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In addition to the large majority of Americans expressing "a great deal" of respect for their local police, 17% say they have "some" respect while 7% say they have "hardly any."
Gallup has asked this question nine times since 1965. The percentage who say they respect the police is significantly higher now than in any measurement taken since the 1990s and is just one point below the high of 77% recorded in 1967. Solid majorities of Americans have said they respect their local law enforcement in all polls conducted since 1965.
The latest figures, from Gallup's Oct. 5-9 annual poll on crime, show Americans' respect for police increased as the number of on-duty police officers who were shot and killed was on the rise.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/196610/americans-respect-police-surges.aspx
brush
(53,333 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)nt
brush
(53,333 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)That shouldn't surprise anyone.
brush
(53,333 posts)After all the videos of police shootings of unarmed black men in the last couple of years and you would have us believe that POCs are favorable towards police?
Yeah, right, and I've got a bridge in Brooklyn that's for sale too.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)brush
(53,333 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)as to who says which way they lean.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)what you believe about the police, but trump believes, still, that he is going to win. So go for it.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)or 76% overall. So.. your analogy sucks. It's just a lame-ass attempt to try to tie me to Trump.
Eta - your analogy would work if it was applied to you, though.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)I am only responding to ALL your posts in OP. All I have to say is BLM came into being for a reason and it wasn't because the police deserved their respect. Plus DWB, WWB, LWB, being a child while black, being in a jail cell while black, doing nothing while black and still getting shot and hung does not respect engender. Fuck Gallup, I took the class, 'How to Lie with Statistics while in college. Gallup means nothing, to me and believe me, a lot of people.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)And, now we're back to post #10.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)all your words and my analogy is still on target. I would never believe Gallup in a poll measuring something that is obviously trying to put a good face on the murder/execution of unarmed citizens of color. I stand by my EVERY word. If anything I said/wrote offends you, I hope you'll get over it, if not.........
pintobean
(18,101 posts)I assume I interpreted this correctly
heaven05
(18,124 posts)my mistake, edited to make sure you understand every word........ Every word.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,702 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)The polling methodology is listed.
The problem with refusing to believe things is that it blinds you. For example you talk about the shootings of black men, but don't mention the high profile killings of cops or that some of the shootings of black men turn out to be valid uses of force, including arguably the most high profile in Michael Brown.
You present no evidence just an insistence that you must be right. How is that any different than people who deny evolution, climate change or claim vaccines cause autism?
brush
(53,333 posts)Not buying it at all.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)ronnie624
(5,764 posts)people are currenetly more likely to ignore police abuses, and accept the militarization of the police, than at other times in the past.
No surprise there.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Maybe day to day interactions support that rather than the extreme cases that make the news.
tblue37
(64,860 posts)also expressing highly negative opinions about the Senate and the House generally.
Similarly, most people disapprove of American schools and American education, but give their own schools high ratings.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,844 posts)On the other hand, I would've been one of the white people with less respect for my local police compared to a couple decades ago. I don't have the same local police anymore, and the ones around here have never been very friendly. You'd think they were soldiers dealing with enemy terrorists on a regular basis, but crime stats are actually lower here.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)I wonder this: When a crime goes down in a minority neighborhood, who is most likely to call the police?
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)In my case, I disapproved of my local school growing up as well as most local representatives.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)I would have to be compete idiot to say anything other than "the police are doubleplusgood."
I think the uptick in approval is based more on people being aware that their communications are likely being monitored than people's real feelings.
Upin
(115 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)you are probably just having auditory hallucinations.
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)not promoting conspiracy theories.
I think the poster makes a good point.
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Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)show similar results, even during times of social upheaval. Sobering to some is the fact our crime rate has dropped dramatically over the last 20+ years, yet most Americans polled (heh, that awful measure again) believe the crime rate has increased.
SamKnause
(13,009 posts)The last time they called me for a donation, I told them
I was not very pleased with the police, and would not be donating.
romanic
(2,841 posts)Who do thier jobs, get the bad guys, and help citizens in need.
What I don't respect is the corrupt system that rewards the bad cops and silence the good cops from speaking out under a heavy blue line.