Question

Research conducted in 2014 shows a decrease in the percentage of blacks expressing "very little" confidence in their local police to treat blacks and whites equally, compared to five years earlier.
True or False?

Answer 1

Answer: True

Explanation: Among Democrats, blacks are 33 points more likely than whites to say police departments do a poor job holding officers accountable (67% vs. 34%). Nonetheless, white Democrats remain more critical of accountability at police departments across the country than Republicans overall.

There are much wider differences in how blacks and whites assess the way police departments do their jobs – both across the country and locally.

Fully 70% of blacks say police departments around the country do a poor job in holding officers accountable for misconduct; an identical percentage says they do a poor job of treating racial and ethnic groups equally. And 57% of African Americans think police departments do a poor job of using the right amount of force.