Eighty-one percent of black Americans said they would prefer if police spend the same amount of time or more time in their neighborhoods
By Spencer Landis, DAILY CALLER
Eighty-one percent of black Americans said they would prefer if police spend the same amount of time or more time in their neighborhoods, according to a Gallup survey released Wednesday.
The survey, which also includes responses from other racial and ethnic groups, indicates that 20% of black respondents said they want an increased police presence, 61% want the same presence, and 19% want less.
The support for current policing levels was fairly consistent across racial lines, with an average of 67% of Americans saying the current level of time police spend in their area is adequate. Asian American respondents expressed the greatest preference for decreasing police presence, with 28% favoring this option, the survey shows.
When asked how frequently they interact with police, 32% of black respondents said very often or often, compared with 28% of Hispanic respondents, 22% of white respondents, and 21% of Asian respondents, according to Gallup. (RELATED: Where Does Joe Biden Actually Stand On Defunding The Police?)
The greatest disparity among these racial/ethnic groups was about how confident respondents feel that the police would treat them “with courtesy and respect.”
Among black respondents 39%, said that they were not too confident or not at all confident of receiving positive treatment, compared with 22% of Hispanic respondents, 22% of Asian respondents, and 9% of white respondents.
The survey is part of the Gallup Center on Black Voices, which is “devoted to studying and highlighting the experiences of more than 40 million Black Americans: tracking and reporting on progress on life outcomes and a life well-lived.”
The data contributes to an ongoing debate surrounding policing practices in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers in late May.
Many protesters and activists, largely within the Black Lives Matter movement, have voiced their support to defund police departments amid increased awareness of officer brutality.
A recent poll conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News found that while 55% of Americans oppose redirecting police funds, 63% support Black Lives Matter, Forbes reported.
They will have the opportunity to prove it Nov 2020!
Cuomo and de Blasio are both incompetent and arrogant. That is what the dems love!
Of course they do! Law-abiding Americans, regardless of color, understand that without law enforcement there is only lawlessness. Americans must start demanding that their hypocritical radical leftist politicians live by the economic and social policies they are imposing. Comrade Bill de Blasio, mayor of NYC, wants to defund the police? Then no police protection for De Blasio or his family. De Blasio supports the reverse racism and black supremacy of BLM? Then De Blasio must resign – he is white after all. The United States of America was built on the ideals of liberty and justice for all. In America ALL LIVES MATTER. If De Blasio disagrees, he is free to move his communist self to any communist state he chooses. The problem with political hypocrites like De Blasio is that they do not live the principles they impose on others. The problem with so many protesters and activists is that they have no idea what BLM actually stands for. These low-information protesters, seduced by media soundbite disinformation, cannot even begin to imagine the consequences of the racist, communist principles they are supporting. Bill de Blasio is unfit to serve in a Constitutional United States of America.