While more than half of Americans approve of the recent protests against police violence, black and white Americans have differing views. Black Americans are more likely than white people to strongly approve.
Views differ based on partisanship with 79% of Democrats approving of the protests while just 29% of Republicans and 37% of independents say the same. This partisan difference emerges even among white Americans: 86% of white Democrats approve of the protests while just 30% of white Republicans agree. …
Americans are also divided in their evaluations of law enforcement’s response to the protests. Black Americans are almost twice as likely as white Americans to say they responded with excessive force to the protests. CONT.
Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
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