Two-Thirds Of Black Americans Don’t Trust The Police To Treat Them Equally. Most Whites Do

By PBS Newshour
A protester stands in front of U.S. Secret Service officers at Lafayette Square near the White House on June 1 after the park was cleared for President Donald Trump's walk to the historic St. John's Church, which sustained minor fire damage during earlier demonstrations.
Nearly half of black Americans have very little or no confidence that police officers in their community treat people with different skin colors the same, according to the latest PBS NewsHour-NPR-Marist poll. But overall, only 18 percent of Americans take that view — an illustration in itself that people of different races are living different realities in the United Read More
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