amid an eruption of criticism for “inciting violence.”
The poll also comes after James and others have claimed that black people are "terrified" of the police.
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If I’m crazy, so are the member of LE I have heard that from.
That was their take.
I agree with it.
Asterisks mine.
I have been saying this for years, the push behind this wokeness, cancel culture, which is wanting to literally cancel (i.e. defund the police) is largely secular rich white Liberals. They are the financial backers and many on the front lines saying this are also young rich white liberals and some BLM, both marxist in ideology.
A mayoral candidate in NYC, former Police officer (black Male), publicly stated what I just did and my guess is CBS took a poll and found out the this guy is 100% correct.
The far left media, NY Times, WA PO, CNN, MSNBC, etc are also part of this rich liberal elite driving this narrative.
In my town of around 50k residents, we had a BLM protest on the town green last June. It was about 150-200 people at the start, of that number about 50-75 were black.
At some point they decided to march the the Police Dept about 1.5-2 miles away. Their it wet from sign holding to speeches which naturally went along the ACAB route, demand police kneel, etc.
At that point, I would say 95-98% of the blacks left the protest and walked back to their cars.
I am beginning to wonder how many blacks really support these protests.
I really have no idea. I’ve also noticed at the larger protests, such as in MPLS, Kenosha, etc. the dynamic really changes after the 2nd or 3rd night. The first 1-2 nights are generally more peaceful, then ti seems they get more white Antifa types that pus the locals out and then the violence begins soon after.
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Creating a national police force. That won’t fight crime, only political crimes.
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