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In reply to the discussion: Americans' Respect for Police Surges [View all]Buckeye_Democrat
(14,844 posts)24. This! ^^^
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.
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Pontificate all you want. Polls can be manipulated to say whatever the poller wants
brush
Oct 2016
#32
LOCAL police. And most people express approval of their own senators and representatives while
tblue37
Oct 2016
#18
So noted ^^. Further, tied for the greatest increase (19%) is the category 18-34 yoa.
Eleanors38
Oct 2016
#27
These poll results should surprise no one. Similar poll results from decades earlier
Eleanors38
Oct 2016
#28