NEW: A new poll finds that more Americans today believe police brutality is a serious problem that too often goes undisciplined & unequally targets Black people -- a dramatic shift in the nation’s opinions on policing & race compared to five years ago.
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About half of American adults now say police violence is a “very” or “extremely” serious problem, up from about a third as recently as Sept. last year. Only about 3 in 10 said the same in July 2015, a few months after Freddie Gray, a black man, died in Baltimore police custody.
More Americans also now think police in most communities are more likely to use deadly force against a black person than a white person, 61%, up from 49% in July 2015. NOTE: Changes in opinions about social issues are more often slow and incremental. This overall shift is rare.
ON RACISM: About 6 in 10 Americans say racism is a “very” or “extremely serious” problem in the U.S. — that includes about 9 in 10 Black Americans, close to 7 in 10 Hispanics & about 6 in 10 white Americans. Including this quote here from Virginia Tech’s Wornie Reed about racism.
Every Black person I interviewed shared personal stories of police interactions. They lamented "the talk" parents must have w/children -- a conversation essentially of how to stay alive if stopped by police. They feel many white ppl are unaware/ignore the toll of racism.
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